Studio Ghibli

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Studio Ghibli, Inc.
株式会社スタジオジブリ
Type Animation film studio
Industry Media and Entertainment
Founded June 1985
Founder(s) Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
Headquarters Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Hayao Miyazaki
Isao Takahata
Toshio Suzuki
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 and film studio founded in June 1985. The company's logo features the character Totoro (a large forest spirit) from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro. It has its headquarters in Koganei, Tokyo.[1]

Many anime features created by Studio Ghibli have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award including: Castle in the Sky in 1986; My Neighbor Totoro in 1988; and Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989. In 2002, Spirited Away won a Golden Bear and an Oscar for Best Animated Feature which remains the only film made outside the English-speaking world to have done so.

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[edit] Name

The name Ghibli is based on the Arabic name for the sirocco, or Mediterranean wind, which the Italians used for their Saharan scouting planes in the Second World War, the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the Japanese anime industry".[2]

Although the Italian/Arabic word is pronounced with a hard ɡ, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is with a soft g, [dʑíbu͍ɾi] ( listen).

[edit] History

Hayao Miyazaki, the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of many of its films.

Founded in June 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 Tōei. 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.[2][3] 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 and Gorō Miyazaki. Composer Joe Hisaishi has provided the soundtrack for all of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films.

Many of Ghibli's works are distributed in Japan by Toho. Internationally, The Walt Disney Company has rights to all of Ghibli's output that did not have previous international distribution, including the global, non-Japan distribution rights to Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.[citation needed] As of September 7, they currently share North American theatrical rights with GKids while domestic right remain with Disney.[4]

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 Tokyo. It contains exhibits based on Studio Ghibli films and shows animations, including a number of short Studio Ghibli films not available elsewhere.

The company is known for its strict "no-edits" policy in licensing their films abroad. This was a result of the dubbing of Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind when the film was released in the United States as Warriors of the Wind. The film was heavily edited and Americanized, with significant portions cut and the plot rewritten. The "no cuts" policy was highlighted when Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein suggested editing Princess Mononoke to make it more marketable. In response, a Studio Ghibli producer sent an authentic katana with a simple message: "No cuts".[5]

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.[6] Suzuki still serves on the company's board of directors.

Currently, Takahata and Gorō Miyazaki (director of Tales from Earthsea and Hayao's son) are developing projects for release after Hiromasa Yonebayashi's The Secret World of Arrietty. Gorō Miyazaki's next film will be From up on Poppy Hill while Takahata is working on an adaptation of the tale of Princess Kaguya or the bamboo cutter, Taketori Monogatari.

Never before has a Studio Ghibli short been shown outside Japan, but for the Carnegie Hall Citywise Japan NYC Festival, "House Hunting" and "Mon Mon the Water Spider" were screened on March 26, 2011.[7]

[edit] Works

[edit] Feature films

While the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is often considered a Studio Ghibli film, it was produced and released before the 1985 founding of the studio.

# Film Original release date Director IMDB rating Rotten Tomatoes Rating Budget (in USD$) Gross (in USD$)
1 Castle in the Sky 01986-08-02 August 2, 1986 Hayao Miyazaki
8.1
94%
N/A
N/A
2 Grave of the Fireflies 01988-04-16 April 16, 1988 Isao Takahata
8.4
96%
N/A
N/A
3 My Neighbor Totoro 01988-04-16 April 16, 1988 Hayao Miyazaki
8.2
90%
N/A
N/A
4 Kiki's Delivery Service 01989-07-29 July 29, 1989 Hayao Miyazaki
7.8
100%
$6.9 million
$18,172,849
5 Only Yesterday 01991-07-20 July 20, 1991 Isao Takahata
7.7
-
N/A
N/A
6 Porco Rosso 01992-07-18 July 18, 1992 Hayao Miyazaki
7.8
100%
N/A
N/A
7 Ocean Waves 01993-05-03 May 3, 1993 Tomomi Mochizuki
7.2
-
N/A
N/A
8 Pom Poko 01994-07-16 July 16, 1994 Isao Takahata
7.4
83%
N/A
$34,200,000
9 Whisper of the Heart 01995-07-15 July 15, 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō
7.9
89%
N/A
N/A
10 Princess Mononoke 01997-07-12 July 12, 1997 Hayao Miyazaki
8.4
93%
$23.5 million
$159,375,308
11 My Neighbors the Yamadas 01999-07-17 July 17, 1999 Isao Takahata
7.4
67%
N/A
N/A
12 Spirited Away 02001-07-27 July 27, 2001 Hayao Miyazaki
8.6
97%
$19 million
$274,925,095
13 The Cat Returns 02002-07-19 July 19, 2002 Hiroyuki Morita
7.2
94%
N/A
$50,590,057
14 Howl's Moving Castle 02004-11-20 November 20, 2004 Hayao Miyazaki
8.1
86%
$24 million
$231,711,096
15 Tales from Earthsea 02006-07-29 July 29, 2006 Gorō Miyazaki
6.5
42%
$22 million
$68,673,565
16 Ponyo 02008-07-19 July 19, 2008 Hayao Miyazaki
7.7
92%
$34 million
$201,750,937
17 The Secret World of Arrietty 02010-07-17 July 17, 2010 Hiromasa Yonebayashi
7.7
92%
$23 million
$126,368,084
18 From up on Poppy Hill 02011-07-16 July 16, 2011 Gorō Miyazaki
7.4
-
N/A
N/A
19 The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter[8] Summer 2013[9][10] Isao Takahata
-
-
N/A
N/A

[edit] Short films (television, theatrical, Ghibli Museum, OVA)

[edit] Music videos (television and theatrical)

[edit] Commercials

[edit] Video games

[edit] 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 in Japan as part of the Ghibli Gakujutsu Library.

[edit] 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, Tokyo Movie Shinsha, 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.

[edit] Pre-Ghibli

[edit] Cooperative works

[edit] Distributive works

These Western animated films have been distributed by Studio Ghibli, and now through their label, Ghibli Museum Library

[edit] Contributive works

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

[edit] See also


[edit] References

  1. ^ "会社情報." Studio Ghibli. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b The Birth of Studio Ghibli, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind DVD, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2005.
  3. ^ "First of Two-part Miyazaki Feature". Animerica 1 (5): 4. July 1993. 
  4. ^ GKids to distribute 13 Ghibli anime films in US
  5. ^ Brooks, Xan (September 14, 2005). "A god among animators". The Guardian (UK). http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,6737,1569689,00.html. Retrieved May 23, 2007. "There is a rumour that when Harvey Weinstein was charged with handling the US release of Princess Mononoke, Miyazaki sent him a samurai sword in the post. Attached to the blade was a stark message: 'No cuts.' / The director chortles. 'Actually, my producer did that.'" 
  6. ^ "スタジオジブリ社長に星野康二氏" (in Japanese). http://mainichi.jp/enta/mantan/news/20080201mog00m200025000c.html. Retrieved February 1, 2008. 
  7. ^ "Miyazaki shorts come to Carnegie Hall for one day only". Asia Pacific Arts. 03/04/2011. http://asiapacificarts.usc.edu/article@apa?miyazaki_shorts_come_to_carnegie_hall_for_one_day_only_16476.aspx. 
  8. ^ a b "atomic popcorn". http://www.atomicpopcorn.net/studio-ghibli-to-make-the-tale-of-the-bamboo-cutter/. Retrieved November 11, 2009. 
  9. ^ http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-11-21/ghibli-lists-jobs-for-isao-takahata-summer-2013-film
  10. ^ http://www.ghibli.jp/30profile/007511.html

[edit] Further reading

  • Cavallaro, Dani. The Animé Art of Hayao Miyazaki. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2006. ISBN 9780786423699. OCLC 62430842.
  • McCarthy, Helen. Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry. Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, 1999. ISBN 9781880656419. 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 9781421505947. OCLC 290477195.
    • Miyazaki, Hayao. Shuppatsuten, 1979–1996 (出発点—1979~1996?). Tokyo: Studio Ghibli, Inc./Hatsubai Tokuma Shoten, 1996. ISBN 978-4198605414. OCLC 37636025. 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 9781842432792. OCLC 299246656.

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