Japan, of course, is famous for its animated movies, or anime, but Ghibli (the name means ‘desert wind’ in Libyan, chosen by Miyazaki to signify that the venture was going to blow through the existing industry) is in a league of its own, and its gorgeous painted visions set the template for many more movies that came after its initial releases. If you have seen any of the films put out by the studio, founded in 1985 by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, it would either have been in the cinema, on DVD or via their occasional appearance on TV, but the Netflix deal is certain to open them up to a whole new audience. (Although they won’t be available in the US, Canada and Japan, HBO Max will be showing them at some point.) There are two types of people – those who have never heard of Studio Ghibli, and those who love the movies with all their heart. 1 - and a handful of titles streaming legally, discs are the only way to go.For the first time, the animated output of Japan’s Studio Ghibli is being made available on a streaming service, with Netflix beginning to serve up 21 of the movies in batches from 1 February. So beyond occasional screenings - like a series showing “Spirited Away” in select theaters around the country Oct.
It’s particularly significant because Ghibli is opposed to streaming video for aesthetic and commercial reasons. The occasion for the list is a new, handsomely packaged edition of nearly all the Ghibli films by the distributor Gkids. Some of its biggest fans routinely copy Ghibli’s moves for their work at Pixar and DreamWorks. The 32-year-old company’s output has been modest but its influence is profound. Miyazaki’s production company, the legendary animation house Studio Ghibli.
Spoiler alert: “Spirited Away” is first on my list, a personal ranking of all the feature films (including a few outliers) of Mr. 2: Hayao Miyazaki’s animated “Spirited Away.” The rest of us wondered why it wasn’t No. When the New York Times’s chief film critics ranked the best movies of the century so far, many readers were surprised by the work at No.
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