Set against the rising Italian fascist regime, this chirpy animation has an oddly noticeable gangster-film influence. Behind the scenes > Reviews > Studio Ghibli Quotes > The Catbus > Real world Ghibli > RSS FeedsThe first of Hayao Miyazaki’s aviation-themed films, it remains unclear why its pilot character is a pig (unfortunately, a sexist one). The movies > Studio Ghibli Films > TV / Shorts > Staff Related Movies Photo Galleries Downloads > Studio Ghibli wallpapers > Audio & MP3’s > Phone wallpaper and backgrounds Videos Facts, info & other.
Site announcement: Newly redesigned year on site badges 5mo. Start with the earliest if you want.Site announcement: NEW: Supporters can now browse Anime-Planet ad-free 5mo. And as for watch order, however you like. Feature films: Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (If it appears distorted adjust the aspect ratio in your media player.As for 'must see' movies, opinions will naturally vary but I'd say: Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR THE STUDIO GHIBLI MOVIES/ MASTERPOST.
Most of the action unfolds as the credits roll.A strange adolescent love story. She takes leave from work and heads to the countryside, accompanied by the memory of her cringe-worthy 10-year-old self and an east-European-inspired soundtrack. Only Yesterday (1991)Isao Takahata directs this leisurely, meditative account of a woman nearing 30, experiencing pressure to get married. An adaptation of the manga series Nono-Chan, this was Studio Ghibli’s first entirely digital work. Episodic sketches of quotidian drama, in newspaper comic-strip style, are punctuated by lines of Bashō’s poetry.
Pom Poko (1994)A tragicomedy on sweeping urban expansion, blind to the lives of other species and spirits. Featuring the voice of Saoirse Ronan, this is as heart-warming as Mary Norton’s original. Its animators delight in minuscule detail: a cup brimming with a single drop of tea, wallpaper made of leaves. Arrietty (2010)A homage to The Borrowers, this is Studio Ghibli’s version of the celebrated story of tiny people who “borrow” things. In memory of her ship captain father, a girl raises flags visible from the harbour, unwittingly attracting the attention of her classmate. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)A film directed by Miyazaki’s son, Gorō, this study of port town Yokohama in the wake of the Korean war twists into a strange adolescent love story.
Photograph: Studio Ghibli/Rex 14. Despite its humour, the reality of this film strikes hard.Understated elegance … The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. They relearn the ancient Buddhist art of shapeshifting in attempts to sabotage construction work.
Schoolgirl Haru is abducted by a herd of cats and coerced into marriage with a royal feline. The Cat Returns (2002)One of Studio Ghibli’s most bizarre premises for a film (and that’s from the creators of Porco Rosso). “Ghibli” was the nickname of a second world war Italian aircraft its moustachioed designer Caproni appears in the dreams of engineer Jiro Horikoshi in this poignant animation, which captures the preciousness of life. The Wind Rises (2013)The second of Studio Ghibli’s aviation-themed films, this is the animation house at peak visual prowess. Haunting artistically and musically, the princess’s feelings of relegation and harassment in a man’s world feel raw and, at moments, untethered in Isao Takahata’s final film.
Produced before Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985, Miyazaki here sets down environmental concerns that become a staple of his later work. A psychedelic sci-fi slash fantasy-adventure influenced by Isaac Asimov and Tolkien, while also reminiscent of Star Wars. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)Set in a spore-infested future swarming with immense insects, this is the story of a young princess destined to return the world to its habitable state. Photograph: Sportsphoto/Allstar/Optimum Releasing 11.
As love is kindled between Shizuku and the antique seller’s son, she becomes determined to work on her talents and ambitions. A lesson that we should always follow cats on the train, Shizuku (voiced by Brittany Snow) finds a reverie-inducing world of antiques, violin-makers and cat figurines to contrast her humdrum (but sensitively depicted) Tokyo home life. Whisper of the Heart (1995)John Denver’s saccharine Country Roads is this film’s opening number, the sentimentality of which is steered into an uplifting and startling romance.
He bore the huge burden of following up his father’s legacy while simultaneously being the first to adapt Ursula K Le Guin’s Earthsea series, an adaptation that she later disowned due to its departure from her books. Tales from Earthsea (2006)Gorō Miyazaki’s directorial debut. Although its child protagonists are far too young to promise to love each other, this whimsical marine animation, featuring Cate Blanchett as the radiant and ginormous Goddess of Mercy, is one of Studio Ghibli’s best. Ensuing feelings make her yearn to be human, hurling the natural balance of the world off-kilter.
The result of Hayao Miyazaki’s mission to create a feisty heroine for young female viewers, this is one of Studio Ghibli’s greatest triumphs. Forced to work in warty Yubaba’s bathhouse until she can free her parents, the young girl navigates the spirit world, a place both tranquil and terrifying. After her parents turn into pigs, Chihiro is trapped in the spirit world.
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)Emblematic of the Ghibli franchise, the snoozing woodland spirit Totoro has permeated global culture. Miyazaki confessed that the village in this film channelled the Welsh mining towns with which he became familiar on his travels. His plans are foiled by a young girl and a robot that, while at first appearing sinister, tends to the island’s flora and fauna. The legendary root of western and eastern civilisation, Laputa’s evil heir Muska (Mark Hamill) returns to seize power.
Photograph: Buena Vista/Everett/Rex 2. An exuberant film about an enterprising young woman a shame that the tragic loss of her sassy cat’s voice is underplayed.Fantastical feuds … Howl’s Moving Castle. Kiki struggles to find her footing in the developing world but ingeniously fashions her own delivery service for a bakery. Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)Based on Eiko Kadono’s acclaimed novel about a teenage witch, this is the story of 13-year-old Kiki (voiced by Kirsten Dunst), who clambers on to her broom and goes in search of a new town in which to settle. The cuddly Totoro is on hand during emergencies, rescuing the children from the rain and summoning a smirking cat-shaped bus.
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