Studio Ghibli

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Studio Ghibli

Type of Company	Animation film studio
Founded	1985
Founder	Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata Toshio Suzuki
Industry	Media and Entertainment
Products	Animated feature films (Anime)
Website	www.ghibli.jp

Studio Ghibli Inc. (株式会社スタジオジブリ, Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi^?) is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. Its provocative and emotional anime films are 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 Libyan word for hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert (also known as sirocco). Though the term is Italian, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is (IPA: [ˌdʒbɹiː] or [ˌdʒbɝi]). The theory behind the name was that the studio was blowing a new wind into the Japanese anime industry. The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro.

1 History
2 Works
3 Related works
- 3.1 Pre-Ghibli
- 3.2 Cooperative works
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Founded in 1985, it is headed by the acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki along with his colleague and mentor Isao Takahata, as well as the studio's executive managing director and long-time producer Toshio Suzuki. Its origins date back to 1983, with the film Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, which was popularised as a serialized manga in a publication of Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine after the original screenplay was rejected. The film was eventually produced by Topcraft and the film's success spurred the formation of Ghibli. 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 and Spirited Away. Miyazaki's latest film, Howl's Moving Castle, 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, directed by Isao Takahata, a sad film focusing on the lives of two war orphans towards the end of Second World War in 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.

The company is well-known for its strict "no-edits" policy in licensing their films abroad. This has stemmed from the disastrous dubbing of Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind when the film was released in the United States as Warriors of the Wind (it was heavily edited and Americanized). There is a rumor that when licensing Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki mailed Miramax a samurai sword with a note reading "no cuts", to underline their "no-editing" policy.

[edit] Works

A life-size model of a robot from the animation Castle in the Sky on top of the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo

[edit] Films

[edit] Short films

Sora Iro no Tane (1992) (TV short film)
Nandarou (1992) (TV short film)
On Your Mark (1995) (a music video created for Chage & Aska)
Ghiblies (2000) (TV short film)
Ghiblies Episode 2 (2002) (shown in theaters with The Cat Returns)
Kusoh no Kikai-tachi no Naka no Hakai no Hatsumei (The Invention of Destruction in the Imaginary Machines) (2002) (Shown at the Ghibli Museum)
Koro no Daisanpo (Koro's Big Day Out) (2003) (The first of three short films shown at the Ghibli Museum in 2003)
Kujiratori (The Whale Hunt) (2003)
Mei to Konekobasu (Mei and the Kittenbus) (2003)
Yadosagashi (Looking for a Home) (2005) (The first of three short films shown at the Ghibli Museum in 2006)
Hoshi wo Katta Hi (The Day I Cropped/Harvested a Star) (2005)
Mizugumo Monmon (Water Spider Monmon) (2005)
The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006)

[edit] Other works

The works listed here consist works that don't fall into either category above.

Nandarou (1992) (TV commercial for NHK)
Umacha (2001) (TV commercials)
Lasseter-san, Arigatou (2003) (thank you video created for John Lasseter)

[edit] Related works

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

[edit] Pre-Ghibli

Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) (Takahata's directorial debut; Hayao Miyazaki was chief animator, concept artist, and scene designer)
Puss'n Boots (1969) (Directed by Kimio Yabuki, written by Hisashi Inoue with gag supervision by Nakahara Yumihiko, key animators include Yasuo Otsuka, Yoichi Kotabe, Reiko Okuyama, Takuo Kikuchi, Akemi Ota, Hayao Miyazaki, and Akira Daikubara)
Animal Treasure Island (1971) (Directed by Hiroshi Ikeda with idea construction by Hayao Miyazaki; Hayao Miyazaki was also scene designer and chief animator)
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;)
Anne of Green Gables (赤毛のアン Akage no An) (1979) (Produced by Nippon Animation in Japan in 1979. It was directed by Isao Takahata and featuring input from future Academy Award-winner Hayao Miyazaki though he left the production and Nippon Animation after the first 15 episodes to direct Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro)
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
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 (1982) (by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Topcraft, 1984)
ThunderCats (1985) (an animated series created by Topcraft for Rankin-Bass)

[edit] Cooperative works

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.

[edit] See also

The Ghibli Museum is in Mitaka, Tokyo.
Yasuo Ōtsuka

[edit] External links

スタジオジブリ - STUDIO GHIBLI (official in Japanese)
Studio Ghibli - The Official DVD Website (United States)
Studio Ghibli Collection (Australia)
The Studio Ghibli Collection Home (United Kingdom)
Tokuma Shoten website (in Japanese)
Nausicaa.net: The Hayao Miyazaki Web (the largest English language source on Ghibli's films and other related anime works)
GhibliWorld.com: The Ultimate Ghibli Collection Site (English Ghibli source with news updates straight from Japan and info about Studio Ghibli goods)
The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for Studio Ghibli Animation

v • d • e Studio Ghibli Films
Pre Ghibli Films
Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) • Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) • Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Ghibli Films
Castle in the Sky (1986) • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) • Only Yesterday (1991) • Porco Rosso (1992) • Ocean Waves (1993) • Pom Poko (1994) • Whisper of the Heart (1995) • Princess Mononoke (1997) • My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) • Spirited Away (2001) • The Cat Returns (2002) • Howl's Moving Castle (2004) • Tales from Earthsea (2006)
Studio Ghibli Shorts
Nandarou (1992) • On Your Mark (1995) • Ghiblies (2000) • Ghiblies Episode II (2002) • Mei and the Kittenbus (2003) • The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006)
See also...
Ghibli Museum • Katsuya Kondō • Yoshifumi Kondō • Gorō Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Kazuo Oga • Yasuo Ōtsuka • Toshio Suzuki • Isao Takahata •

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