Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio. Founded in mid-1985 and co-ordinated by Hayao Miyazaki, Takahata, toshio Suzuki, composer Jean Hisaishi has also produced film music for many of Studio Ghibli's works.
The first 4 works
1. "Valley of the Wind" 1984
Supervision: Hayao Miyazaki 1.48 billion yen at the Japanese box office
It tells the story of the high development of industrial civilization, but eventually brought disaster, a 7-day war of destruction of the zerg tribe destroyed human civilization. A thousand years later, the crux of the legacy of industrial civilization is still plaguing the planet. Strongly toxic plants form a prohibitive "sea of rot" forest, which over time spreads methodically around and encroaches on the surrounding world. Next to a forest of rotten seas, a group of humans walking in the wind. The heroine Nausika and her people rely on the power of the sea breeze to resist the erosion of poisonous spores and live a peaceful and peaceful life.
Until one day, the flames of war burned here. The Western powers, Trome, intent on re-establishing human hegemony, planned to unify the surrounding states and then launch a general offensive against the Zerg. On the other hand, the ancient monster "Fierce Monster" that led the destruction of mankind a thousand years ago reappeared in the human world. As soon as the war of destruction is about to break out, what will be the fate of mankind...
"Valley of the Wind" reminds the world with a new painting style and a warm story. Compared with ordinary animation films, "Valley of the Wind" can be called a heroic epic with a grand structure, serious theme and magnificent imagination in an animation film, presenting a grand and complete world view, although it is fictional, it is rigorously scientific and real. The unique worldview and human values in the play profoundly influenced the direction of Japanese animation for more than a decade.
2. Castle in the Sky, 1986
Supervision: Hayao Miyazaki 11.6 yen at the Japanese box office
It tells the story of the ancient empire of Rabida, a huge machine island floating in the air, which is said to be uninhabited and contains great wealth. Therefore, both the military and pirates are looking for this legendary flying island. On this day, Parker met Hilda, the heir of Radhabi, and the two saw each other as they were. Because Hilda has a flying stone on her body to find an important object of the Rabida Empire, both the military and the pirates are hunting down Anda. Parker fled with Hilda, but neither escaped the military, and Hilda was taken captive by the army. In order to save his friends, Parker can only choose to cooperate with the pirates. Parker and the pirates succeed in rescuing Hilda, and at the same time, they discover the military's evil plans. In order to stop the implementation of the military's evil plan, they embark on a journey with the pirates in search of Rabida.
The film depicts the landscape of the world of the era in which the story takes place almost perfectly, a little science fiction, a little mythological, and a bit of a taste of the European Industrial Revolution, such as the old train on the elevated rail, the dark mine, the airship, the robot like clay sculpture, and so on. The intense plot runs through the film, but the blue sky and thick white clouds make the sharp conflict more intriguing. The expression of the characters is not based on the lines but on the specific actions of the characters, so that the characters' personalities are more profound.
3. Totoro, 1988
Supervision: Hayao Miyazaki 11.7 yen at the Japanese box office
It tells that Xiaoyue's mother fell ill and was hospitalized, and her father took her and her four-year-old sister Xiaomei to live in the countryside. They were very curious about the environment and found a lot of interesting things. They met a lot of elves, they came to their environment, saw a lot of strange things in their world, and became friends with a big fat totoro. Totoro and the elves use their magical powers to bring a lot of magical landscapes to Xiaoyue and her sister, which opens their eyes. Her younger sister Xiaomei often missed her sick mother and clamored for her sister to take her to see her mother, but Xiaoyue refused. Xiaomei actually went to it by herself, but unexpectedly got lost on the way, and Xiaoyue had to find her totoro and elf friends to help.
Released in China on December 14, 2018, the remake of "Totoro" has a unique theme, rich ideas and diverse styles, which is not without inspiration for the current animation film creation. Using traditional two-dimensional paintings and childlike fantasies, it depicts human affairs that take place in the beautiful countryside. The innocent and childish childlike fun and simple and simple humanity deeply touched the hearts of the audience and awakened the childhood memories of many adults who have been dusty for a long time.
4. Grave of the Fireflies, 1988
Supervision: Takahata
It tells the story of the brothers and sisters who have lived a life of dependence on each other since then. They had to turn to their mother's sisters, and even though they gave all the belongings in the family to their aunts, the more they felt the feeling of being sent under the fence when the food was finished, and Kiyota decided to take her sister and leave to live alone. Life in the smoke of the fire is not good, and Kiyota steals food for her sister, but her sister is still severely malnourished.
to describe the story of orphans of war victims. The depiction of hunger is very vivid and can be said to have similarities with the incident of eating human flesh. Hunger breeds all sorts of love-hate feelings and distrust of people. The atmosphere of the war era that is no longer visible. Rice, vegetables, watermelons, and other foods seen with hungry eyes are all high-grade products. This is a rare setback and lesson that only a defeated Japan can learn.
Studio Ghibli has created more works that reflect the whole age of society, childhood, history, etc., not only influencing the world in terms of painting style, but also influencing all aspects, and objectively proving that animation is not simply aimed at young people.
Ghibli's work is well worth watching, and it will have a different feeling for any age group. Very much recommended!
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