Producer

Tōru Hara

2: briefs
13:00: average
26 min: in total

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Kiki's Delivery Service

Hayao Miyazaki · 1989

Hayao Miyazaki's 1989 film follows thirteen-year-old witch Kiki as she leaves home to complete a year of independent training in a coastal city, running a flying courier service with her cat Jiji. Miyazaki rewrote Eiko Kadono's more episodic novel to centre on the strain of independence itself, and the film became the first Studio Ghibli release to succeed commercially on first release.

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My Neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 1988

Released on a double bill with Grave of the Fireflies in 1988, Hayao Miyazaki's film follows sisters Satsuki and Mei as they move to the countryside while their mother recovers in hospital, and meet the forest spirits living around their new home. It grossed a modest sum on first release but has since become Studio Ghibli's signature work, with Totoro serving as the studio's mascot.