Hayao Miyazaki directed his first animated movie in 1978 called The Castle of Cagliostro and it won the excitement of film critics all over the world and it was heard that Steven Spielberg himself said the car chase featured in the movie was the best he had ever seen. Ten years later 1988 wasn't until his studio (Studio Ghibli) was recognised world wide thanks to his next movie My Neighbour Totoro. In 1997 the Studio Ghibli team brought out another animated movie named Princess Mononoke and this time breaking all of box office records and made $150 million in Japan. The next movie released by Studio Ghibli in 2001 was called Spirited Away making a total of $250 million and also winning the golden bear at the 2002 Berlin film festival. The Studio Ghibli team also made a ton of other animated movies in between these master pieces including: Castle in the Sky (1986), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Porco Rosso (1992), Whisper of the Heart (1995) and many more. Miyazaki more recent cartoons have also become very popular in the UK and the US as well as in Japan and these include: Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), From up on Poppy Hill and again many more.
The Castle of Cagliostro
My Neighbour Totoro
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Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
I have watched Studio Ghibli movies My Neighbour Totoro and Ponyo and I loved every second of them. The movies all follow a similar style and when you see any footage from these movies you know instantly that it is work from the Studio Ghibli team. The animations are very powerful and offer a unique experience that no other animators can, to me these movies are a massive inspiration to who I aspire to be and encourages me to follow the path of an animator.
