Show:
Characters
Plots
Film Milestones
Inspirations
Life
100
The two sisters of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).
Who are Satsuki and Mei Kusakabe?
100
A major theme in Miyazaki's films. (multiple possible answers)
What is Good vs Evil, Environmentalism, Anti-War, or Flight?
100
The first anime film to win an American Academy Award.
What is Spirited Away (2001)?
100
This movie was based on a novel by Diana Wynne Jones.
What is Howl's Moving Castle (2004)?
100
The first animation studio at which Miyazaki worked from 1963 to 1971.
What is Toei Animation?
200
The new name given to Chihiro Ogino in Spirited Away (2001).
Who is Sen?
200
The curse that Calcifer is under in Howl's Moving Castle 2004.
What is being bound to Howl and his castle?
200
Miyazaki's most recent film and possibly his last.
What is The Wind Rises (2013)?
200
Despite the parallels, this movie was NOT inspired by The Little Mermaid.
What is Ponyo (2008)?
200
The name of Miyazaki's son who is also a filmmaker, directing the films Tales from Earthsea (2006) and From up on Poppy Hill (2011).
Who is Gorō Miyazaki?
300
Ponyo's birth-name in Ponyo (2008).
Who is Brunhilde?
300
The two powers Kiki loses halfway through the film Kiki's Delivery Service (1989).
What is the ability to fly and the ability to understand her cat Jiji?
300
The first feature length film that Miyazaki directed.
What is Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)?
300
This movie was inspired by the period of history leading up to World War II.
What is The Wind Rises (2013)?
300
Miyazaki's wife and fellow animator, who helped work on Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and My Neighbor Totoro (1988).
Who is Akemi Ōta?
400
The child of Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.
Who is Kittenbus?
400
Something Disney added to end of the English-dubbed version of The Secret World of Arrietty that was not present in the original Japanese production.
What is a final monologue revealing that Sho/Shawn returned a year later?
400
The first film produced by Studio Ghibli.
What is Castle in the Sky (1986)?
400
Miyazaki's film based on his manga series of the same name.
What is Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)?
400
The co-founder of Studio Ghibli.
Who is Isao Takahata?
500
A statue from Germany in Whisper of the Heart 1995 and The Cat Returns (2002).
Who is Baron Humbert von Gikkingen?
500
The time period in which Princess Mononoke is set.
What is the Muromachi Period also known as the Ashikaga era, running from approximately 1337 to 1573?
500
The two films that broke Japanese box office records at the times of their releases.
What is Princess Mononoke (1997) and Spirited Away (2001)?
500
Miyazaki's film based on his lesser known manga, Hikoutei Jidai. (Hint: the name of the movie is not the same as the manga.)
What is Porco Rosso (1992)?
500
The number of times Miyazaki has announced his "retirement."
What is 6 times?