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Dusk that colors the clouds every shade of peach. Light playing across clear, rushing water or dappled across a dirt road by the shadows of leaves. The invisible wind that caresses grass and leaf and hair. For Studio Ghibli movies, these moments of ephemera heighten the world around the characters and reflect the complexity of their inner lives. The visuals will never quite match the soaring emotions the characters’ struggles and triumphs evoke, but damned if they don’t come close.
When he founded the studio in 1985, director Hayao Miyazaki and his collaborators named it for the Libyan term for “sirocco,” the hot Mediterranean wind—and, tellingly, as you’ll see, for an Italian flying machine. In addition to conquering the cinematic landscape of Japan, the studio has become celebrated around the world, including in the United States, where its partnership with Disney has ensured its movies get charming English localizations loaded with big-name actors. A far more important test—which nearly every film passes—is the only litmus test most parents care about: Plop your kiddos down in front of a Ghibli movie, and they will probably gaze goggle-eyed at it for the duration.
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