About the Author

Founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, Studio Ghibli is the preeminent Japanese animation studio and one of the best-loved and most lauded animation houses in the world. Its films, including Princess Mononoke, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, and Grave of the Fireflies, have won every filmworld award imaginable, including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for 2001's Spirited Away.