Name
The name Ghibli is based on the Arabic name for the sirocco, or Mediterranean wind, the idea being the studio would "blow a new wind through the Japanese anime industry".
Although the Italian/Arabic word is pronounced with a very hard ɡ, the Japanese pronunciation of the studio's name is with a soft g,
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