“Don’t expect perfection at first” – Shirou Nishi, Whisper of the Heart
- The films that Miyazaki directs are actually created completely in his vision. He’s the one to storyboard everything, and then use those images to create his films
- Before the company’s break, there was around 400 people on staff. These members had a range of jobs – from drawing frames by hand to then copying them and then digitally colouring them
- Studio Ghibli has produced 7 films that rank among the 15 highest-grossing anime films made in Japan
- Toshio Suzuki was Studio Ghibli’s producer for over 35 years before retiring from the role in 2014 (when he then took the position of general manager)
- Miyazaki doesn’t write scripts or screenplays. Instead, he works off of his extensive and detailed storyboards to create images for his stories and dialogue
- The name ‘Ghibli’ is based on what is known as the ‘Arabic sirocco’ (which is ‘the Mediterranean wind’). The studio decided on this name because they wanted to, “blow a new wind through the Japanese anime industry”
Oh no, that reminded me of Takahata…
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Takahata was truly amazing…
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Cool facts!
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Thanks! 🙂
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Nice post. I feel like I need to watch all the Ghibli films because of the well known quality of their films.
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YES YOU JUST HAVE TO!!!!!!!! 😀
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