Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli, Inc.
株式会社スタジオジブリ

Type	Kabushiki gaisha
Industry	Motion pictures Video games TV commercials
Predecessor	Topcraft
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (June 15, 1985)
Founders	Hayao Miyazaki Isao Takahata Toshio Suzuki Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Headquarters	Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Koji Hoshino (Executive director, President) Hayao Miyazaki (Director) Toshio Suzuki (Executive director)
Products	Animated feature films (anime), television films, commercials, live-action films
Net income	¥1.426 billion (2011)
Total assets	¥15.77 billion (2011)
Owner	Tokuma Shoten (1999–2005) Independent (2005–present)
Number of employees	300
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 based in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.^[1] The studio is best known for its anime feature films, and has also produced several short films, television commercials, and one television film. It was founded on June 15, 1985 after the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), with funding by Tokuma Shoten.

Eight of Studio Ghibli's films are among the 15 highest-grossing anime films made in Japan, with Spirited Away (2001) being the highest, grossing over US$290 million worldwide. Many of their works have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award, and four have won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Five of Studio Ghibli's films received Academy Award nominations in the United States. Spirited Away won a Golden Bear in 2002 and an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2003.

On August 3, 2014, Studio Ghibli announced it was temporarily halting production following the retirement of director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-founded the studio with Isao Takahata.^[2][3]

Name

The name Ghibli was given by Hayao Miyazaki with reference to the Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli.^[4] The Italian noun "ghibli" is based on the Libyan-Arabic name for the sirocco, or Mediterranean wind, the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry".^[4][5] Although the Italian word is pronounced with a hard ɡ, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is with a soft g, [dʑíbu͍ɾi]

History

Three of the four founders of Studio Ghibli. From top to bottom: Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki.

Founded on June 15, 1985, the studio is headed by the directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and the producer Toshio Suzuki. Prior to the formation of the studio, Miyazaki and Takahata had already had long careers in Japanese film and television animation and had worked together on Hols: Prince of the Sun and Panda! Go, Panda!; and Suzuki was an editor at Tokuma Shoten's Animage manga magazine.

The studio was founded after the success of the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, written and directed by Miyazaki for Topcraft and distributed by Toei Company. The origins of the film lie in the first two volumes of a serialized manga written by Miyazaki for publication in Animage as a way of generating interest in an anime version.^[5][6] Suzuki was part of the production team on the film and founded Studio Ghibli with Miyazaki, who also invited Takahata to join the new studio.

The studio has mainly produced films by Miyazaki, with the second most prolific director being Takahata (most notably with Grave of the Fireflies). Other directors who have worked with Studio Ghibli include Yoshifumi Kondo, Hiroyuki Morita, Gorō Miyazaki, and Hiromasa Yonebayashi. Composer Joe Hisaishi has provided the soundtracks for most of Miyazaki's Studio 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".^[7] At one time the studio was based in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo.^[8]

In August 1996, Disney and Tokuma Shoten Publishing agreed that Disney would distribute internationally Tokuma's Studio Ghibli animated films.^[9]

Many of Ghibli's films in Japan are theatrically distributed by Toho while home video releases are handled by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Japan.^[10] Wild Bunch holds the international sales rights to many of Ghibli's films.^[11] Ghibli's main international distribution partners also include Disney (Japan Home Video, Taiwan, North America, France),^[10][11] GKIDS (North America),^[12] StudioCanal UK, and Madman Entertainment (Australia).

Over the years, there has been a close relationship between Studio Ghibli and the magazine Animage, which regularly runs exclusive articles on the studio and its members in a section titled "Ghibli Notes." Artwork from Ghibli's films and other works are frequently featured on the cover of the magazine. Between 1999 and 2005 Studio Ghibli was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten, the publisher of Animage.

In October 2001, the Ghibli Museum opened in Mitaka, Tokyo.^[13] It contains exhibits based on Studio Ghibli films and shows animations, including a number of short Studio Ghibli films not available elsewhere.

The studio is also known for its strict "no-edits" policy in licensing their films abroad due to Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind being heavily edited for the film's release in the United States as Warriors of the Wind. The "no cuts" policy was highlighted when Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein suggested editing Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable. A Studio Ghibli producer is rumoured to have sent an authentic Japanese sword with a simple message: "No cuts".^[14]

On February 1, 2008, Toshio Suzuki stepped down from the position of Studio Ghibli president, which he had held since 2005, and Koji Hoshino (former president of Walt Disney Japan) took over. Suzuki said he wanted to improve films with his own hands as a producer, rather than demanding this from his employees. Suzuki decided to hand over the presidency to Hoshino because Hoshino has helped Studio Ghibli to sell its videos since 1996, also helping to release the Princess Mononoke film in the United States.^[15] Suzuki still serves on the company's board of directors.

Two Studio Ghibli short films created for the Ghibli Museum were shown at the Carnegie Hall Citywise Japan NYC Festival: "House Hunting" and "Mon Mon the Water Spider" were screened on March 26, 2011.^[16]

Takahata developed a project for release after Gorō Miyazaki's (director of Tales from Earthsea and Hayao's son) From Up on Poppy Hill – an adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The last film Hayao Miyazaki directed before retiring from feature films was The Wind Rises which is about the Mitsubishi A6M Zero and its founder.^[17]

On Sunday, September 1, 2013, Hayao Miyazaki held a press conference in Venice to confirm his retirement, saying: "I know I've said I would retire many times in the past. Many of you must think, 'Once again.' But this time I am quite serious."^[18]

On January 31, 2014, it was announced that Gorō Miyazaki will direct his first anime TV series, Sanzoku no Musume Rōnya, an adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Ronia the Robber's Daughter for NHK. The series is computer-animated, produced by Polygon Pictures, and co-produced by Studio Ghibli.^[19][20]

In March 2014, Toshio Suzuki retired as a producer and assumed a new position of general manager. Yoshiaki Nishimura replaced Suzuki in the producer role.^[21]

On August 3, 2014, Toshio Suzuki announced that Studio Ghibli would take a "brief pause" to re-evaluate and restructure in the wake of Miyazaki's retirement. He stated some concerns about where the company would go in the future.^[22] This has led to speculation that Studio Ghibli will never produce another feature film again. On November 7, 2014, Miyazaki stated, "That was not my intention, though. All I did was announce that I would be retiring and not making any more features."^[23]

Works

Significant achievements

• The highest-grossing film of 1989 in Japan: Kiki's Delivery Service
• The highest-grossing film of 1991 in Japan: Only Yesterday
• The highest-grossing film of 1992 in Japan: Porco Rosso
• The highest-grossing film of 1994 in Japan: Pom Poko
• The first Studio Ghibli film to use computer graphics: Pom Poko
• The first Japanese film in Dolby Digital: Whisper of the Heart
• The first Miyazaki feature to use computer graphics, and the first Studio Ghibli film to use digital coloring; the first animated feature in Japan's history to gross more than 10 billion yen at the box office and the first animated film ever to win a National Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year: Princess Mononoke
• The first Studio Ghibli film to be shot using a 100% digital process: My Neighbors the Yamadas
• The first Miyazaki feature to be shot using a 100% digital process; the first film to gross $200 million worldwide before opening in North America; the film to finally overtake Titanic at the Japanese box office, becoming the top grossing film in the history of Japanese cinema; the only anime, non-English-speaking and traditionally animated winner, so far, of an Academy award for Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
• The highest-grossing film of 2013 in Japan: The Wind Rises^[24]

Films

While Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is often considered a Studio Ghibli film, it was produced and released before the studio's official founding.

#	Film	Release date	Director	Screenwriter(s)	Producer(s)	Music	RT
1	Castle in the Sky	August 2, 1986	Hayao Miyazaki		Isao Takahata	Joe Hisaishi	95%[25]
2	Grave of the Fireflies	April 16, 1988	Isao Takahata		Toru Hara	Michio Mamiya	97%[26]
3	My Neighbor Totoro		Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	93%[27]
4	Kiki's Delivery Service	July 29, 1989			Hayao Miyazaki		96%[28]
5	Only Yesterday	July 20, 1991	Isao Takahata		Toshio Suzuki	Katz Hoshi	100%[29]
6	Porco Rosso	July 18, 1992	Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	94%[30]
7	Pom Poko	July 16, 1994	Isao Takahata			Shang Shang Typhoon	78%[31]
8	Whisper of the Heart	July 15, 1995	Yoshifumi Kondō	Hayao Miyazaki		Yuji Nomi	91%[32]
9	Princess Mononoke	July 12, 1997	Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	92%[33]
10	My Neighbors the Yamadas	July 17, 1999	Isao Takahata			Akiko Yano	75%[34]
11	Spirited Away	July 20, 2001	Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	97%[35]
12	The Cat Returns	July 20, 2002	Hiroyuki Morita	Reiko Yoshida	Nozomu Takahashi & Toshio Suzuki	Yuji Nomi	89%[36]
13	Howl's Moving Castle	November 20, 2004	Hayao Miyazaki		Toshio Suzuki	Joe Hisaishi	87%[37]
14	Tales from Earthsea	July 29, 2006	Gorō Miyazaki	Gorō Miyazaki & Keiko Niwa		Tamiya Terashima	41%[38]
15	Ponyo	July 19, 2008	Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	92%[39]
16	Arrietty	July 17, 2010	Hiromasa Yonebayashi	Hayao Miyazaki & Keiko Niwa		Cécile Corbel	95%[40]
17	From Up on Poppy Hill	July 16, 2011	Gorō Miyazaki			Satoshi Takebe	83%[41]
18	The Wind Rises[42]	July 20, 2013	Hayao Miyazaki			Joe Hisaishi	89%[43]
19	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya[42]	November 23, 2013	Isao Takahata	Isao Takahata & Riko Sakaguchi	Yoshiaki Nishimura & Seiichiro Ujiie		100%[44]
20	When Marnie Was There[45]	July 19, 2014	Hiromasa Yonebayashi	Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Keiko Niwa & Masashi Ando	Yoshiaki Nishimura & Toshio Suzuki	Takatsugu Muramatsu	90%[46]
	Ocean Waves	May 5, 1993	Tomomi Mochizuki	Kaori Nakamura	Toshio Suzuki, Nozomu Takahashi & Seiji Okuda	Shigeru Nagata	N/A

Anime series

• Sanzoku no Musume Rōnya (2014), director Gorō Miyazaki, based on Ronia the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren. Animation production by Polygon Pictures, co-produced by Studio Ghibli.

Short films

These are short films, including those created for television, theatrical release, and the Ghibli Museum. Original video animation releases and music videos (theatrical and television) are also listed in this section.

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Purpose
1995	On Your Mark	Hayao Miyazaki		A promotional music video for Chage & Aska
2000	Ghiblies	Yoshiyuki Momose	Hiroyuki Watanabe	TV short film
2001	Kujiratori (The Whale Hunt)	Hayao Miyazaki		Ghibli Museum
2001 - 2009	Film Guru Guru - Kūsō no Kikaitachi no Naka no Hakai no Hatsumei (2002) - The Theory of Evolution (2009)		Hiromasa Yonebayashi
2002	Ghiblies Episode 2	Yoshiyuki Momose		Shown theatrically before The Cat Returns
2002	Koro's Big Day Out	Hayao Miyazaki		Ghibli Museum
2002	Imaginary Flying Machines		Toshio Suzuki
2002	Mei And The Kittenbus
2004	Portable Airport	Yoshiyuki Momose		A music video created by Studio Kajino for Capsule
2004	Space Station No. 9
2005	Doredore no Uta	Osamu Tanabe		A promotional music video for Meiko Haigou
2005	A Flying City Plan (Soratobu Toshikeikaku)	Yoshiyuki Momose		A music video created by Studio Kajino for Capsule
2005	Looking For A Home	Hayao Miyazaki		Ghibli Museum
2006	The Day I Raised/Harvested a Planet
2006	Water Spider Monmon
2006	The Night of Taneyamagahara	Kazuo Oga		A DVD version was released for Japan on July 7, 2006
2007	Iblard Jikan	Naohisa Inoue		Released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray disc on July 4, 2007, as part of the Ghibli ga Ippai Collection
2009	Piece	Yoshiyuki Momose		A promotional music video for Yui Aragaki
2010	Chu Zumo			Ghibli Museum
2010	Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess	Hayao Miyazaki
2011	The Treasure Hunt
2012	Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo			Shown at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Commercials

Release Date	Title	Translated title	Type	Publisher	Director	Notes
1992	Nandarō	What's That?	TV spot	Nippon TV	Hayao Miyazaki	Produced for the NTV 40th anniversary
1992	Sora Iro no Tane	The Sky-Colored Seed	TV spot	Nippon TV	Hayao Miyazaki	Based on the book by Rieko Nakagawa with illustrations by Yuriko Ōmura
1996	Hotaru no Haka		TV spot	Kinyō Roadshow	Yoshifumi Kondō	Based on the film Grave of the Fireflies
1997	Kinyō Roadshow Opening		TV spot	Kinyō Roadshow	Yoshifumi Kondō
2000	www.TVshop1.com		TV spot	TVshop1.com	Yoshiyuki Momose
2001	LAWSON Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi		TV spot	Lawson		Lawson convenience store tie in with Spirited Away DVD
2001	Umacha	Tasty Tea	TV spot	Asahi Soft Drinks	Yoshiyuki Momose	Several commercials featuring voices by Rina Uchiyama and Takashi Naitō
2002	Ghibli Museum Tickets		TV spot	Ghibli Museum	Hayao Miyazaki	Announcement for the opening of the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo
2002	House Foods – The Cat Returns		TV spot	House Foods		House Foods products tie-in campaign for The Cat Returns
2003	Resona Bank		TV spot	Resona Holdings		For the bank owned by Resona
2003	O-uchi de Tabeyou		TV spot	House Foods	Hayao Miyazaki Yoshiyuki Momose	House Foods commercial, summer version
2004	O-uchi de Tabeyou		TV spot	House Foods	Yoshiyuki Momose	House Foods commercial, winter version
2004	KNB Yumedegi		TV spot	Kitanihon Broadcasting	Shinji Hashimoto
2004	Yomiuri Shimbun – Kawaraban		TV spot	Yomiuri Shimbun
2005	Yomiuri Shimbun – Dore Dore Hikkōshi		TV spot	Yomiuri Shimbun
2010	Nisshin Seifun		TV spot	Yomiuri Shimbun	Katsuya Kondō	TV spot designed by Toshio Suzuki and Gorō Miyazaki
2010	Yomiuri Shimbun		TV spot	Yomiuri Shimbun	Gorō Miyazaki	TV spot for the newspaper, animated in the style of Shigeru Sugiura

Video games

• Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu, with Genki (PlayStation, 1998)
• Jade Cocoon 2, with Genki (PlayStation 2, 2001)
• Magic Pengel, with Garakuda-Studio and Taito (PlayStation 2, 2002)
• Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn, with Level-5 (Nintendo DS, 2010)
• Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, with Level-5 (PlayStation 3, 2011)

Stage productions

• Princess Mononoke (2013)

Other works

The works listed here consist of works that do not fall into the above categories. All of these films have been released on DVD or Blu-ray in Japan as part of the Ghibli Gakujutsu Library.

• Sekai Waga Kokoro no Tabi (1998) (documentary following Isao Takahata to Canada to meet Frédéric Back)
• Sekai Waga Kokoro no Tabi (1999) (documentary travelling with Hayao Miyazaki as he follows the footsteps of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
• Mononoke Hime wa Koushite Umareta. ("How Princess Mononoke Was Born", 2001; behind the scenes film directed by Toshio Uratani, documenting the production of Princess Mononoke. Shot over a 2-year period, split into 3 chapters with a total running time of 400 minutes).
• Lasseter-san, Arigatou ("Thank You, Mr. Lasseter", 2003; thank you video created for John Lasseter)
• Miyazaki Hayao Produce no Ichimai no CD ha Kōshite Umareta (2003; a film about Tsunehiko Kamijo's Okaasa no Shashin CD)
• Yanagawa Horiwari Monogatari ("The Story of Yanagawa's Canals") (2003; a part-animated documentary originally broadcast on NHK in 1987)
• Otsuka Yasuo no Ugokasu Yorokobi (2004; a documentary about animator Yasuo Otsuka)
• Miyazaki Hayao to Ghibli Bijutsukan (2005; a film featuring Gorō Miyazaki and Isao Takahata touring the Ghibli Museum)
• Jiburi no Eshokunin – Oga Kazuo Ten – Totoro no Mori o Kaita Hito ("A Ghibli Artisan – Kazuo Oga Exhibition – The Man Who Painted Totoro's Forest") (2007; a documentary to commemorate an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, featuring the work of Studio Ghibli background artist Kazuo Oga)
• Ghibli no Fūkei ("Scenery of Ghibli") (2009; a documentary hosted by Japanese actresses Mayu Tsuruta, Yui Natsukawa and actor Tetsuta Sugimoto, that follows them around Europe and Japan matching Miyazaki's storyboards to the real world scenery and attractions that served as inspiration to the settings of his animated films)
• Suzuki Toshio no Ghibli Asemamire, 99 no Kotoba ("Suzuki Toshio's Ghibli Asemamire, 99 Words") (2009; a compilation of 49 interviews conducted by Toshio Suzuki on his weekly radio program Ghibli Asemamire, broadcasting on Tokyo FM)
• Joe Hisaishi in Budokan – 25 years with the Animations of Hayao Miyazaki (2009; concert footage of Joe Hisaishi's 3 nights at the Nippon Budokan venue in August 2008, where he played various pieces from throughout his 25-year collaboration with Studio Ghibli. Originally broadcast on NHK)
• Ghibli no Hondana [Ghibli's Bookshelf] (documentary), NHK, August 2011. Explores the influence of children's literature on Miyazaki and Takahata's body of work and on Studio Ghibli as a whole.
• Yume to Kyōki no ōkoku (The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness) (2013; director Mami Sunada follows Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki and Isao Takahata over the course of a year as Studio Ghibli prepares to release two films. Released theatrically in Japan in 2013 and in the United States in 2014)
• The Making of The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2014; 3-hour behind-the-scenes film documenting the production of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Released on Blu-ray in Japan in December 2014)

Exhibitions

A selection of layout designs for animated productions was exhibited in the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata and Miyazaki Animation exhibition tour, which started in the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (July 28, 2008 to September 28, 2008) and subsequently travelled to different museums throughout Japan and Asia, concluding its tour of Japan in the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum (October 12, 2013 to January 26, 2014) and its tour of Asia in the Hong Kong Heritage Museum (May 14, 2014 to August 31, 2014). Between October 4, 2014 and March 1, 2015 the layout designs were exhibited at Art Ludique in Paris. The exhibition catalogues contain annotated reproductions of the displayed artwork.^{[47][48][49][50]}

Related works

These works were not created by Studio Ghibli, but were produced by a variety of studios and people who went on to form or join Studio Ghibli. This includes members of Topcraft that went on to create Studio Ghibli in 1985; works produced by Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Nippon Animation or other studios and featuring involvement by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata or other Ghibli staffers. The list also includes works created in cooperation with Studio Ghibli.

Pre-Ghibli

• Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji (1963) (by Toei; Isao Takahata was the assistant director)
• Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965) (by Toei; Hayao Miyazaki was one of the in between animators)
• Sally the Witch (1966) (by Toei Animation; Hayao Miyazaki was a key animator on this series, based on a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.)
• GeGeGe no Kitaro (1968-1972) (by Toei Animation; first and second TV series directed by Isao Takahata, based on the manga series by Shigeru Mizuki)
• Hols: Prince of the Sun (1968) (by Toei Animation, Takahata's directorial debut; Hayao Miyazaki was chief animator, concept artist, and scene designer)
• Himitsu no Akko-chan (1969) (by Toei Animation, directed by Hiroshi Ikeda; Miyazaki was a key animator)
• The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots (1969) (Directed by Kimio Yabuki for Toei, 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) (The main character of the film; Pero would become the mascot for Toei Animation)
• Moomin (1969) (by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Mushi Production, key animation by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Animal Treasure Island (1971) (Directed by Hiroshi Ikeda for Toei with idea construction by Hayao Miyazaki; Hayao Miyazaki was also scene designer and chief animator)
• Lupin III Part 1 (1971 by Tokyo Movie Shinsha; the rest of the episodes were directed by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, based on the manga series by Monkey Punch)
• Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) (Made by Tokyo Movie Shinsha) (Directed by Isao Takahata and written by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Panda! Go, Panda!: The Rainy-Day Circus (1973) (Made by Tokyo Movie Shinsha) (Directed by Isao Takahata and written by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974, by Studio Gallop; directed by Isao Takahata)
• Dog of Flanders (1975) (made by Studio Comet; animation by Hayao Miyazaki)
• 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother (1976, by Studio Comet; directed by Isao Takahata; Scene setting, Layout: Hayao Miyazaki)
• Lupin III Part II (1977 by Tokyo Movie Shinsha); two episodes directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Rascal the Raccoon (1977, by Studio Jungle Gym; key animation by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Future Boy Conan (1978) (by Studio Jungle Gym; directed by Hayao Miyazaki, with two episode directed by Isao Takahata, and featured animation work by many future Ghibli staffers)
• Anne of Green Gables (1979) (by Studio Comet; directed by Isao Takahata)
• The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (by TMS Entertainment, Miyazaki's directorial feature debut)
• Tatsu no ko Taro (1979) (by Toei Animation, original concept by Isao Takahata)
• Jarinko Chie (1981) (by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and Toho; directed by Isao Takahata)
• Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie (1982) (by Tokyo Movie Shinsha, key animation by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Gauche the Cellist (1982, by OH Production, directed by Isao Takahata)
• Sherlock Hound (1984, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, six episodes directed by Hayao Miyazaki)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Topcraft, many who worked on this film went on to found Studio Ghibli)

Cooperative works

Title	Release Date	Company	Creator	Director	Studio Ghibli Role	Notes
Ozanari Dungeon	1991	TMS Entertainment	Motoo Koyama	Hiroshi Aoyama	Animation Corporation	OVA series
Armored Dragon Legend Villgust	1993	Animate Film and Studio Fantasia		Katsuhiko Nishijima	Animation Assistance Studio	Studio Ghibli was one of the Animation Assistance Studios for Episode 2: "The Revived Land"
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie	1995	Toei Animation	Naoko Takeuchi	Hiroki Shibata	Production Association Studio	Studio Ghibli was one of the production association studios
Neon Genesis Evangelion	1995-1996	Gainax and Tatsunoko Production	Hideaki Anno	Hideaki Anno	Co-Producer & Animation Studio	Animation and co-produced by Studio Ghibli on Episode 11: "The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still"
Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus	1995	TMS Entertainment	Monkey Punch	Shunya Itō Takeshi Shirato	Animation Cooperation
Dragon Ball Movie 4: The Path to Power	1996	Toei Animation	Akira Toriyama	Shigeyasu Yamauchi	Production Cooperation Studio	Studio Ghibli was one of the production cooperation studios
Kaiketsu Zorro	1996-1997	Ashi Productions	Johnston McCulley	Katsumi Minoguchi	Production Cooperation Studio	Production cooperation by Studio Ghibli
Shiki-Jitsu	2000	Studio Kajino		Hideaki Anno
Satorare (Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius)	2001			Katsuyuki Motohiro	Co-Production by Studio Ghibli[51]	live-action film
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	2004	Production I.G	Masamune Shirow	Mamoru Oshii	Co-Production
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn	2010-2014	Sunrise	Hajime Yatate Yoshiyuki Tomino	Kazuhiro Furuhashi	Co-Production	OVA series; co-produced by Studio Ghibli on Episode 3: "The Ghost of Laplace"
The Red Turtle	2016	Wild Bunch	Michael Dudok de Wit	Michael Dudok De Wit[52]	Co-production
The Overcoat	In Production			Yuri Norstein	Funding	Possibly being funded by Studio Ghibli president Toshio Suzuki)

Distributive works

These Western animated films (plus one Japanese film) have been distributed by Studio Ghibli, and now through their label, Ghibli Museum Library.

Title	Release Date	Country of Origin	Film Made By	Notes
Mr. Bug Goes to Town	1941	America	Fleischer Studios
The Humpbacked Horse (Russian: Konyok Gorbunok)	1947	Russian	Ivan Ivanov-Vano
Animal Farm	1954	Britain / France	Halas and Batchelor
The Snow Queen (Russian: Snezhnaya koroleva)	1957	Russian	Lev Atamanov
Margo the Mouse (Polish: Przygody Myszki)	1976	Poland	Eugeniusz Kotowski	animation series
The King and the Mockingbird (French: Le Roi et l'oiseau)	1980	France	Paul Grimault
Kirikou and the Sorceress (French: Kirikou et la Sorcière)	1998	France / Belgium	Michel Ocelot
Prince and Princess (French: Prince et princesse)	1999	France	Michel Ocelot
Les Triplettes de Belleville (French: Les Triplettes de Belleville)	2002	France	Sylvain Chomet
Winter Days (Japanese: 冬の日 (Fuyu no Hi))	2004	Japan	Kihachirō Kawamoto	experimental animation anthology
Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest	2006	France	Michel Ocelot
My Love (Russian: Moya Iyubov)	2006	Russian	Aleksandr Petrov
Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (French: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages)	2007	France	Michel Ocelot
The Illusionist (French: L'Illusionniste)	2010	Britain / France	Sylvain Chomet
Tales of the Night (French: Les Contes de la nuit)	2011	France	Michel Ocelot
Wrinkles (Spanish: Arrugas)	2012	Spain	Ignacio Ferreras

Contributive works

Studio Ghibli has made contributions to the following anime series and movies:

Title	Year	Company	Studio Ghibli Contribution
Otaku no Video	1991	Gainax	series in-between animation
Crayon Shin-chan	1992–present	Shin-Ei Animation	series in-between animation
Giant Robo	1992	Mu Animation Studio	key animation assistance on episode 2 only
Memories	1995	Studio 4°C	cooperation in photography on Cannon Fodder sequence
Legend of Crystania - The Motion Picture	1995	Triangle Staff	backgrounds
Gunsmith Cats	1995-1996	Oriental Light and Magic	in-betweeners and photography on episodes 1 and 2 only
Fushigi Yûgi	1995-1996	Pierrot	in-between animation on episodes 5, 6, 9-12, and 14
Fire Emblem	1996	Studio Fantasia and KSS	in-between animation on episode 1 only
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo	1996-2004	Studio Gallop	series in-between animation
Flame of Recca	1997-1998	Pierrot	series backgrounds
Trigun	1998	Madhouse Studios	series in-between animation and key animation on episode 3 only
Spriggan	1998	Studio 4°C	in-between animation
Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target	1998	TMS Entertainment	in-between animation
Popolocrois Monogatari	1998-1999	Bee Train and Production I.G	series in-between animation
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo: The Movie	1999	Studio Gallop	in-between animation
Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie	1999	Madhouse Studios	special effects
Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card	2000	Madhouse Studios	special effects
The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Final	2000-2003	Sunrise	series in-between animation
s-CRY-ed	2001	Sunrise	series in-between animation
Captain Kuppa	2001-2002	Bee Train	series in-between animation
You're Under Arrest	2001	Studio Deen	in-between animation on episode 26 only
Azumanga Daioh	2002	J.C.Staff	backgrounds on episode 11 only
A Tree of Palme	2002	Palm Studio	in-between cooperation
Overman King Gainer	2002-2003	Sunrise	in-between animation on episode 26 only
.hack//Liminality vol. 1: In the Case of Mai Minase	2003	Bee Train	in-between animation
Fullmetal Alchemist	2003-2004	Bones	series in-between animation
Samurai 7	2004	Gonzo	background art on episodes 6-9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 18-23
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	2004-2005	Gonzo	in-between animation and digital coloring on episodes 20, 23 and 24
InuYasha the Movie: Fire on the Mystic Island	2004	Sunrise	backgrounds
The Prince of Tennis: The Two Samurai, The First Game	2005	Production I.G and NAS	in-between animation
Immortal Grand Prix	2005-2006	Production I.G	in-between animation on episodes 1 and 2 only
Elemental Gelade	2005	Xebec	background art on episodes 2-6 and 9
Black Lagoon: The Second Barrage	2006	Madhouse Studios	background art on episode 24 only
Tekkonkinkreet	2006	Studio 4°C	background art
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film)	2006	Madhouse Studios	character and background art
Le Chevalier D'Eon	2006-2007	Production I.G	digital paint and in between animation on episodes 1-3 and 6
xxxHOLiC	2006	Production I.G	in-between animation on episodes 18, 20 and 23
Reideen	2007	Production I.G and Tohokushinsha Film	digital paint and in-between animation on episodes 1-3
Gurren Lagann	2007	Gainax	series finish animation and in-between animation
Tetsuwan Birdy: Decode	2008	A-1 Pictures	in-between animation on episode 5 only
Xam'd: Lost Memories	2008-2009	Bones	series in-between animation
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Second Season	2008-2009	Sunrise	in-between animation on episodes 4 and 9 only
Shikabane Hime: Aka	2008	Gainax and Feel	in-between assistance on episodes 2, 5, 8 and 10
One Outs	2008	Madhouse Studios	series backgrounds
King of Thorn	2009	Sunrise	background art
Tsubasa Chronicle: Spring Thunder	2009	Production I.G	series in-between animation
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	2009-2010	Bones	series in-between animation
Bleach: Hell Verse	2010	Pierrot	backgrounds
Usagi Drop	2011	Production I.G	in-between animation on episodes 7, 8, 10 and 11
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky	2011	Kinema Citrus	in-between animation
Scryed Alteration I Tao	2011	Sunrise	in-between animation
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo"	2012	Studio Khara	in-between animation
Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent	2013	Studio 4°C	background art

Notable animators and character designers from Studio Ghibli

• Kitarō Kōsaka (Monster, Master Keaton, and Nasu)
• Masashi Ando (Paranoia Agent and Paprika)
• Kenichi Yoshida (Overman King Gainer and Eureka Seven)
• Akihiko Yamashita (Tide-Line Blue, Princess Nine, Strange Dawn, and Relic Armor Legacium)

See also

• Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo
• Yasuo Ōtsuka
• List of Japanese animation studios
• Studio Kajino, a subsidiary of Studio Ghibli

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Further reading

• Cavallaro, Dani. The Animé Art of Hayao Miyazaki. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7864-2369-9. OCLC 62430842.
• McCarthy, Helen. Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 1999. ISBN 978-1-880656-41-9. OCLC 42296779. 2001 reprint of the 1999 text, with revisions: OCLC 51198297.
• Miyazaki, Hayao. Starting Point: 1979–1996. Beth Cary and Frederik L. Schodt, trans. San Francisco: VIZ Media, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4215-0594-7. OCLC 290477195.
  • Miyazaki, Hayao. Shuppatsuten, 1979–1996 (出発点—1979~1996). Tokyo: Studio Ghibli, Inc./Hatsubai Tokuma Shoten, 1996. ISBN 978-4-19-860541-4. OCLC 37636025. Original Japanese edition.
• Miyazaki, Hayao. Turning Point: 1997-2008. Beth Cary and Frederik L. Schodt, trans. San Francisco: VIZ Media, 2014. ISBN 9781421560908. OCLC 854945352.
  • Miyazaki, Hayao. Orikaeshiten: 1997-2008 (折り返し点—1997~2008). Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2008. ISBN 9784000223942. OCLC 237177737. Original Japanese edition.
• Odell, Colin, and Michelle Le Blanc. Studio Ghibli: The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England: Kamera, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84243-279-2. OCLC 299246656.

Documentaries

• This Is How Ghibli Was Born (ジブリはこうして生まれた Jiburi wa kōshite umareta). 1998 documentary, Nippon TV, 28 min.
• The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (夢と狂気の王国 Yume to Kyoki no Okoku). 2013 documentary by Mami Sunada, 118 min.

External links

• スタジオジブリ – STUDIO GHIBLI official (Japanese)
• Studio Ghibli at Disney Video (United States)
• Ghibli Museum, Mitaka
• Nausicaa.net: The Hayao Miyazaki Web (Fan-maintained Studio Ghibli wiki)
• Studio Ghibli at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Sevakis, Justin (December 12, 2014). "Holiday Hustle". Anime News Network. Answerman (column). Includes a summary of all English-language video releases of Ghibli films.

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