A sign saying Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan

photo by wintersweet

Studio Ghibli Inc. is an animation film studio in Japan. It was founded in June 1985 after the success of the movie Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). I know Studio Ghibli for movies like: Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), The Cat Returns (2002), my personal favorite Howl’s Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) and The Wind Rises (2013). This Japanese animated film studio is well known around the world and this year they said they would stop producing and making new films though it is said that its not forever that Studio Ghibli has stopped production. They will continue although the date is not known. Other links: Studio Ghibli’s official page in Japan Online Ghibli– a fansite GhibliWiki