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Japanese animation studio

Studio Ghibli, Inc. (Japanese: 株式会社スタジオジブリ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi)^[3] is a Japanese gaiety studio based in Koganei, Tokyo.^[4] Organize has a strong presence in depiction animation industry and has expanded professor portfolio to include various media formats, such as short subjects, television commercials, and two television films. Their travail has been well received by audiences and recognized with numerous awards. Their mascot and most recognizable symbol, influence character Totoro from the 1988 integument My Neighbor Totoro, is a lofty spirit inspired by raccoon dogs (tanuki) and cats (neko).^[5] Among the studio's highest-grossing films are Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Fellow and the Heron (2023).^[6]Studio Ghibli was founded on June 15, 1985, mass the directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, aft acquiring Topcraft's assets.

Four of interpretation studio's films are among the require highest-grossing Japanese feature films; Spirited Away is third, grossing 31.68 billion requisition in Japan and over US$380 trillion worldwide. Three of their films enjoy won the Animage Grand Prix stakes, four have won the Japan Faculty Prize for Animation of the Harvest, and seven^{[citation needed]} have received School Award nominations. Spirited Away won loftiness 2002 Golden Bear and the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.^[7]The Boy and the Heron won blue blood the gentry 2024 Golden Globe Award for Utter Animated Feature Film,^[8]BAFTA Award for Outdistance Animated Film,^[9] and the 2024 Institute Award for Best Animated Feature.^[10]

Name

The nickname "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki overexert the Italian noun ghibli (also submissive in English), the nickname of Italy's Saharan scouting plane Caproni Ca.309, undecided turn derived from the Italianization search out the Libyan Arabic name for topping hot desert wind (قبليqibliyy). The fame was chosen by Miyazaki due pick on his passion for aircraft and too for the idea that the mansion would "blow a new wind because of the anime industry".^[11][12] Although the European word would be more accurately transliterated as "Giburi" (ギブリ), with a tough g sound, the studio's name recapitulate written in Japanese as Jiburi (ジブリ, [dʑiꜜbɯɾi]^ⓘ).^[11]

History

Tokuma Shoten era

Founded on June 15, 1985, Studio Ghibli was headed chunk directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki. Miyazaki leading Takahata had already had long jobs in Japanese film and television spiritedness and had worked together on The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince strip off the Sun in 1968 and blue blood the gentry Panda! Go, Panda! films in 1972 and 1973. Suzuki had been deflate editor at Tokuma Shoten's Animagemanga magazine.^[13]

The studio was founded after the outcome of the 1984 film Nausicaä contempt the Valley of the Wind. Suzuki was part of the film's arrange team, and founded Studio Ghibli proficient Miyazaki, who also invited Takahata equivalent to join them.^[14][15][16]

The studio has mainly loosely transpire b emerge films by Miyazaki, with the superfluous most prolific director being Takahata (most notably with Grave of the Fireflies). Other directors who have worked shrink Studio Ghibli include Yoshifumi Kondō, Hiroyuki Morita, Gorō Miyazaki, and Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Composer Joe Hisaishi has provided righteousness soundtracks for most of Miyazaki's Mansion Ghibli films. In their book Anime Classics Zettai!, Brian Camp and Julie Davis made note of Michiyo Yasuda as "a mainstay of Studio Ghibli's extraordinary design and production team".^[17] Fall back one time the studio was homeproduced in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo.^[18]

In August 1996, The Walt Disney Company and Tokuma Shoten formed a partnership wherein Walt Disney Studios would be the solitary international distributor for Tokuma Shoten's Accommodation Ghibli animated films.^[19] Under this understanding, Disney also agreed to finance 10% of the studio's production costs.^[20] On account of then, all three of the equivalent films by Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli that were previously dubbed by Simplify Pictures have been re-dubbed by Disney.^[21] On June 1, 1997, Tokuma Shoten Publishing consolidated its media operations overtake merging Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten Intermedia software and Tokuma International under melody location.^[22]

Over the years, there has archaic a close relationship between Studio Ghibli and the magazine Animage, which ordinarily runs exclusive articles on the flat and its members in a part titled "Ghibli Notes". Artwork from Ghibli's films and other works are oft featured on the cover of high-mindedness magazine. Saeko Himuro's novel Umi ga Kikoeru was serialised in the periodical and subsequently adapted into Ocean Waves, Studio Ghibli's first animated feature-length hide created for television. It was fastened by Tomomi Mochizuki.^[23]

In October 2001, blue blood the gentry Ghibli Museum opened in Mitaka, Tokyo.^[24] It contains exhibits based on Cottage Ghibli films and shows animations, with a number of short Studio Ghibli films not available elsewhere.

The accommodation is also known for its remorseless "no-edits" policy in licensing their flicks abroad due to Nausicaä of probity Valley of the Wind being awkwardly edited for the film's release regulate the United States as Warriors detect the Wind.^[25][26]

Independent era

Between 1999 and 2005, Studio Ghibli was a subsidiary identify of Tokuma Shoten; however, that firm ended in April 2005, when Workshop Ghibli was spun off from Tokuma Shoten and was re-established as spoil independent company with relocated headquarters.^[27]

On Feb 1, 2008, Toshio Suzuki stepped amateur from the position of Studio Ghibli president, which he had held on account of 2005, and Koji Hoshino (former skipper of Walt Disney Japan) took go with. Suzuki said he wanted to upsurge films with his own hands hoot a producer, rather than demanding that from his employees. Suzuki decided total hand over the presidency to Hoshino because Hoshino has helped Studio Ghibli to sell its videos since 1996 and has also aided the unbind of the Princess Mononoke film prickly the United States.^[28] Suzuki still serves on the company's board of directors.^[29]

Takahata developed a project for release fend for Gorō Miyazaki's (director of Tales take the stones out of Earthsea and Hayao's son) The Yarn of the Princess Kaguya – uncorrupted adaptation of The Tale of description Bamboo Cutter. Miyazaki announced his giving up work with The Wind Rises which hype about the Mitsubishi A6M Zero innermost its creator,^[30] but returned with The Boy and the Heron in 2023, earning the director his second Faculty Award.

On Sunday, September 1, 2013, Hayao Miyazaki held a press colloquium in Venice to confirm his loneliness, saying: "I know I've said Unrestrained would retire many times in depiction past. Many of you must expect, 'Once again.' But this time Mad am quite serious."^[31]

In 2013, a flick directed by Mami Sunada called The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (Japanese: 夢と狂気の王国, Hepburn: Yume to kyōki maladroit thumbs down d ōkoku) was created delving into picture lives of those working at Accommodation Ghibli and the productions of significance animated films The Wind Rises abstruse The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, including storyboard sketching, inking, painting, become calm voice actor selection for the films.^[32]

On January 31, 2014, it was proclaimed that Gorō Miyazaki will direct cap first anime television series, Sanzoku ham-fisted Musume Rōnya, an adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Ronia the Robber's Daughter friendship NHK. The series is computer-animated, charge by Polygon Pictures, and co-produced timorous Studio Ghibli.^[33][34]

In March 2014, Toshio Suzuki retired as producer and assumed greatness new position of general manager. Yoshiaki Nishimura replaced Suzuki in the grower role.^[35]

On August 3, 2014, Toshio Suzuki announced that Studio Ghibli would perception a "brief pause" to re-evaluate champion restructure in the wake of Miyazaki's retirement. He stated some concerns study where the company would go pull the future.^{[36][37][38][39]} This led to assumption that Studio Ghibli will never generate another feature film again. On Nov 7, 2014, Miyazaki stated, "That was not my intention, though. All Uproarious did was announce that I would be retiring and not making absurd more features."^[40] Lead producer Yoshiaki Nishimura among several other staffers from Ghibli, such as director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, consider to found Studio Ponoc in Apr 2015, working on the film Mary and the Witch's Flower.^[41]

The 2016 animatedfantasy filmThe Red Turtle, directed and co-written by Dutch-British animator Michaël Dudok assistant Wit in his feature film inauguration, was a co-production between Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch.^[42]

In February 2017, Toshio Suzuki announced that Hayao Miyazaki challenging come out of retirement to ancient a new feature film with Flat Ghibli.^[43]

On November 28, 2017, Koji Hoshino stepped down as president; he was replaced by Kiyofumi Nakajima (former Ghibli Museum director). Hoshino was then equipped as Chairman of Studio Ghibli.^[44][45]

In Can 2020, Toshio Suzuki confirmed that straighten up new film from Gorō Miyazaki evaluation in development at Studio Ghibli. Expulsion June 3, 2020, Studio Ghibli proclaimed that the film would be highrise adaptation of the novel Earwig arm the Witch by Diana Wynne Linksman. The film was announced as primacy first full 3D CG animated Ghibli film and slated for a mash premiere on NHK in late 2020.^[46] The company had a net gains of ¥1.253 billion, and a full asset worth ¥24.521 billion by Venerable 2021.^[47]

On November 1, 2022, the Workshop Ghibli themed amusement park Ghibli Glimmering opened.^[48]

On April 4, 2023, Koji Hoshino announced that he had stepped collapse as chairman, and would serve introduce a representative director before planning throw up exit Studio Ghibli completely during position company's annual general shareholder's meeting neat June, one month prior to magnanimity release of director Hayao Miyazaki's ending movie The Boy and the Heron on July 14.^[49] He also proclaimed that Toshio Suzuki would be requital Kiyofumi Nakajima as president of Mansion Ghibli, assuming the role for goodness first time since 2008, while Nakajima would continue to serve as organized director.^[50] This change of management came about amidst reports that Suzuki challenging allegedly been mismanaging company funds saturate directing them towards his girlfriend's abortive business ventures. This reportedly created emphasize between Suzuki and Hoshino, with character latter reportedly citing it as neat long-term internal problem at the go out with since the couple met in 2013 and was the reason for surmount planned departure from the company, though a spokesperson for Studio Ghibli live in a statement to Variety denied walk Hoshino's departure had anything to enact with these reports.^[51][52][49] The source insensible the allegations came from the gazette paper, Shūkan Josei and was shriek corroborated by the mainstream media extort Japan.^[53]

Nippon Television era

In October 2023, primacy studio became a subsidiary of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.. Studio Ghibli's control transitioned to Hiroyuki Fukuda, a prime executive at NTV. Toshio Suzuki became chairman and Hayao Miyazaki became Spontaneous Chairman. Nippon TV acquired a 42.3% stake in Studio Ghibli. The verdict was driven by the advanced put an end to of Miyazaki and Suzuki, aged 82 and 75, respectively. The studio abstruse considered Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki, similarly a successor but opted for apparent leadership due to concerns and Goro's reluctance. NTV started to handle supervision, allowing Studio Ghibli to focus smartness creative endeavors.^[54][55] The takeover took discontinuation on October 6.^[56]

In 2024, the flat received an honorary Palme d'Or esteem the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, probity first film production company to come by the award.^[57][58]

Distribution rights

Theatrical and home public relations rights

Japan

In Japan, most of the company's films are distributed by Toho sensationally, except for Castle in the Sky, Kiki's Delivery Service (which were revile by Toei Company along with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) and My Neighbors the Yamadas, which was distributed by Shochiku.

For territory media, a majority of Studio Ghibli releases are distributed by Walt Filmmaker Studios Japan.^[59]Pony Canyon occasionally releases Ghibli documentaries on home media, and additionally distributes rental versions of Ghibli's motion pictures under a deal with Disney.^{[citation needed]} Pony Canyon also fully distributed magnanimity standalone version of Earwig and probity Witch on home media.^{[citation needed]}

Before loftiness Disney deal, Tokuma Shoten released Ghibli movies themselves through their "Animage Video" imprint, as well as all LaserDisc releases of the movies, as honourableness Disney deal did not include go off at a tangent format.

International

After purchasing the global extra rights from World Film Corporation,^[60]Manson Universal and Showmen, Inc. produced a 95-minute English dub of Nausicaä of honesty Valley of the Wind, titled Warriors of the Wind,^[61] which was on the loose theatrically in the United States gross New World Pictures on June 14, 1985, followed by a VHS flee in December 1985.^[62][63] The voice discard and actresses were not credited, settle down the film was heavily edited habitation give it a faster pace.^[64] Distinction film received a PG rating crabby like Disney's later English dub.^[65] Encourage removing several of the longer conversation scenes, some of the environmentalist themes were simplified as was the bazaar subplot of the Ohmu, altered ascend remove Nausicaä's childhood connection to them.^[66] Most of the characters' names were changed, including the titular character who became Princess Zandra. The North English poster and VHS cover featured top-hole cadre of male characters who rummage not in the film, riding leadership resurrected God Warrior—including a still-living Champion shown briefly in a flashback. Complete, approximately 22 minutes was cut chaste North American release.^[65]Warriors of the Wind also prompted Miyazaki to allow paraphrast Toren Smith of Studio Proteus finding create an official, faithful translation domination the Nausicaä manga for Viz Media.^[67]

In the late 1980s, an English phone of Castle in the Sky was produced for international Japan Airlines flights at the request of Tokuma Shoten. The Castle dub was briefly hidden in the United States by Facilitate Pictures. Carl Macek, the head refreshing Streamline, was disappointed with this give a call, deeming it "adequate, but clumsy".^[68] Succeeding this, Tokuma allowed Streamline to formula their future acquisitions My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. In Apr 1993, Troma Films, under their Fiftieth St. Films banner, distributed the Totoro dub as a theatrical release, tube the dub was later released perplex VHS and eventually onto DVD vulgar 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Happening the early 1990s, an English stereotype of Porco Rosso was produced stomachturning Ward Sexton in Japan, again select international Japan Airlines flights. The another dubs can be seen on righteousness 1996 Ghibli ga Ippai Laserdisc location, the initial copies for the Asiatic DVD releases of Totoro, Laputa become more intense Porco, and Fox's VHS and DVD release of Totoro.

In 1996, Walt Disney Studios acquired worldwide distribution consecutive to the Studio Ghibli library, lay into Disney redubbing all previously dubbed films.^[19][71] In addition, Walt Disney Studios Gloss agreed to contribute 10% of position funding for all future releases, creative with My Neighbors the Yamadas, fragment exchange for right of first rejection regarding international distribution.^[20] Disney continues peer this practice to this day, plane extending it to the works catch the fancy of Studio Ponoc and to co-productions on the topic of The Red Turtle in Japan. Chuck it down reportedly took four years for Filmmaker and Studio Ghibli to reach a-ok distribution deal. Originally, the Ghibli motion pictures were meant to headline a questionnaire of videos called Animation Celebration, highlight critically acclaimed animated films from spend time the world. These plans never materialized in full, but the Animation Celebration logo can be seen on Disney's original VHS release of Kiki's Onset Service. During Disney's tenure, the factory produced the English dubs and free 15 of Ghibli's films, plus Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, through the Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Home Video, Miramax and Benchmark Pictures banners.^[72]

Disney and Ghibli have too selectively chosen not to promote viewpoint record an English-dubbed version for cinema and works deemed less internationally salable, including some of Takahata's more sensitive and obscure pieces.^[73] Although the Shop has a "No cuts" policy derive terms of international versions and dubs, this does not apply to promotional posters, etc., for which the pick up makers collaborate with Disney to inter cultural appropriate international versions. The Accommodation has not shied away from rebranding on the international stage in instability to convey tweaked promotional imagery make it to different cultural norms. One example sunup these tweaks to international promotional funds can be seen between the Nipponese and English versions of the take poster for Spirited Away (2001). Ferry American and other English-speaking audiences, say publicly name of the film was denatured from the Japanese version, which as the crow flies translates roughly to, "The Disappearance time off Chihiro and Sen", to Spirited Away to suggest more mystical, otherworldly themes, since the direct Japanese translation could be taken to mean that Chihiro/Sen disappeared due to some more poor reason. On the American movie marker, more pictures of spirits from loftiness film were added to the training to further pique the viewer's commercial with more supernatural themes, creating disallow association between the pictures spirits advocate what most American people would deem of as "ghosts". For the Altaic poster, there are fewer spirits because the Japanese Shinto religion normalizes rectitude existence of spirits, so less outcome is needed to convey the cost of non-human spirits. Also, Disney puffed up the "Studio Ghibli" and "Hayao Miyazaki" labels on the poster, helping be proof against bring greater awareness to the workroom through the success of Spirited Away.^[74]

In 2011, GKIDS acquired the North Dweller theatrical distribution rights of the selfsame Ghibli films, with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment retaining the home videotape rights.^[75] Afterwards, in 2013, GKIDS erred the US and Canadian distribution call to From Up on Poppy Hill. The film, which Disney passed hand in to GKIDS due to dealing fellow worker potential incest, marked the first put on ice since 1996 that Disney handed ingenious Studio Ghibli film off to all over the place distributor. Afterwards, GKIDS would go tallness to distribute the films Disney support to be too mature or unvendible for American audiences: Only Yesterday, Ocean Waves, The Tale of the Empress Kaguya and When Marnie Was There. In July 2017, Disney relinquished take the edge off home video rights (with the blockage of The Wind Rises, which remained with Disney until 2020 due authorization a distribution clause) to GKIDS, which handles all theatrical and home publicity distribution of Ghibli films in Northern America along with Mary and blue blood the gentry Witch's Flower.^[71] Nevertheless, Disney still continues to handle select distribution in Adorn (home media), Taiwan and China.

GKIDS' home media releases have been handled by multiple distributors. Cinedigm distributed depiction home media release of Poppy Hill, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment distributed influence home media releases of Kaguya, Marnie, Mary, Yesterday and Waves, and Shout! Factory all subsequent releases thus faraway. The Ghibli films owned by GKIDS were made available for digital using on most major services in magnanimity United States and Canada on Dec 17, 2019, through Shout! Factory.^[76]

Outside Collection (including Japan) and North America in that 2003, Goodfellas (a former subsidiary staff Wild Bunch, formerly known as Savage Bunch International) has been Studio Ghibli's international sales holder.^[77]

Individual rights to Ghibli's films are held by various 3rd parties, including Elysian Film Group person in charge Anonymous Content (United Kingdom and Ireland),^[a] Wild Bunch (France and Belgium),^[b][81]Leonine (Germany), Lucky Red (Italy), Vértigo Films (Spain),^[c]Crunchyroll Store Australia (Australia and New Zealand)^[d] and Encore Films/mm2 Entertainment^[e] in South Asia.

Notably, The Secret World mimic Arrietty received a second dub absolute to the United Kingdom, produced stomachturning StudioCanal UK, likely due to dignity film's origins being from Mary Norton's British novel The Borrowers.

Disney a while ago held international sales rights until they were sold off to Goodfellas (then Wild Bunch) in 2003. Disney kept back the French distribution rights to Ghibli's library until September 2020, when flow had expired and transitioned off offer Wild Bunch.^[83] Since 2021, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment serves as the dwelling-place media distributor of Studio Ghibli's sort via its distribution deal with Unbroken Bunch through the Wild Side Vidéo label.^[84][85][86]

Streaming rights

Prior to 2019, Studio Ghibli opted not to make its flicks available digitally, feeling that physical public relations and theatrical events like GKIDS' Factory Ghibli Fest would work more pamper their goal of mindful care scold curation for their films. Disney difficult previously lobbied for a streaming look like with Ghibli during their distribution designate, but such attempts were never materialized.^[72] The studio heads changed their low down after hearing a quote from Indweller actor and director Woody Allen start again how there should be multiple outlets for feature films.^[87]

On October 17, 2019, Warner Bros. Discovery's HBO Max (now Max) announced it had acquired limited streaming rights to Studio Ghibli's codify in the United States as assign of a deal with GKIDS; these films were available when the rent out launched in May 2020.^[88] On Jan 20, 2020, it was announced walk Netflix acquired the exclusive streaming up front to this catalogue in all abysm where it operates except for rendering United States (in which Netflix does have streaming rights to The Stronghold of Cagliostro and Mary and interpretation Witch's Flower), as part of straighten up deal with Ghibli's international sales open partner Wild Bunch. Seven of 21 films in the studio's catalogue were released on February 1, 2020, discover the others following on March 1 and April 1.^[89] Netflix then pretentious a separate deal with GKIDS hope against hope streaming rights in Canada which was announced on June 22, and came into effect on June 25 used for most films.^[90] As of 2024, cack-handed streaming rights deals have yet bent announced for Studio Ghibli's home kingdom of Japan, nor for markets much as China where neither Netflix indistinct HBO Max is available.

Grave observe the Fireflies

Most of the above deals exclude Grave of the Fireflies; different from most of the other films, which were published by Tokuma Shoten, Grave of the Fireflies was produced focus on is owned by Shinchosha, which further had published the short story lawful was based on, and as much, fell into different rights holdings.^[76] In the nude was released in Japan on VHS by Buena Vista Home Entertainment mess the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection error of judgment August 7, 1998. On July 29, 2005, a DVD release was submit c be communicated through Warner Home Video. Walt Filmmaker Studios Japan released the complete collector's edition DVD on August 6, 2008. Walt Disney Studios Japan released goodness film on Blu-ray twice on July 18, 2012: one as a free release, and one in a two-film set with My Neighbor Totoro.^{[citation needed]}StudioCanal released a Blu-ray in the Leagued Kingdom on July 1, 2013.^[91]Madman Excitement released the film in Australia keep from New Zealand.^[92]

It was released on VHS in North America by Central Garden Media in a subtitled form ejection June 2, 1993.^[93] They later free the film with an English call on VHS on September 1, 1998 (the same day Disney released Kiki's Delivery Service in North America) become calm an all-Regions DVD (which also specified the original Japanese with English subtitles) on October 7 the same gathering. It was later released on unadorned two-disc DVD set (which once take up again included both the English dub promote the original Japanese with English subtitles as well as the film's storyboards with the second disc containing complicate extensive Bonus Features) on October 8, 2002. It was released by Median Park Media one last time fulfill December 7, 2004. Following the Hawthorn 2009 bankruptcy and liquidation of Essential Park Media,^[94]ADV Films acquired the open and re-released it on DVD position July 7, 2009.^[95] Following the Sept 1, 2009 shutdown and re-branding stir up ADV,^[96] their successor, Sentai Filmworks, saved the film and released a remastered DVD on March 6, 2012.^[97][98] Clean Blu-ray edition was released on Nov 20, 2012, featuring an all-new Fairly dub produced by Seraphim Digital, well ahead with a digital release that identical year.^[99]Netflix acquired the distribution rights save the film in 2024 and began featuring it for digital streaming hard to find of Japan on September 16, 2024.^[100]

Works

Main article: List of Studio Ghibli works

Horus and Cagliostro were the feature-length to blame debuts of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki respectively, and were produced give up Toei Animation and TMS Entertainment geezerhood before the founding of Studio Ghibli.

Nausicaä was directed by Miyazaki tackle Topcraft, a studio which Miyazaki, Takahata and Toshio Suzuki later purchased enjoin renamed Studio Ghibli. As a play a part, the film has often been rereleased and marketed as a Studio Ghibli movie.

The Red Turtle was a-one collaborative effort by Studio Ghibli fellow worker Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Common sense and was branded as a Building Ghibli release internationally. It was fingers on by Sony Pictures Classics in Polar and Latin America.

For the virtually of the list below, films divagate appear in Studio Ghibli's official filmography^[101] are listed. Other Studio Ghibli writings actions are listed here.

Feature films

Television

Style and themes

Further information: Hayao Miyazaki § Themes

Studio Ghibli big screen are mostly hand-drawn using rich painting and acrylic paints. The films numerous traditional methods of making animation ring every frame is drawn and full stop by hand. Computer animation techniques bear out used sparingly.^[153] All the Studio Ghibli films use bright colors,^[154][155] and own acquire a "whimsical and joyful aesthetic".^[156] Plant Ghibli's art style tends to aptly more of a cozy European be given that put a lot of undertones on the background and nature injure the scene.^[157] A notable exception commission The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, directed by Takahata, which departs make the first move Ghibli's typical style by employing unmixed soft watercolor palette and storybook-like exquisite reminiscent of Japanese folk art. That approach aimed to reflect the sentiment and inner struggles of the symbols and highlight the hand-drawn animation.^[158]

The pictures often focus on the lives eradicate youth, especially school children. Common themes include the risks posed by govern to tradition,^[159] environmentalism and the standard world,^[159][156] independent female protagonists,^[154] the proportion of war, and youth.^[155]

Music

Much of Workshop Ghibli's music is composed by Joe Hisaishi, who has worked with Miyazaki on creating the music for empress films for over 30 years. Bankruptcy uses storyboard images, provided by Miyazaki, to create an image album,^[160] which is then used to build favor the final soundtrack for the video. The music has elements from Baroquecounterpoint, jazz, and modal music^[161] to bug out the unique sound that many connect with both Hisaishi and Studio Ghibli. Early on, the music in class films was known for its selective, synth sound, before later moving endure more motivic and melody-driven music.^[162] Singularly present in earlier years, the penalisation does not directly relate to interpretation emotions and rhythms happening on screen.^[162] Another defining feature is Hisaishi's elite use of leitmotif, rather than tidy singular song being associated with put off character, the motif is the instant of the film.^[163] Hisaishi began leitmotif in Ghibli films first bonding agent Howl's Moving Castle.^[162]

Notable animators, background artists and character designers

• Masashi Ando (Only Yesterday, Paranoia Agent and Paprika)
• Makiko Futaki (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky, My Edge Totoro, Akira, Angel's Egg)
• Katsuya Kondō (Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle)
• Kitarō Kōsaka (Nausicaä of the Valley of authority Wind, Monster, Master Keaton, and Nasu)
• Kazuo Oga (The Night of Taneyamagahara, My Neighbor Totoro, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Mary and probity Witch's Flower)
• Kenichi Yoshida (Only Yesterday, Overman King Gainer and Eureka Seven)
• Akihiko Yamashita (Howl's Moving Castle, Tide-Line Blue, Princess Nine, Strange Dawn, and Relic Fit Legacium)
• Hideaki Anno (Nausicaä of the Vale of the Wind, Neon Genesis Evangelion)
• Takashi Nakamura (Nausicaä of the Valley catch the Wind, Akira, Robot Carnival bid Catnapped!)
• Atsushi Takahashi (Spirited Away, Blue Exorcist and Godzilla: Singular Point)
• Takashi Watanabe (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Slayers, Boogiepop Phantom and Shakugan thumb Shana)
• Hiromasa Yonebayashi (Arrietty, When Marnie Was There)
• Mamoru Kanbe (Nausicaä of the Depression of the Wind, Cardcaptor Sakura, Elfen Lied, Demon Prince Enma)

See also

Notes

References