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Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ) is a Japanese animated film
studio. Its
anime films have been provocative, imaginative and emotional and
largely 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 Italian word for hot
wind blowing through the
Sahara Desert. Though the name is Italian, the pronunciation when
relating to the studio is 'ji-bree' or 'ji-bu-ri'.
Founded in 1985, it is headed by the highly regarded director
Miyazaki Hayao (宮崎 駿) along with his colleague and mentor
Takahata Isao. Its origins date back to 1983, with the the film
Nausicaδ of the Valley of Wind (風の谷のナウシカ Kaze no tani no Naushika,
1984), which started as a serialized
manga in a publication of
Tokuma Shoten's (徳間書店) Animage magazine. 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 (もののけ姫 Mononoke Hime, 1997) and
Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi,
2001).
The most famous and lauded film from the studio that wasn't directed by
Miyazaki is
Grave of the Fireflies (火垂の墓 Hotaru no Haka, 1988), directed
by
Takahata Isao, a sad film focusing on the lives - and deaths - of two
war orphans in post-Second World War Japan.
Studio Ghibli films include:
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
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Only Yesterday
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Whisper of the Heart
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Princess Mononoke
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My Neighbor Totoro
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Pom Poko
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Porco Rosso
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Laputa - The Castle in the Sky
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Grave of the Fireflies
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Kiki's Delivery Service
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Ocean Waves
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On Your Mark (a music video)
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Spirited Away
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The Cat Returns (a sequel to
Whisper of the Heart)
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Howl's Moving Castle
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