Ghibli’s midlife crisis: as beloved Japanese studio turns 40 will the magic fade? | Studio Ghibli

Disney, Pixar … Ghibli. For its legions of admirers, the Japanese studiohasn’t just held its own against the American powerhouses, it has surpassed them with the impossible beauty of its hand-drawn animation and its commentary on the ambivalence of the human condition.

Although he would…