The Ghibli Blog posted this
story by
Daniel Thomas MacInnes about Disney purchasing Studio Ghibli, the Japanese producer of well known animated films with directors Miyazaki and Takahata. The movies produced by Ghibli include Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. The studio also produced the film The Wind Is Rising, about the designer of the Zero fighter in WWII, although this film is Japanese language only so far,
The Walt Disney Company is in preliminary talks with Studio Ghibli to
buy the Japanese animation studio, acquiring the rights to the studio's
movie catalog and its wealth of characters. This comes on the heels of
Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise.
MacInnes states...
Honestly, I'm stunned. I'll have more to say about this later tonight,
once I can pull my jaw off the floor. Still, we probably should have
seen this coming, right? Disney bought The Muppets, then Marvel, then
Lucasfilm. Miyazaki and Takahata are nearing the end of their long and
storied careers, and Ghibli has struggled to find suitable successors
for the Ghibli studio.
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