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Studio Ghibli - Japan's Oscar-winning animators

Ashley Byrne explores the creation of Japan's Studio Ghibli and the early days of the great animation studio. From 2020.

*** Broadcast as part 4 Extra's The Stories of Studio Ghibli season.

In August 1986, the first Studio Ghibli film hit the cinema screens.

It would go on to bring Japanese animation to a world audience.

Hirokatsu Kihara was a young animator who joined the studio to work on Castle in the Sky, its first feature length film.

He spoke to Ashley Byrne of Made in Manchester about the early days of the great animation studio.

Producer: Ashley Byrne

A Made in Manchester production for the 麻豆社 World Service, first broadcast in 2020.

Photo: Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki, one of the founders of Studio Ghibli. Credit: Getty Images.

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