Studio Ghibli has made their last film.
So Studio Ghibli will now focus on not making new films but rather on managing its copyrights and trademarks and generating revenue from its library of previous creations. In 2010, Miyazaki acknowledged that there was a potential future for the studio in such a form, telling Cut Magazine, "Ghibli should be able to continue with about five staff members as a copyright management company even if we smash the studio. So, Ghibli can say 'We stop film production. Goodbye.' I do not have to be there."
Details here.
Trailer for their final film, When Marnie Was There is here.
There's one other film, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, that was released in Japan earlier this year and hasn't made it over to the US yet.
Well f&!&.
He's not getting any younger, so this isn't exactly a surprise.
Still sucks.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
Huh, I knew Miyazaki was done after The Wind Rises, but I somehow thought the studio would keep on going even without him. This is really sad, I mean the movies he directed were my favourites, but some of the other stuff out of that studio was great too. Particularly The Cat Returns and Pom Poko... I'm told Grave of the Fireflies was amazing, but I just can't bring myself to watch it. Too depressing.
Well, that's a real bummer.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
Some updates. Seems that they're not completely closing, but restructuring and considering their options. Last night's news seems to be partly a translation error.
So, not great news, and Miyazaki's retirement is impacting things. But not quite as bad as the initial reports indicated.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
=(
This is awful news. :(
Miyazaki has retired several times now, however. This may be sad, but I don't think it's the end.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
It's not. Apparently some errors in translation have led to some panic.
They're closing doors while they restructure after Miyazaki's departure. They intend to reopen with new lead artists, etc. (At least, this was what I heard latest.)
It's not. Apparently some errors in translation have led to some panic.
They're closing doors while they restructure after Miyazaki's departure. They intend to reopen with new lead artists, etc. (At least, this was what I heard latest.)
Correct. See the links I posted earlier today.
| 2 people marked this as a favorite. |
Glad it's not as dire as the original report made it sound.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
No!Check out the links I posted later.
Anyone know if there's a way to change the thread title?
Flag it as Markup/Display problem and hope a mod fixes it.
Thank you to the mods for the thread title change.