Man Lai Haumhau
Spirited Away 2001
Howl's Moving Castle 2004
My Neighbor Totoro - 1988
Profitable?Not exactly…
Fiscal year 2014: April 2014 to March 2015
Net income: 800,000,000 Yen -- 7,000,000 USD
Profitable?High production costs
Financing for projects highly dependent on how previous projects do
Not profitable enough for a stable future
Where’s the profit from?
Movies
Where’s the profit from?
Merchandise
Where’s the profit from?
Commercials
Where’s the profit from?
Music videos and video games
Where’s the profit from?
Soundtracks and books
History
1960s
History
1970s
History
1980s
Birth of Studio Ghibli From Tokuma Shoten
Ghibli - Hot desert winds
“provoke a tornado in the world of Japanese animation”
History
1990s
History
2000s
History
2010s
Miyazaki retirement?
Secret Sauce?
High Animation Quality
Secret Sauce?
High Music Quality
Joe Hisaishi
Japanese Academy Award for Best Music 1992, 1993, 1994 1999, 2000, 2009 2011
Secret Sauce?
Hayao Miyazaki
Won numerous awards for best film and director both in Japan and abroad
Competition
Studio Ghibli, shakers in the animation industry
Great animation and storytelling, not always only cater to children!
Competition
Hard to say which is better, depends on your tastes!
Prediction
Studio Ghibli’s days are numbered
Profits unstable
Too reliant on Miyazaki
Soruceshttp://www.inaglobal.fr/en/cinema/article/studio-ghibli-new-force-animation
http://animationanomaly.com/2013/12/11/the-key-difference-between-disney-and-studio-ghibli/
http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-company/Studio-Ghibli
http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/library/
http://www.ghibli.jp/
http://kotaku.com/studio-ghibli-might-quit-making-feature-films-says-rep-1608198259
http://shukatsusoken.com/analysis/kanpo/studio-ghibli/
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