Studio Ghibli, Inc. is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. The company’s logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki’s film My Neighbor Totoro.
Several anime features created by Studio Ghibli have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award including Laputa: Castle in the Sky in 1986, My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, and Kiki’s Delivery Service in 1989. In 2002, Spirited Away won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award. Read more…
Only Yesterday is the sixth film by critically acclaimed director Isao Takahata and produced by Studio Ghibli. Based on the manga of the same title by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone, tt was released in 1991. The ending theme song is a Japanese translation of Amanda McBroom’s composition “The Rose.”
Only Yesterday is significant among progressive anime films in that it explores a genre traditionally thought to be outside the realm of animated subjects, in this case a realistic drama written for adult, particularly female audiences. In spite of its subject matter, the film was a surprise box office success, attracting a large adult audience of both sexes. Read more…
Widely considered one of the greatest anime productions ever made, Grave of the Fireflies is the 1988 movie written and directed by Isao Takahata for Studio Ghibli.
Grave of the Fireflies is one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. I defy anyone to watch to its conclusion with dry eyes. Grave of the Fireflies gives a vivid and non-partisan portrayal of the human cost of war. The real victims of war are the ordinary people it touches, regardless of what side they happen to be on. There are no winners, only losers. Read more…
