Who Are STUDIO GHIBLI'S Original Founders? Let's Take A Look At The Past.

Who are Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suzuki? Let's take a brief look at the origins of Studio Ghibli, as well as their individual careers and the company's history.

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Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki. They set out to produce animated films of the highest possible caliber and intellectual depth, with the intention of making them accessible to viewers of all ages.

Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is a film director, animator, screenwriter, and manga artist.  He joined Toei Animation in 1963 as an in-between animator and rose swiftly through the ranks to become an animation director. During this time, he contributed to a number of anime movies and television shows, including "Sherlock Hound" and "Lupin III."

"The Castle of Cagliostro", which Miyazaki co-wrote and directed in 1979, was extremely successful. After that, he directed many more films at Topcraft Animation Studios, including "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind," which Miyazaki eventually turned into a manga and a movie. Both of these productions were huge successes that contributed to Miyazaki's growth as an animator and storyteller.

Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata is also a film director, screenwriter, and animator. He started working as an animator at Toei Animation in 1959, where he worked on a number of anime series and movies, including "Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon" and "Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon." His first full-length picture, "Panda! Go, Panda!" from 1971, was a commercial success and helped him establish his reputation as a talented animator and storyteller.

His second full-length movie, "Heidi, Girl of the Alps," was well received by critics, and was directed and written by him in 1975. He later went on to direct more movies for the studio, including "Chie the Brat" and "Anne of Green Gables," both of which were commercial successes.

Toshio Suzuki

Toshio Suzuki worked as an editor and producer in the animation industry prior to starting Studio Ghibli. In the late 1970s, Suzuki started his career as an editor at the animation magazine "Animage." Additionally, he served as an editor for various anime series and movies, including early works by Hayao Miyazaki such as "The Castle of Cagliostro" and "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,".

Suzuki worked as a producer on the majority of the company's movies and worked for the studio as its general manager. He is renowned for his proficiency in handling the studio's finances as well as his contribution to the marketing and distribution plan, which helped make Studio Ghibli's movies well-known both in Japan and beyond.

The studio has produced many highly acclaimed and commercially successful films such as "My Neighbor Totoro," "Spirited Away," "Howl's Moving Castle," and "The Wind Rises." The studio's films often feature strong female protagonists and explore themes of environmentalism, family, and the importance of tradition. Studio Ghibli has been credited with popularizing anime outside of Japan and is considered one of the most successful and influential animation studios in the world.

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