INDEX STUDIO GHIBLI...3 HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (FILM)...4 MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO...5 SPIRITED AWAY...6 KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE...7 PRINCESS MONONOKE...8
STUDIO GHIBLI
Studio Ghibli, Inc. (Japanese: Hepburn: Kabushiki gaisha Sutajio Jiburi) is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan.[1] The studio is best known for its anime feature films, and has also produced several short films, television commercials, and one television film. It was founded on 15 June 1985, after the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), with funding by Tokuma Shoten.
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (FILM)
Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese: Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy filmwritten and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is loosely based on the novel of the same name by British author Diana Wynne Jones. The film was produced by Toshio Suzuki, animated by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho. The Japanese voice cast featured Chieko Baisho and Takuya Kimura, while the version dubbed in English starred Jean Simmons, Emily Mortimer, Lauren Bacall and Christian Bale. The story is set in a fictional kingdom where both magic and early 20thcentury technology are prevalent, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. The film tells the story of a young hatter named Sophie after she is turned into an old woman by a witch's curse. She encounters a wizard named Howl, and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
My Neighbor Totoro (Japanese: Hepburn: Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story of the two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year.
SPIRITED AWAY
Spirited Away Japanese theatrical release poster japanese Hepburn Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Directed by Hayao Miyazaki produced by Toshio Suzuki Written by Hayao Miyazaki Starring Rumi Hiiragi Miyu Irino Mari Natsuki Takeshi Naito Yasuko Sawaguchi Tsunehiko Kamij Takehiko Ono Bunta Sugawara Music by Joe Hisaishi Cinematography Atsushi Okui Edited by Takeshi Seyama Production company Studio Ghibli Distributed by Toho Release date 20 July 2001 (Japan) Running time 125 minutes[1] Country Japan Language Japanese Budget ¥1.9 billion($15–19 million) Bo x office ¥30.4 billion[4] ($289.1 million)[5] SpiritedAway (Japanese: Hepburn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, "Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away") is a 2001 Japanese animated coming-ofage fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Tohokushinsha Film and Mitsubishi and distributed by Toho. [6] The film stars Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takeshi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Tsunehiko Kamij , Takehiko Ono, and Bunta Sugawara, and tells the story of Chihiro Ogino (Hiiragi), a sullen 10-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the spirit world. After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba (Natsuki), Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.
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KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE
Kiki's Delivery Service (Japanese: Hepburn: Majo no Takkybin, "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated coming-ofage fantasy film[1] written, produced, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki as an adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Eiko Kadono. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Yamato Transport and the Nippon Television Network and distributed by the Toei Company. The film tells the story of a young witch, Kiki, who moves to a new town and uses her flying ability to earn a living. According to Miyazaki, the movie portrays the gulf between independence and reliance in teenage Japanese girls.
PRINCESS MONONOKE
Princess Mononoke (Japanese: Hepburn: Monon oke-hime, "Spirit/Monster Princess") is a 1997 Japanese animatedepic historical fantasy war film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Dentsu, and distributed by Toho. The film stars the voices of Yji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori and Hisaya Morishige. Princess Mononoke is set in the late Muromachi period (approximately 1336 to 1573) of Japan with fantasy elements. The story follows the young Emishi prince Ashitaka's involvement in a struggle between the gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources. The term "Mononoke" or is not a name, but a Japanese word for a spirit or monster: supernatural, shape-shifting beings.