Ghibli Museum Library
Encyclopedia
The is the collection of classic and non-Japanese animated
films
which have been dubbed
or subtitled
and released in Japan
by Studio Ghibli
, in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Cinema ANGELICA. Three of the current titles were previously released as part of the now mostly defunct .
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
films
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
which have been dubbed
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
or subtitled
Subtitle (captioning)
Subtitles are textual versions of the dialog in films and television programs, usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. They can either be a form of written translation of a dialog in a foreign language, or a written rendering of the dialog in the same language, with or without added...
and released in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
by Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli
is a Japanese animation and film studio founded in June 1985. The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro...
, in collaboration with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Cinema ANGELICA. Three of the current titles were previously released as part of the now mostly defunct .
Films
As of April 2010, the following films are known to have been or will be released under the Ghibli Museum Library label:- Le Roi et l'oiseauLe Roi et l'oiseauLe Roi et l'oiseau is a 1980 traditionally-animated feature film directed by Paul Grimault...
(1980) – Cinema 2006.7.29, DVD 2007.4.04 - Kirikou et la SorcièreKirikou and the SorceressKirikou and the Sorceress is a 1998 Franco-Belgian animated film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn directly from West African folk tales, it tells of how a newborn boy saves his village by ridding them of the evil witch Karaba...
(1998) – DVD 2007.7.18 - Princes et PrincessesPrinces et princessesCiné si is a 1989 French silhouette animation television series conceived, written and directed by Michel Ocelot and realised at La Fabrique, consisting of short fairy tale and retro-future stories performed by the same animated "actors." A critical success but commercial failure at the time, no...
(2000) – DVD 2007.7.18 - Les Triplettes de BellevilleLes Triplettes de BellevilleThe Triplets of Belleville is a 2003 animated comedy film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It was released as Belleville Rendez-vous in the United Kingdom...
(2003) – DVD 2007.7.18 - Moya lyubov (2006) – Cinema 2007.3.17, DVD 2007.7.18
- Azur et Asmar (2006) – Cinema 2007.7.8, DVD and Blu-ray DiscBlu-ray DiscBlu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
2007.12.19 - Przygody MyszkiMouseA mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
(1976) - DVD 2007.12.19 - Snezhnaya korolevaThe Snow Queen (1957 film)The Snow Queen is a 1957 Soviet animated film directed by Lev Atamanov. It was produced at the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow and is based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen...
(1957) – Cinema 2007.12.15, DVD 2008.7.02 - Panda KopandaPanda! Go, Panda!is a Japanese animated film, first released in 1972. It was written and created by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Isao Takahata, predating Studio Ghibli...
(1972–73) – Cinema 2008.3.15, DVD 2008.7.02 - CheburashkaCheburashkaCheburashka , also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky. In Estonian the character is called Potsataja...
(1969–83) – Cinema 2008.7.19, DVD 2008.11.21 - Animal FarmAnimal Farm (1954 film)Animal Farm is a 1954 British animated film by Halas and Batchelor, based on the book of the same name by George Orwell. It was the first British animated feature released worldwide, though Handling Ships was the first British animated feature ever made...
(1954) – Cinema 2008.12.20,http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/animal DVD 2009.6.10 - Lupin Sansei 1st. TV seriesLupin III (anime)is the first anime made after the manga series of the same name, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha. It was directed originally by Masaaki Ōsumi and later by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. A pilot film, also directed by Ōsumi, was made in 1969, but a full series was not made until 2 years later....
(1971–72) – Cinema (only) 2009.3.14http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/lupin - A Matter of Loaf and DeathA Matter of Loaf and DeathA Matter of Loaf and Death is an animated television short created by Nick Park, and the fourth of his shorts to star his characters Wallace and Gromit...
(2008) – Cinema 2009.7.18,http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/wg DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2009.11.27 - Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) – Cinema 2009.12.19, DVD 2010.4.21
- Konk-GorbunokThe Humpbacked Horse (film)The Humpbacked Horse is a 1947 Soviet/Russian traditionally-animated feature film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. The film is based on the poem by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, and because of this everyone in the film speaks in rhymes...
(1947) and Seraya Sheyka (1948) – DVD (only) 2010.7.14 - Akage no AnneAnne of Green Gables (anime)is an animated television series, part of Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater. It was adapted from the novel Anne of Green Gables by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery. Produced by Nippon Animation in 1979, it was first broadcast on Fuji TV from January 7, 1979 to December 30, 1979...
~Green Gables no Michi~ – Cinema 2010.7.17 DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2010.11.17 - Shaun the SheepShaun the SheepShaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated children's television series produced by Aardman Animations, and commissioned by the BBC and the WDR. It first aired in the UK on CBBC in March 2007...
series 1 (2007) – DVD and Blu-ray Disc (only) 2010.10.20 and 2010.11.17 - A Grand Day OutA Grand Day OutA Grand Day Out is an award-nominated 1989 animated film directed and animated by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol. This was the first adventure featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but smart dog Gromit...
(1989), The Wrong TrousersThe Wrong TrousersThe Wrong Trousers is a 1993 animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit...
(1993) and A Close ShaveA Close ShaveA Close Shave is a 1995 British animated film directed by Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, featuring his characters Wallace and Gromit. It was his third half-hour short featuring the eccentric inventor Wallace and his quiet but intelligent dog Gromit, following 1989's A Grand Day Out,...
(1995) – DVD and Blu-ray Disc (only) 2010.10.20 - Shaun the Sheep series 2 (2009–2010) – DVD and Blu-ray Disc (only) 2011.1.19 and 2011.2.16
- L'Illusionniste (2010) – Cinema 2011.3.26, DVD and Blu-ray Disc 2011.10.08
- Tout-rien (1978), Crac !CracCrac is a 1981 animated short film produced, written and directed by Frédéric Back. The story follows the experiences of a rocking chair, from its creation from a tree through its time as a member of a Canadian farming family....
(1981), L'Homme qui plantait des arbresThe Man Who Planted Trees (film)The Man Who Planted Trees is a 1987 Canadian short animated film directed by Frédéric Back. It is based on the story of the same name by Jean Giono...
(1987) and Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux (1993) – Cinema 2011.7.02, DVD 2011.7.20