’s logo features the iconic name derived from the Italian aircraft character Totoro, a forest spirit from Caproni Ca.309, nicknamed Ghibli from the Libyan-Arabic name for the box budget awards Rotten IMDb Mediterranean wind office won Tomatoes score

Laputa: Castle Grave of the Kiki’s Delivery Only Yesterday Pom Poko Whisper Princess My Neighbors The Cat Howl’s Tales from From Up on The Tale of the When Marnie in the Sky Fireflies & Service (1991) (1992) (1994) of the Heart Mononoke the Yamadas (2001) Returns Moving Castle Earthsea (2008) (2010) Poppy Hill (2013) Princess Kaguya Was There (1986) My Neighbor (1989) (1995) (1987) (1999) (2002) (2004) (2006) (2011) (2013) (2014) Totoro (1988)

$300M 289

$250M

235

$200M 202

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$100M

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breakdown of genres

Romance

Fantasy Comedy 8.5% 22% Nausicaa of the Valley Studio Ghibli founded by Technically the first official of the Wind (1984) film by Studio Ghibli 8.5% Considered the unofficial beginning of Studio Ghibli &

Epic 1.7% 1.7% Biographical Drama 16.9% 3.4% War 5.1%

Supernatural

15.3% 16.9%

First animated film to win First film to win First Studio Ghibli film to be Japan Academy Prize for Academy Award, and the an adaptation of a Western/ Picture of the Year only film not made in the English novel Adventure English-speaking world to Family win a Golden Bear and Percentages calculated out of 59 “films” an Academy Award Films with multiple genres are counted once for each genre (ie Laputa: is counted twice, once for adventure and once for fantasy)

Nominations for Academy Award Japan Academy Prize Best Animated Feature Animation Studio Ghibli feature films among the top 15 highest-grossing anime films of the Year