Japan's foremost theatrical animation studio, Ghibli is headed up by director Hayao Miyazaki and is responsible for the following films (in semi-chronological order, Japanese titles and their translations listed if different from the English title):
- Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa)
- Laputa : The Castle in the Sky, (Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa)
- My Neighbor Totoro, (Tonari no Totoro, Totoro next door)
- Grave of the Fireflies, (Hotaru no Haka)
- Kiki's Delivery Service, (Majou no Takkyuubin, Witch's Delivery Service)
- Only Yesterday (Omohide Poroporo, Overflowing with Memories)
- Porco Rosso (Kurenai no Buta, The Crimson Pig)
- Pon Poko Tanuki, (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pon Poko, Heisei-era Tanuki Battle Pon Poko)
- Ocean Waves, (Umi ga Kikoeru, I Can Hear the Sea)
- On Your Mark, (music video)
- Whispers of the Heart, (Mimi wo Sumaseba, If You Listen Closely)
- Princess Mononoke, (Mononoke-hime)
- My Neighbors the Yamadas, (Hoohokekyo Tonari no Yamada-kun, Tweet tweet! Yamada Next Door.)
- Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, The Spiriting Away of Sen and Chihiro)
- The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi, The Cay Repays its Debt)
- Howl's Moving Castle, (Hauru no Ugoku Shiro)
- Tales from Earthsea,(Gedo Senki, The War Chronicle of Ged) (not released at the time of this writeup, due in late 2006)
- A series of shorts called "Ghiblies."
I could go on and on about how Ghibli is the best
animation studio in the
world, but I think this
filmography speaks for itself quite nicely. Many, though not all, of the titles were directed by
Miyazaki. An excellent
English-language
resource for all things Ghibli is www.nausicaa.net. As of 2002, there is a
Ghibli Museum in Japan, and it is doubtless The Place To Be if you're a fan.