Ghibli Founders
This acclaimed director is the co-founder and most iconic filmmaker of Studio Ghibli.
Who is Hayao Miyazaki?
This is the name of the young protagonist in Spirited Away.
Who is Chihiro (or Sen)?
This film follows a pig-faced World War I fighter pilot.
Who is Porco Russo?
This giant, fluffy forest spirit is one of Ghibli’s most beloved characters.
Who is Totoro?
This film is about a boy who discovers a hidden world under the sea, featuring a goldfish girl.
What is Ponyo?
This producer has been a longtime collaborator and co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
Who is Toshio Suzuki?
Chihiro must work in this place to save her parents.
What is the bathhouse?
This flying creature helps Sophie travel in Howl’s Moving Castle.
Who is Howl? (in bird form)
The Catbus is a creature featured in this film.
This movie tells the tale of two sisters moving to the countryside while their mother is hospitalized.
What is My Neighbor Totoro?
Before founding Ghibli, Miyazaki and Takahata worked at this animation studio.
What is Toei Animation?
This spirit, first a mysterious passenger, becomes a major character and friend to Chihiro.
Who is No-Face?
In Laputa: Castle in the Sky, the castle floats using this mystical power source.
What is a levitation crystal (or Aetherium stone)?
In Princess Mononoke, Ashitaka seeks the help of this godlike creature of the forest.
What is the Forest Spirit? (or Shishigami)
A coming-of-age film about a girl who finds a mysterious cat kingdom after saving a feline prince.
What is The Cat Returns?
This Ghibli director helmed The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Who is Isao Takahata?
The witch who runs the bathhouse.
Who is Yubaba?
The Wind Rises is based on the life of this real Japanese aircraft designer.
Who is Jiro Horikoshi?
These small white forest spirits appear in Princess Mononoke and resemble rattling dolls.
What are Kodama?
The Ghibli film with no humans, following raccoons who shapeshift to fight urban development.
What is Pom Poko?
The lesser-known third co-founder of Ghibli, he focused on the business side of the studio.
Who is Yasuyoshi Tokuma?
Haku is revealed to be the spirit of this natural feature.
This 1984 Ghibli film features a heroine flying a glider in a post-apocalyptic world.
What is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind?
In Howl’s Moving Castle, this magical creature powers the castle.
Who is Calcifer?
This film tells the story of a girl traveling to save her brother from a world of war and wizards, based on a novel by Ursula K. Le Guin.