2009年6月29日月曜日

Japanese Culture

Today, I introduce Japanese culture. I wish you become interested in about it.




Studio Ghibli, Inc. is a Japanese animation film studio. The company’s logo is TOTORO which character of Hayao Miyazaki’s film My Neighbor Totoro. The name Ghibli derives from the Libyan word for hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert, which is derived from nickname of Italian plane in World WarⅡ. Studio Ghibli created many films have won several award including Laputa in 1986, My Neighbor Totoro in 1988 and Kiki’s delivery Service in 1989. In 2002, Sprinted Away won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It’s the first anime film to win an Academy Award. The most famous film is Grave of the Fireflies directed by Isao Takahata. Founded in 1985, the studio is headed by director Hayao Miyazaki along with his faithful companion Isao Takahata as well as the studio’s executive managing director and long-time producer Toshio Suzuki. The company is well-known for its strict "no-edits" policy in licensing their films abroad. This was a result of the dubbing of Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind when the film was released in the United States as Warriors of the Wind.