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Studio Ghibli, Inc.
株式会社スタジオジブリ
Company typeAnimation film studio
IndustryMedia and Entertainment
FoundedJune 1985
FounderHayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
HeadquartersKoganei, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Hayao Miyazaki
Isao Takahata
Toshio Suzuki
ProductsAnimated feature films (Anime)
Number of employees
280 (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.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] At one time the studio was based in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo.[2]

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.

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".[3]

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] ⓘ.

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

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 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".[6]

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

Currently, Takahata is developing a project for release after Gorō Miyazaki's (director of Tales from Earthsea and Hayao's son) From up on Poppy Hill. Takahata is working on an adaptation of the tale of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

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.[8]

Works

Feature films

While Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is often considered one of the Studio Ghibli films, it was produced and released before the 1985 founding of the studio. (Budget/Gross may be incorrect, they're based on many different sources.)

# Film Original release date Director IMDB rating Rotten Tomatoes Rating Budget (in USD$) Gross (in USD$)
1 Laputa: Castle in the Sky August 2, 1986 Hayao Miyazaki
8.1
94%
N/A
$8,100,000
2 Grave of the Fireflies April 16, 1988 Isao Takahata
8.4
96%
$3,700,000
$5,000,000
3 My Neighbor Totoro April 16, 1988 Hayao Miyazaki
8.2
90%
$3,700,000
$5,000,000
4 Kiki's Delivery Service July 29, 1989 Hayao Miyazaki
7.8
100%
$6,900,000
$18,172,849
5 Only Yesterday July 20, 1991 Isao Takahata
7.7
-
$9,800,000
$25,600,000
6 Porco Rosso July 18, 1992 Hayao Miyazaki
7.8
100%
$9,200,000
$34,100,000
7 Ocean Waves May 3, 1993 Tomomi Mochizuki
7.1
-
N/A
N/A
8 Pom Poko July 16, 1994 Isao Takahata
7.4
83%
N/A
$34,200,000
9 Whisper of the Heart July 15, 1995 Yoshifumi Kondō
7.9
89%
$6,800,000
$25,600,000
10 Princess Mononoke July 12, 1997 Hayao Miyazaki
8.4
93%
$23,500,000
$159,375,308
11 My Neighbors the Yamadas July 17, 1999 Isao Takahata
7.4
67%
$20,100,000
$9,400,000
12 Spirited Away July 27, 2001 Hayao Miyazaki
8.6
97%
$19,000,000
$274,925,095
13 The Cat Returns July 19, 2002 Hiroyuki Morita
7.2
94%
N/A
$50,590,057
14 Howl's Moving Castle November 20, 2004 Hayao Miyazaki
8.1
86%
$24,000,000
$231,711,096
15 Tales from Earthsea July 29, 2006 Gorō Miyazaki
6.5
42%
$22,000,000
$68,673,565
16 Ponyo July 19, 2008 Hayao Miyazaki
7.7
92%
$34,000,000
$201,750,937
17 The Secret World of Arrietty July 17, 2010 Hiromasa Yonebayashi
7.7
94%
$23,000,000
$145,570,827
18 From Up on Poppy Hill July 16, 2011 Gorō Miyazaki
7.2
-
N/A
$60,034,949

Short films (television, theatrical, Ghibli Museum, OVA)

Music videos (television and theatrical)

Commercials

Video games

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.

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.

Pre-Ghibli

Cooperative works

Distributive works

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

Contributive works

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

See also

Notable Animators and Character Designers from Studio Ghibli

References

  1. ^ "会社情報." Studio Ghibli. Retrieved on February 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "The Animerica Interview: Takahata and Nosaka: Two Grave Voices in Animation." Animerica. Volume 2, No. 11. Page 11. Translated by Animerica from: Takahata, Isao. Eiga o Tsukurinagara, Kangaeta Koto ("Things I Thought While Making Movies") Tokuma Shoten, 1991. Originally published in Animage, June 1987. This is a translation of a 1987 conversation between Takahata and Akiyuki Nosaka. "Kichijoji is the Tokyo area where "Studio Ghibli," frequent Takahata collaborator Hayao Miyazaki's studio, is located.[...]—Ed."
  3. ^ a b The Birth of Studio Ghibli, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind DVD, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2005.
  4. ^ "First of Two-part Miyazaki Feature". Animerica. 1 (5): 4. 1993. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ GKids to distribute 13 Ghibli anime films in US
  6. ^ Brooks, Xan (September 14, 2005). "A god among animators". The Guardian. UK. 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.'
  7. ^ "スタジオジブリ社長に星野康二氏" (in Japanese). Retrieved February 1, 2008.
  8. ^ "Miyazaki shorts come to Carnegie Hall for one day only". Asia Pacific Arts. 03/04/2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "ghibli.jp".

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.
  • 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.
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