GHIBLI Studio was founded in 1984 by Miyazaki and Takahata. It has produced 16 animated films. The document discusses the history and productions of GHIBLI Studio, provides details about director Miyazaki, analyzes elements in Miyazaki's films including a focus on female protagonists, architecture, monsters, and fantasy, and compares Japanese and Western animation industries.

1. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
KIP408 Animation Practice Assignment1 Animation presentation
Professor: Max Bannah
Student: Lee, chun-Hsien

2. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki Outline
•History of GHIBLI Studio
• Production review
• About Miyazaki
• Detail analysis
about Miyazaki’s film
• Differences between
western and Japanese
animation industry
• Conclusion
Brief history about the studio from 1984-2007
Works review of GHIBLI’s animation
About his life and obligations
Distinguish elements of Miyazaki’s film
Discuss the difference of two main animation
industry in the world

3. HistoryGHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
History Production Miyazaki Analyses West v.s Japan conclusion
Logo of GHIBLI Studio
GHIBLI,2008
GHIBLI STUDIO
• Founded in 1984 by
Miyazaki and Takahata
• Ghibli– Italian word
= wind from the sahara desert
• Miyazaki pronounce that as
“ j I b l i ”
• Established 16 animation films, 22
short aniamtion from 1985 to 2007
• Key persons : Hayao Miyazaki
Isao Takahata
Toshio Suzuki

4. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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History
Early years production (1984-1989)
Film Name Director Time of
publish
Nausicaa
of the valley of wind
風の谷の
ナウシカ
Hayao Miyazaki 4/Mar/1984
Laputa:
Castle in the sky
天空の城
ラピュタ
Hayao Miyazaki 2/Aug/1986
Grave Of Fireflies 火垂るの墓 Isao Takahata 16/Apl/1988
My neighor TOTORO となりのトト
ロ
Hayao Miyazaki 16/Apl/1988
Kiki’s Delivery
Service
魔女宅急便 Hayao Miyazaki 29/Jul/1989

5. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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History
Mid-years production (1991-1997)
Only Yesterday おもひでぼろ
ぼろ
Isao Takahata 20/Jul/1991
Proco Rosso 紅の豚 Hayao Miyazaki 18/Jul/1992
I Can Hear the Sea 海がきにえ
る？
Tomomi
Mochizuki
5/May/1993
Pom Poko 平城狸合戰ぼ
んぼこ
Isao Takahata 16/Jul/1994
Whisper of the
Heart
耳おすません Yoshifumi
Kondō
15/Jul/1995
Princess Mononoke もののけ姬 Hayao Miyazaki 12/Jul/1997

6. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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History
Recent years production (1984-1989)
Film Name Director Time of
publish
Spirited Away 千と千尋の神
隱
Hayao Miyazaki 4/Mar/1984
The Cat Returns 恩貓 の返 Hayao Miyazaki 2/Aug/1986
Howl’s Moving
Castle
ハウルの動く
城
Isao Takahata 16/Apl/1988
Tales From Earthsea ゲド戰記 Hayao Miyazaki 16/Apl/1988
Ponyo on the Cliff by
the Sea
崖の上のボ
ニョ
Hayao Miyazaki 29/Jul/1989

7. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Production
•Direct by Takahata
• Published in 1988
• Background – world war II
• Based on the novel of Akiyuki Nosaka ( 野坂昭如 )
• 2 hours 28 minutes long
• Double publish with My NeighborTotoro
• 6th
best picture of the year by Kinema Jump
award
(McDonald, 2006)

8. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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• Direct by Miyazaki
• Released in 1988
• The best picture of the year by Kinema Jump award
• Religion of Japan – Shinto
• Idyll image of 1950’s Japanese rural area (McDonald, 2006)
• “candidly make the Japanese aware of Japanese
exoticism” (Murakami, 2006)
Production

9. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
• Born in 1941 (67) Tokyo, Japan
• Graduated from Gakushuin University
as a bachelor of political science and
economy
• 1963 work in Toei animation company
• Director of GHIBLI Studio since 1984

10. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Awards
• My Neighbor Totoro won the best
picture of the year in Japan
• Spirited Away won Academy Awards
2001 Best Animated Feature
• Spirited Away won Golden Berlin Bear
2002 Best Animation Feature
• Career Golden Lion
2005 Lifetime Achievement
Miyazaki

11. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Elements in Miyazaki’s Film
Analyses
Miyazaki
Shojo
(girl)
Architecture
Monsters
Fantasy

12. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Shojo(girl)
Analyses
• Shojo are always the main
character in Miyazaki’s animation
• “Exhibits strength plus
vulnerability in a way that is
intriguingly feminine”
(McDonald,2006)
• Challenge the ideology of female
in Japan which is commonly
recognized as a appendage of male
of the society

13. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Architecture
Analyses

14. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Monsters
Analyses

15. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Monsters
• Monsters are exist in most of
Miyazaki’s films
• Monsters are never been beaten
by hero or other character in
Miyazaki’s animation
•“ They are Miyazaki’s alter ego”
(Yokota, 2006)
Analyses

16. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Fantasy • “Takahata is good at depicting
something that the audiences are
familiar, while Miyazaki
concentrated on showing people
something they’ve never seen.”
(Suzuki, 2006)
• Most of the plot of the stories
comes from Russian of European
fantasy.
• Deeply effected by Paul Grimault
(The King and the Mocking Bird,
1980)
Analyses

17. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Characteristics of Japanese Animation Industry (Raffaelli,2000,112)
Philosophy developed in 1960’s
Novel by European authors
(Heidi,1974)
Were born with sound and for TV
Static
Subjective
Abandoning fluidity
(Not necessary to the narrative)
Interior Monologue
(economic)
Extreme concentration of the
central character
West v.s Japan

18. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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Compares of three different kinds of animation philosophy
Disney Studio
•In a nation which emphasize freedom and openness and individualism
===ONE FOR ALL
Japanese cartoon
•In a nation which “loyalty to the group is paramount” (Raffaelli, 2000, 114)
===ALL FOR ONE
Fleischer and MGM (Warner Brothers)
•Anti-Disney
• Most characters in conflict to each other
===ALL AGAINST ALL
(Raffaelli, 2000, 114)
West v.s Japan

19. GHIBLI Studio and Miyazaki
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(Grave of the Fireflies,1988)
Conclusion

20. References
McDonald, K.I. 2006. Reading a Japanese Film. Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press
Napier, S. J. 2001. The Frenzy of Metamorphosis: the Body in Japanese
Pornographic Animation. In Work and Image In Japanese Cinema, eds.
D. Washburn and C. Cavanaugh, 342-357. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Raffaelli, L. 2000. Disney, Warner Bros. and Japanese animation. In A Reader
in Animation Studies, eds. J. Pilling, 112-136. Sydney: John Libbey & Company
Pty. Ltd.
Takayuki, T. 2006. The Advent of Meguro Empress: Decoking the Avant-Pop
Anime TAMALA 2010. In Cinema Anime: critical engagements with Japanese
animation, eds. S. T. Brown, 65-80. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Montmayeur, Y. 2005. GHIBLI: the Miyazaki Temple. [DVD]. France: Arte France

21. Images sources
•http://www.oneinchpunch.net (Through search engine www.google.com)
•http://www.ghibli.com.jp
•http://www.scifijapan.com (Through search engine www.google.com)
•http://www.ghibliworld.com
•http://www.ghibli-museum.jp
•http://www.ogomogo.com (through search engine www.google.com)
•http://apike.ca (through search engine www.google.com)
•http://www.douban.com/ (through search engine www.google.com)
•http://www.animebooks.com (through search engine www.google.com)