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Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ) is a Japanese animation film studio, and a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. Its anime films have been provocative, imaginative, emotional and widely praised all over the world. Its name derives from the nickname the Italians used for their Saharan scouting planes in the Second World War, which derived from the Italian word for hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert (sirocco). Though the term is Italian, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is 'ji-bree' or 'ji-bu-ri'. The theory behind the name was that the studio was blowing a new wind into the anime industry.

Founded in 1985, it is headed by the highly regarded director Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 Miyazaki Hayao) along with his colleague and mentor Isao Takahata (高畑 勲 Takahata Isao). Its origins date back to 1983, with the film Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no tani no Naushika, 1984), which started as a serialized manga in a publication of Tokuma Shoten's (徳間書店) Animage magazine. Tokuma is the parent company of Studio Ghibli, and has provided Disney with the video rights to eight of the films and global distribution rights to Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime, 1997) and Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, 2001). Miyazaki's latest film, Howl's Moving Castle, (ハウルの動く城 Hauru no ugoku shiro, 2004) was actually based on a book by British author Diana Wynne Jones, published in several countries including Canada and the United States. Composer Joe Hisaishi has provided the soundtrack for all of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films.

The most famous and lauded film from the studio that was not directed by Miyazaki is Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓 Hotaru no Haka, 1988), directed by Isao Takahata, a sad film focusing on the lives of two war orphans in post-Second World War Japan.

Over the years, there has been a close relationship between Studio Ghibli and the magazine Animage, which regularly runs exclusive articles about the studio and its members in a section titled "Ghibli Notes." Artwork from Ghibli's films and other works frequently graces the cover of the magazine.

Contents 1 Studio Ghibli works 1.1 Other related works 2 See also 3 External links

Studio Ghibli works

• Castle in the Sky (1986)
• Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
• Only Yesterday (1991)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• Sora Iro no Tane (1992) (TV short film)
• Nandarou (1992) (TV commercial for NHK)
• Ocean Waves (1993)
• Pom Poko (1994)
• Whisper of the Heart (1995)
• On Your Mark (1995) (a music video)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)
• Ghiblies (2000) (TV short film)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Umacha (2001) (TV commercials)
• The Cat Returns (2002) (a sequel of sorts to Whisper of the Heart)
• Ghiblies Episode 2 (2002) (shown in theaters with The Cat Returns)
• Lasseter-san, Arigatou (2003) (thank you video created for John Lasseter)
• Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Gedo Senki (2006)

Other related works

These works were not created by Studio Ghibli, but were produced by or created in cooperation with Studio Ghibli, or members of Topcraft that went on to create Studio Ghibli in 1985.

• 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1972) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass)
• The Hobbit (1977) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass; won the Peabody Award; artists include: Hidetoshi Kaneko, Kazuko Ito and Minoru Nishida;)
• The Return of the King (1980) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass; done by basically the same team that did The Hobbit, with the addition of Tadakatsu Yoshida)
• The Last Unicorn (1982) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass [1])
• The Flight of Dragons (198?) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (by Topcraft)
• Thundercats (1985) (an animated series created by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass)
• The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987) (a documentary by Isao Takahata)
• Ozanari Dungeon (1991) (an OVA series for which Studio Ghibli did some animation work)
• Kirikou et la sorcière (1998) (a Michel Ocelot adapted into Japanese by Isao Takahata and distributed by Studio Ghibli)
• Shiki-Jitsu (2000) (directed by Hideaki Anno under a live action division of Tokuma Shoten, Studio Kajino)
• Innocence: Ghost in the Shell (2004) (a film by Production I.G.)

In addition, Ghibli did work on Takahata's short in the 2004 experimental animation anthology Winter Days.

See also

• The Ghibli Museum is in Mitaka, Tokyo.

External links

• Wingsee - A dedication to Studio Ghibli's Films
• Official Studio Ghibli Website (In Japanese only)
• Studio Ghibli Museum (13 photos, click on the enlarged version again to get the full-screen)
• Tokuma Shoten website (in Japanese)
• Nausicaa.net: The Hayao Miyazaki Web (an extensive English language source on Ghibli's films and other related anime works.)
• Online Ghibli (a Studio Ghibli fan site with updated news and detailed media coverage for the Ghibli movies)
• The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Studio Ghibli Animation
• Topcraft/Studio Ghibli: The Complete History (English and Italian)

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