{"id":6614,"date":"2014-08-06T21:04:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T20:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2015-06-15T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T11:36:32","slug":"could-studio-ghibli-be-closing-its-doors-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/06\/could-studio-ghibli-be-closing-its-doors-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Studio Ghibli be closing its doors forever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? 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Founded in 1985 by the anime directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, Ghibli has produced 20 feature-length films, several short films, some television advertisements and one television film. The chances are you\u2019ve seen more than one of the studio\u2019s great classics, which include <em>Spirited Away<\/em>, <em>My Neighbour Totoro<\/em>, and <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6620\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Spirited Away, 2001\" width=\"660\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-1200x842.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-900x631.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-720x505.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-1440x1010.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-390x274.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-780x547.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/spiritedaway_4600d63761c95317434aa008b75caa03-510x358.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spirited Away, 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Amongst a great many accolades, Ghibli has five films featured in the IMDB top 250, eight films amongst the 15 highest-grossing anime films of all time in Japan, the first animated feature to gross over 10 billion yen at the Japanese box office, and the first animated film ever to win a National Academy Award for best picture (<em>Princess Mononoke, 1997<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Not only has the studio enjoyed phenomenal domestic triumphs, but in 2002 it was catapulted to worldwide fame when <em>Spirited Away<\/em> became the only foreign-made film ever to win an Oscar for best animated picture.<\/p>\n<p>Ghibli is an unadulterated success story, and its figurehead, Miyazaki, is considered by many to be the finest animator of all time. His latest film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=imtdgdGOB6Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Wind Rises<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, grossed 11.6 billion yen in Japan alone and was the country\u2019s biggest box office success of 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6621\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics.jpg\" alt=\"The Wind Rises, 2013\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/windrises-nycritics-510x288.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Wind Rises, 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>So why on earth would it be closing its doors now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actually, there are a number of possible reasons.<\/p>\n<p>For a start, box office takings are only half of the story. Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki has recently stated that each film takes 300 staff two years and about 5 billion yen (about $50 million USD) to create \u2013 which means that breaking even is no mean feat even when your film is the highest-grossing feature of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, and perhaps most persuasively, Hayao Miyazaki himself frequently plays the harbinger of doom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6615\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hayao.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/hayao.jpg\" alt=\"Miyazaki: harbinger of doom for the traditional animation industry\" width=\"298\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miyazaki: harbinger of doom for the traditional animation industry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A self-professed pessimist, Miyazaki has been forecasting the end of Ghibli and the death of traditional hand-drawn animation for years. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2005\/sep\/14\/japan.awardsandprizes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>an interview with the Guardian<\/strong> <\/a>as far back as 2005, Miyazaki exhibited his own \u201cserene and contented brand of fatalism\u201d when he told interviewer Xan Brooks that:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;If it is a dying craft we can&#8217;t do anything about it. Civilisation moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That&#8217;s rare in any era.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And in an interview for the forthcoming documentary on Studio Ghibli, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5lL2ccsL888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness<\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Miyazaki states the following:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The future [of Ghibli] is clear. It&#8217;s going to fall apart. I can already see it. What&#8217;s the use worrying? It&#8217;s inevitable. Ghibli is just a random name I got from an airplane. It&#8217;s just a name.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given Miyazaki\u2019s unambiguous pessimism, perhaps it\u2019s unsurprising that rumours of Studio Ghibli\u2019s demise have been circulating in the anime world for quite some time \u2013 but it wasn\u2019t until an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wearecinemaniax.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/04\/studio-ghibli-isnt-closing-down-interview-translated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with Toshio Suzuki<\/a> on the Japanese TV show <em>Jonetsu Tairiku<\/em> last weekend that the blogosphere exploded with clamouring accounts of the studio\u2019s imminent downfall.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6618\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4.jpg\" alt=\"Still from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, 2008\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4-390x260.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/ponyo4-510x340.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Are these death throes of Ghibli?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Luckily for film-lovers everywhere, perhaps not. As Kotaku explains, Suzuki does not explicitly say that the studio will close for good \u2013 but the company is undoubtedly in for a big change.<\/p>\n<p>Using the terms \u201cooshoji\u201d (\u201cspring cleaning\u201d) and \u201cshokyuusi\u201d (implying a \u201cpause\u201d or \u201cbreather\u201d rather than a full halt), Suzuki suggests that Ghibli will be taking a break from production to restructure the company and reassess the direction in which they wish to move in the future.<\/p>\n<p>He cites Miyazaki\u2019s retirement as the primary factor\u00a0influencing the hiatus, asking \u201cafter that, what should Ghibli do?\u201d. It\u2019s time to \u201ctake a short rest and think about what&#8217;s next\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6622\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/my-neighbour-totoro-0081.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/my-neighbour-totoro-0081.jpg\" alt=\"My Neighbour Totoro, 1988: one of Ghibli's best-loved creations\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/my-neighbour-totoro-0081.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/my-neighbour-totoro-0081-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/my-neighbour-totoro-0081-390x234.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My Neighbour Totoro, 1988: one of Ghibli&#8217;s best-loved creations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Who should we believe &#8211; Suzuki or Miyazaki?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Revered genius as he may be, there is a very good reason for not believing anything Hayao Miyazaki says.<\/p>\n<p>To date, conservative estimates suggest that Miyazaki has announced his retirement a whopping <strong>six times<\/strong>, each time only to eat his words and go on to make another film.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that he has told fans that he is \u201cquite serious\u201d this time, even his friend and Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata,\u00a0has<a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2013-11-07\/isao-takahata-thinks-there-is-a-chance-of-hayao-miyazaki-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> said to the press <\/a>that:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;I think there is a decent chance that may change. I think so, since I&#8217;ve known him a long time. Don&#8217;t be at all surprised if that happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So calm down anime fans &#8211; the show *might* go on!<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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