You know what’s interesting about Studio Ghibli? Hayao Miyazaki is so synonymous with the company (he co-founded it, after all) that there are people who honestly don’t know that there are other movies from the company that he didn’t direct.
It’s true! Because while everybody connects the studio to movies like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Delivery Service, there are also some rather obscure films, like Tales from Earthsea, My Neighbors the Yamadas, and possibly the weirdest of all (and one I’ve written about), Pom Poko. Now, of the Studio Ghibli films that were NOT directed by Miyazaki, I think the most celebrated one is 1988’s Grave of the Fireflies (either that, or The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, both of which were directed by Ghibli’s other co-founder, Isao Takahata).
