Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli

Coordinates: 35°42′11.5″N 139°31′44.9″E / 35.703194°N 139.529139°E / 35.703194; 139.529139

Studio Ghibli, Inc.
株式会社スタジオジブリ
Type Kabushiki gaisha
Industry Motion pictures
Video games
TV commercials
Founded Tokyo, Japan (June 15, 1985 (1985-06-15))
Founder(s)
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Isao Takahata
  • Toshio Suzuki
  • Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Headquarters Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
  • Koji Hoshino (Executive director, President)
  • Hayao Miyazaki (Director)
  • Toshio Suzuki (Executive director)
Products Animated feature films (Anime), television films, commercials, live-action films
Revenue ¥10 million (2011)
Net income ¥14.26 billion (2011)
Total assets ¥157.7 billion (2011)
Owner(s) Tokuma Shoten (1999-2005)
Employees 300
Website www.ghibli.jp

Studio Ghibli, Inc. (株式会社スタジオジブリ, Kabushiki-gaisha Sutajio Jiburi?) is a Japanese animation film studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan. The studio is best known for its anime feature films. Studio Ghibli began in June 1985 after the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with funding by Tokuma Shoten. The company's logo features the character Totoro (a large forest spirit) from Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro. At one time the studio was based in Kichijōji, Musashino, Tokyo.

Studio Ghibli has produced seventeen feature films, beginning with Castle in the Sky in 1986. It was followed by Grave of the Fireflies (1988), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), Porco Rosso (1992), Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Tales from Earthsea (2006), Ponyo (2008), Arrietty (2010), and From Up on Poppy Hill (2011). Sixteen of the films received both critical and financial success, with the notable exception being Tales from Earthsea, which, in spite of its commercial success, achieved less critical praise than Ghibli's other productions. The studio has also produced several short films and television commercials, as well as Ocean Waves, a television film. Eight of Studio Ghibli's films are among the 15 highest-grossing anime films, with Spirited Away being the highest, grossing over $274 million worldwide.

Many anime features created by Studio Ghibli have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award. In 2002, Spirited Away won a Golden Bear and an Oscar for Best Animated Feature which remains the only film made outside the English-speaking world to have done so.

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