Facts about Studio Ghibli

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   The Wind Rises, Miyazaki's final feature film released in 2013, took four years to complete and required hand-drawn animation of over 1,500 sequences depicting 1930s Japan and aircraft design.

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   Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, released in 1984, preceded Studio Ghibli's official founding by four years but is considered the studio's spiritual predecessor and prototype.

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   Studio Ghibli's Kiki's Delivery Service, released in 1989, was the studio's first feature film to achieve widespread international distribution and commercial success.

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   Over 200 artists worked on the hand-drawn animation for Howl's Moving Castle, which required approximately 1,448 individual animation sequences.

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   In 1997, Princess Mononoke became the highest-grossing film in Japan at that time, surpassing all live-action movies during its theatrical run.

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   Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away earned 308 million dollars worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing anime film until 2016.

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