Studio Ghibli

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Studio Ghibli, Inc. is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo. It has a strong presence in the animation industry and
has expanded its portfolio to include various media formats, such as short subjects, television commercials, and two television films.

Founded on June 15, 1985, Studio Ghibli was headed by directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and producer Toshio Suzuki.
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 1972 and 1973. Suzuki had been an editor at Tokuma
Shoten's Animage manga magazine.

The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun ghibli (also used in English), the nickname of Italy's Saharan scouting
plane Caproni Ca.309, in turn derived from the Italianization of the Libyan Arabic name for a hot
desert wind (قبلي qibliyy). The name was chosen by Miyazaki due to his passion for aircraft and also for the idea that the studio would
"blow a new wind through the anime industry". Although the Italian word would be more accurately transliterated as "Giburi" (ギブリ),
with a hard g sound, the studio's name is written in Japanese as Jiburi (ジブリ). Find out more here 🕵️

☆ My favourite Studio Ghibli movies ☆


Coded by Jessica Wessels