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A year after his phone call with Takahata and his first encounter with Miyazaki, both about Horus, he made a phone call about the first film Miyazaki ever directed: The Castle of Cagliostro. 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 The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun in 1968 and the Panda! Go, Panda! films in 19, and in 1978, Suzuki became an editor at Tokuma Shoten's Animage manga magazine, where the first film he chose was Horus. From top to bottom:įounded on June 15, 1985, the studio was headed by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki. Three of the four founders of Studio Ghibli. In February 2017, Suzuki announced that Miyazaki had come out of retirement again to direct a new feature film titled How Do You Live?, which he intended to be his last film. On August 3, 2014, Studio Ghibli temporarily suspended production, following the retirement of Miyazaki. Spirited Away won the 2002 Golden Bear and the 2003 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Five of the studio's films have received Academy Award nominations. Four have won the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Many of their works have won the Animage Grand Prix award. Spirited Away is second, grossing 31.68 billion yen in Japan and over US$380 million worldwide, and Princess Mononoke is fourth, grossing 20.18 billion yen. įive of the studio's films are among the ten highest-grossing anime feature films made in Japan. It has also collaborated with video game studios on the visual development of several video games. The studio was founded on Jby directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki, after the successful performance of Topcraft's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). Among Studio Ghibli's highest-grossing films are Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) and Ponyo (2008). The studio's mascot and most recognizable symbol is a character named Totoro, who is a giant cat-like spirit from the 1988 anime film My Neighbor Totoro. The studio is best known for its animated feature films, and has also produced several short subjects, television commercials, and one television film. ( Japanese: 株式会社スタジオジブリ, Hepburn: Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi) is a Japanese animation film studio headquartered in Koganei, Tokyo.