20 Surprising Facts About Studio Ghibli You Missed
Studio Ghibli is liable for a number of the best animated movies ever made from a number of the foremost renowned directors within the medium, including Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Their influence is felt far and wide, with several animation houses paying tribute to them throughout the years.
The following 20 entries will showcase less-known interesting and surprising facts about Studio Ghibli.
20- Name Origins
The name “Ghibli” is based on the Arabian Name of Mediterranean wind. Which is known in Libya as the “tribal winds”, the studio required this name to “blow” New winds through the Japanese anime industry “.
19- No scene cutting policy
The studio has a strict policy of “no scenes cutting” and this policy occurred when some scenes in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) were brutally cut up by New World Pictures to suit the American audience. After 14 years, Studio Ghibli sent to Miramax, a samurai sword with a simple message: “No cut “ after hearing that the alternate president would try to cut out some scenes from the film in order to make it more commercial.
18- Script Improvisation
Hayao Miyazaki, one of the studio’s founders, does not use the script in his films, because: “He often doesn’t have the time for that,” so he relies on intuition and improvisation.
17- Two Batman Generations
Actors Michael Keaton and Christian Bale, who played Batman, participated in dubbing the English version of two studio works, Michael Keaton played Porco Rosso in the movie of the same name, while Christian Bale played Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle.
16- Raccoons Magical Genitals
Pom Poko (1994) contains perhaps some of the studio’s most suspiciously creative ideas. In the movie, a group of raccoons appears as they are saving a forest by using their magical genitals!. This unusual weapon is a tradition mentioned in Japanese folklore of the raccoon, or “tanuki”.
15- Why Hayao Miyazaki Boycotted The Oscars
Director Hayao Miyazaki refused to attend the Oscars in 2002 as a protest against the US invasion of Iraq.
14- Arrietty A 40 Years Project
Arrietty or The Borrower Arrietty which is based on the popular 1952 children’s novel The Borrower by English author Mary Norton, produced in 2010, although Hayao Miyazaki and co-founder Isao Takahata had been planning to adopt the work 40 years ago.
13- Disney Misjudgment
Unexpectedly, Disney, the distributor for Ghibli Studios in the USA, refused to adopt From Up On Poppy Hill because they were concerned about its profitability. Despite this, the movie has grossed $ 61 million in the international box office.
12- Like Father, Like Son: Gorō Miyazaki
From Up On Poppy Hill is the second film directed by Gorō Miyazaki, the son of Hayao Miyazaki, his first film directed he directed was Tales From Earthsea in 2006 is considered the studio’s weakest film.
11- Japan Tsunami and Earthquake 2011
In the aftermath of the tsunami and earthquakes that mopped Japan in 2011, the production phase of From Up On Poppy Hill was thwarted by the constant power blackouts, so a large amount of animation was done at night to avoid these disturbances.
10- Spirited Away Heroine
The heroine of the 2001 movie Spirited Away is based on the 10-year-old daughter of Hayao Miyazaki’s friend, the co-producer Seiji Okuda.
9- Oscars and Golden Bear Award
Spirited Away won the Golden Bear and The Oscar in 2002 for best-animated film, it was the only film that’s not produced in English-speaking countries to win this award.
8- Ghibli Top-Grossing Films
Eight Ghibli films are among the top 15 best-grossing animation films in Japan, and Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film, with revenues exceeding $ 274 million worldwide.
7- Ghibli Film PG-13
Tales From Earthsea, released in 2006, is the first Ghibli-Disney movie to be rated PG-13 (for those over 13) for containing some violent scenes. Tales From Earthsea was the unlucky and (controversial) winner of Japan’s Bunshun Raspberry Award for worst film of 2011.
6- Disney The Inspiration Source for Ghibli
Japanese animation flourished after the international success of Disney Snow White & The Seven Dwarves, artists were given a new perspective from the American style.
5- Supporting The Local Industry
In its first release week, Tales From Earthsea surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, to be the top-grossing in Japan box office for five weeks.
4- The Cat Returns as Cat-Woman
Actress Anne Hathaway played the heroine, Haru Yoshioka, in the English version of The Cat Returns, which was produced in 2002 at the request of a Japanese park, this park asked Ghibli to produce a short animated film featuring cats.
3- Studio Ghibli Logo
Ghibli’s Logo is Totoro, the character of My Neighbor Totoro, produced in 1988, Totoro is considered a master of the forest “great jungle’s spirit”.
2- Ghibli influenced Games Creators
Studio Ghibli’s works were an influence. Their impact extends far beyond other animators, film-makers, and game creators. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and many other legendary Nintendo properties, has cited that Miyazaki’s works impacted their projects.
1- Surviving Bombing Raids
The two founders of Studio Ghibli survived bombing raids, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata were both alive to see World War II as children and both of them lived through bombing raids, these events had a massive effect on them and their work, such effect can be noticed in the movie Grave of the Fireflies directed by Takahata.
Originally published at https://allanimangas.blogspot.com on January 21, 2021.
