Episode 238 – Ghibli: A Sinking Ship?
The Anime Addicts give the earliest podcast exclusive review of Ghibli’s new film, “When Marnie Was There”. We also discuss the future of Studio Ghibli and go through round 3 of our Summer 2014 anime impressions with Tokyo Ghoul, Sengoku Basara, Nobunaga Concerto, Tokyo ESP, and Ao Haru Ride.
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August 17, 2014 @ 4:57 pm
Many mixed feelings about the fate of Ghibli.
Chiaki used an automaker analogy, I’ll use another one. Enzo Ferarri built production sports cars in order to finance racing, where most automakers race to advertise their production vehicles. Enzo said the following:
“The demands of mass production are contrary to my temperament…”
I agree with Chiaki that Miyazaki made movies to make movies, not to make money, That they did, allowed him to make more.
Now with Myazaki out of the picture, what is the driving force behind Ghibli? Is it now just going to generate revenue for licensing? In that case, sadly the Ghibli talent pool will be dissolved.
If they continued to make movies, cutting costs by outsourcing, the Ghibli Talent pool is still decimated.
Personally, I’d rather see Ghibli go away than throw over cel animation for 3DCG like Disney did.
…sigh…