Man Lai Haumhau

Spirited Away 2001

Howl's Moving Castle 2004

My Neighbor Totoro - 1988

Profitable?Not exactly…

Fiscal year 2014: April 2014 to March 2015

Net income: 800,000,000 Yen -- 7,000,000 USD

Profitable?High production costs

Financing for projects highly dependent on how previous projects do

Not profitable enough for a stable future

Where’s the profit from?

Movies

Where’s the profit from?

Merchandise

Where’s the profit from?

Commercials

Where’s the profit from?

Music videos and video games

Where’s the profit from?

Soundtracks and books

History

1960s

History

1970s

History

1980s

Birth of Studio Ghibli From Tokuma Shoten

Ghibli - Hot desert winds

“provoke a tornado in the world of Japanese animation”

History

1990s

History

2000s

History

2010s

Miyazaki retirement?

Secret Sauce?

High Animation Quality

Secret Sauce?

High Music Quality

Joe Hisaishi

Japanese Academy Award for Best Music 1992, 1993, 1994 1999, 2000, 2009 2011

Secret Sauce?

Hayao Miyazaki

Won numerous awards for best film and director both in Japan and abroad

Competition

Studio Ghibli, shakers in the animation industry

Great animation and storytelling, not always only cater to children!

Competition

Hard to say which is better, depends on your tastes!

Prediction

Studio Ghibli’s days are numbered

Profits unstable

Too reliant on Miyazaki

Soruceshttp://www.inaglobal.fr/en/cinema/article/studio-ghibli-new-force-animation

http://animationanomaly.com/2013/12/11/the-key-difference-between-disney-and-studio-ghibli/

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-company/Studio-Ghibli

http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/library/

http://www.ghibli.jp/

http://kotaku.com/studio-ghibli-might-quit-making-feature-films-says-rep-1608198259

http://shukatsusoken.com/analysis/kanpo/studio-ghibli/

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