Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo, incorporated as Studio Ghibli Inc. It was founded on June 15, 1985, by the directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and the producer Toshio Suzuki, after acquiring the assets of Topcraft. Besides feature films, its portfolio extends to short subjects, television commercials and two television films. Its mascot and best-known character is Totoro, the giant spirit from the 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro. Among its highest-grossing films are Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo and The Boy and the Heron. The studio has won two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and a Golden Bear, among other honors, and Spirited Away is among the four studio films in the ten highest-grossing Japanese feature films.
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is a Japanese animation studio based in Koganei, Tokyo
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