Studio Ghibli short films

'Studio Ghibli short films'
Ghibli ga Ippai Short Short DVD, which contains many of the studio's short films
TV commercial
Nandarō
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Network	NTV
Released	November 1992
Runtime	15 seconds, 5 seconds (4 different spots)
Music video
On Your Mark
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki
Music by	Ryō Hiyama Chage & Aska (vocals)
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Released	July 15, 1995
Runtime	6:40 minutes
TV special
Ghiblies
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Momose
Produced by	Hiroyuki Watanabe
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Network	NTV
Released	April 8, 2000
Runtime	12 minutes
TV special
Ghiblies Episode 2
Directed by	Yoshiyuki Momose
Written by	Yoshiyuki Momose
Music by	Manto Watanabe
Studio	Studio Ghibli
Network	NTV
Released	July 19, 2002
Runtime	25 minutes
See also
On Your Mark (1994) The Whale Hunt (2001) Imaginary Flying Machines (2002) Mei and the Kittenbus (2003) The Day I Harvested a Planet (2006) Looking for a Home (2006) The Night of Taneyamagahara (2006) Water Spider Monmon (2006) Iblard Jikan (2007)
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Studio Ghibli short films have been produced as commercials, films for the Ghibli Museum, music videos, and works released directly to video.

Commercials

Studio Ghibli has created and produced a variety of different commercials.

Nandarō

Nandarō (なんだろう^?, lit. What Is It?) was a series of commercial spots for NTV which were created by Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli. The spots first aired during November 1992, and featured one 15-second spot and four 5-second spots.^[1] They have been released on both the Ghibli ga Ippai laserdisc box set and the Ghibli ga Ippai Special Short Short DVD set.^[2]

Music videos

Studio Ghibli (and its subsidiary Studio Kajino) have created a number of music videos.

On Your Mark

Main article: On Your Mark

"On Your Mark" (オン・ユア・マーク, On Yua Māku^?) is a song by the Japanese rock duo Chage & Aska. At their request, animator Hayao Miyazaki produced a music video for the song. The music video was created in 1995, is entirely animated, has no dialogue, and runs for about six and a half minutes.^[3] The song was used in advertisements for NEC, and was shown at the theatrical release of Whisper of the Heart in Japan.^[4]

The music video tells the story of two policemen in a possible near future who rescue a young girl with wings from the headquarters of a religious cult, and then have to rescue her from their own government.^[5]

Short films

Studio Ghibli short films have premiered on television, in theaters (usually debuting with a full-length film from the studio), at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, and directly to home video formats such as DVD and Blu-ray.

Ghiblies

Ghiblies (ギブリーズ, Giburīzu^?) is a 12-minute short anime comedic film which aired on NTV on April 8, 2000. It was directed by Yoshiyuki Momose and produced by Hiroyuki Watanabe. As of 23 October 2011 (2011 -10-23)^[update], this short film has not been released in any home video format.

Film Guru Guru

Film Guru Guru (フィルムぐるぐる, Firumu Guru Guru^?) is an anime short film series which was shown at the Ghibli Museum from October 1, 2001 through November 17, 2008. The series was directed by Hayao Miyazaki with storyboards by Miyazaki and Hiromasa Yonebayashi (who also produced). As of 5 October 2011 (2011 -10-05)^[update], this short film series has not been released in any home video format.

The Whale Hunt

Main article: Kujiratori

Kujiratori (くじらとり^?, lit. "Whale Hunt") is a 2001 short film shown only in the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. The film has a running time of 16 minutes. It is drawn in a different, simpler style compared to other Studio Ghibli films, and uses bright pastel colors.

Kujiraori tells the story of school children playing that they're building a boat. As imagination replaces reality, they find themselves on the ocean, hunting for a whale. A big, gentle whale shows up, accompanies them back to land and play with them. Then the fantasy ends and the children are back in their class room.

The film was shown at the 2002 New York International Children's Film Festival. It has won the at the Ōfuji Noburō Award at the Mainichi Film Award in 2001.

Ghiblies Episode 2

A 25-minute sequel, titled Ghiblies Episode 2, was released in theaters with The Cat Returns on July 19, 2002. Momose wrote the script and directed the sequel, with assistance directing from Eiichirō Tashiro and Chika Matsumura. Manto Watanabe, the drummer for the Okinawan band Shang Shang Typhoon, created the music for the short film. Other staff members included art director Noboru Yoshida, original character designer Toshio Suzuki, and special character designer Hisaichi Ishii.

Characters

• Nonaka-kun (野中くん^?): Masahiko Nishimura
• Yukari-san (ゆかりさん^?): Kyōka Suzuki
• Oku-chan (奥ちゃん^?): Arata Furuta
• Toku-san (徳さん^?): Satoru Satō
• Hotaru-chan (蛍ちゃん^?): Tomoe Shinohara
• Hikari-chan (米ちゃん^?): Kōji Imada
• Toshi-chan (トシちゃん^?): Kaoru Kobayashi

Imaginary Flying Machines

Main article: Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi

Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (空想の空飛ぶ機械達, Imaginary Flying Machines^?) is an animated 2002 short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features famous director Hayao Miyazaki himself as narrator (in the form of a humanoid pig, reminiscent of Porco from Porco Rosso), telling the story of flight and the many machines imagined to achieve it.^[6]

Mei and the Kittenbus

Main article: Mei and the Kittenbus

Mei and the Kittenbus (めいとこねこバス, Mei to Konekobasu^?) is a 2002 thirteen-minute sequel to My Neighbor Totoro, written and directed by Miyazaki.^[7] Chika Sakamoto, who voiced Mei in Totoro, returned to voice Mei in this short. Miyazaki himself did the voice of the Neko Ba-chan as well as Totoro. It concentrates on the character of Mei Kusakabe from the original film and her adventures one night with the Kittenbus (offspring of the Catbus from the film) and other cat-oriented vehicles.

The short is regularly shown at the Ghibli Museum,^[8] but has not been released to home video. It was shown briefly in the United States in 2006 to honor the North American release of Spirited Away^[9] and at a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation fundraiser a few days later.^[10]

Looking for a Home

Main article: Looking for a Home (film)

Looking for a Home (やどさがし, Yadosagashi^?) is a short film shown only in the Saturn Theater at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan. Debuting in January 2006, it is 12 minutes long.

Fuki sets out with a big rucksack in high spirits on a journey to look for a new house. Along her way, Fuki encounters and befriends numerous manifestations of the natural world, from fish to insects to a kami who resembled Totoro. All the sound effects in this film were done by human voice. As a nod to the non-Japanese speaking audience, this short film contains little to no spoken Japanese, and the story is conveyed almost entirely through art and sound effects. Sound is also depicted on screen as animated writing. The original story and screenplay were written by Hayao Miyazaki.

The Day I Harvested a Planet

Main article: Hoshi o Katta Hi

Hoshi o Katta Hi (星をかった日^?, literally "The Day [I] Raised (Harvested) a Planet") is an animated 2006 short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their exclusive use in the Saturn Theater at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. The film is based on a story by Naohisa Inoue.

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

The Night of Taneyamagahara

Main article: The Night of Taneyamagahara

The Night of Taneyamagahara (種山ヶ原の夜, Taneyamagahara no Yoru^?) is an anime short film directed by Kazuo Oga and released by Studio Ghibli. A DVD version was released for Japan on July 7, 2006. The story is based on a work by Kenji Miyazawa.

Water Spider Monmon

Main article: Mizugumo Monmon

Mizugumo Monmon (水グモもんもん^?, lit. Water Spider Monmon) is a 2006 Japanese animated short film produced by anime studio Studio Ghibli. It can be seen at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.

It is based in part on "Boro, the Caterpillar", a story idea which Hayao Miyazaki considered working on prior to the start of production on Princess Mononoke. The short film's main character is a diving bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.

Iblard Jikan

Main article: Iblard Jikan

Iblard Jikan (イバラード時間, Ibarādo Time^?) is a Japanese animation by Studio Ghibli, released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray disc on July 4, 2007 as part of the "Ghibli ga Ippai Collection."^[11] It is directed by Naohisa Inoue. The story is set in the imaginary world of Iblard, originally depicted in paintings by Inoue. The paintings of Iblard also inspired the fantasy sequences of Ghibli's Whisper of the Heart.^[12]

See also

• List of short films

References

1. ^ Team Ghiblink. "Nandaro". Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/nandaro/. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
2. ^ Team Ghiblink. "Video List: Studio Ghibli". Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/video/ghibli/index.html#nanda. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
3. ^ McCarter, Charles. "On Your Mark". Ex.org. http://www.ex.org/2.7/17-anime_onyourmark.html. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
4. ^ Team Ghiblink. "On Your Mark". Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/oym/index.html. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
5. ^ Høgset, Stig. "On Your Mark". THEM Anime Reviews. http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=544. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
6. ^ "News Archive Page 3". GhibliWorld.com. December 31, 2005. http://www.ghibliworld.com/newsarchive3.html. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
7. ^ "Miyazaki Plans Museum Anime Shorts After Ponyo". Anime News Network. June 20, 2008. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-06-20/miyazaki-plans-museum-anime-shorts-after-ponyo. Retrieved May 111, 2010. 
8. ^ "三鷹の森 ジブリ美術館 - 映像展示室 土星座 [Mitaka Forest Ghibli Art Museum: Film Exhibition Room: Saturn Theater]". Studio Ghibli. http://www.ghibli-museum.jp/welcome/cinema/. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
9. ^ "Synopsis - Page 1". Lasseter-San, Arigato (Thank You, Mr. Lasseter). Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/lasseter/synopsis/page1.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
10. ^ "Synopsis - Page 6". Lasseter-San, Arigato (Thank You, Mr. Lasseter). Nausicaa.net. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/lasseter/synopsis/page6.html. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
11. ^ "Next Studio Ghibli Projects Announced". Anime News Network. March 19, 2007. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-03-19/next-studio-ghibli-projects-announced. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 
12. ^ "Studio Ghibli's Iblard Jikan Video Trailer Online". Anime News Network. June 21, 2007. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-06-21/studio-ghibli's-iblard-jikan-video-trailer-online. Retrieved May 11, 2010. 

External links

• (English) Detailed information on Nausicaa.net