Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli (スタジオジブリ) is a Japanese animation film studio. Its anime films have been provocative, imaginative, emotional and widely praised all over the world.

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Japan - Animation - Film studio - Anime

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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 (sirocco). Though the term is Italian, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is 'ji-bree' or 'ji-bu-ri'. The theory behind the name was that the studio was blowing a new wind into the anime industry.

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Italians - Sahara - Second World War - Wind - Sahara Desert - Sirocco

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Founded in 1985, it is headed by the highly regarded director Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 Miyazaki Hayao) along with his colleague and mentor Isao Takahata (高畑 勲 Takahata Isao). Its origins date back to 1983, with the film Nausicaä 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). Miyazaki's latest film, Howl's Moving Castle, (ハウルの動く城 Hauru no ugoku shiro, 2004) was actually based on a book by British author Diana Wynne Jones, published in several countries including Canada and the United States. Composer Joe Hisaishi has provided the soundtrack for all of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films.

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1985 - Hayao Miyazaki - Isao Takahata - 1983 - Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind - 1984 - Manga - Tokuma Shoten - Disney - Princess Mononoke - Spirited Away - Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones - Joe Hisaishi

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The most famous and lauded film from the studio that was not directed by Miyazaki is Grave of the Fireflies (火垂?の墓 Hotaru no Haka, 1988), directed by Isao Takahata, a sad film focusing on the lives of two war orphans in post-Second World War Japan.

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Grave of the Fireflies - Isao Takahata - Second World War

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