Studio Ghibli
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Profile
- Company Name: Studio Ghibli
- Japanese: 株式会社スタジオジブリ
- Founded: 1985
- Address: 1-4-25, Kajino-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184 Japan
- see List of Studio Ghibli films
- see List of Movie Companies
About
Ghibli was established in 1985, to make the film, "Laputa: The Castle in the Sky". However, the beginning of the studio can be dated back to 1983, when Tokuma Shoten (Tokuma Publishing, Co., Ltd) decided to produce "Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind". Tokuma is a Japanese publishing company which publishes "Animage", an animation magazine, in which Miyazaki had been serializing the manga "Nausicaa" since 1982. After the success of "Nausicaa", Tokuma and Miyazaki decided to make their second movie, "Laputa", and they established Studio Ghibli.
Tokuma was the parent company of Studio Ghibli until March 2005 when it was spun off as an independent company.
Notes
Ghibli is an Italian word, coined during World War II, meaning “hot desert wind.” The term was also used for the name of Italy’s scouting planes in North Africa. Miyazaki, a vintage aircraft buff, decided to adopt the word for his new studio, hoping to be a “hot wind into the world of Japanese animation.”
In 1991, Studio Ghibli opened the Ghibli Museum, a commercial museum celebrating the works from Studio Ghibli. The museum is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western suburb of Tokyo (1-1-83 Simorenjaku, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-0013), Japan.
mitzmin Says:
Jan 09 2010 7:27 pm
oh I see.
There are soooo much good films from studio ghibli!!
Eya Says:
Apr 07 2009 1:43 am
The Ghibli Museu, was established in 2001, not 1991.