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The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun "ghibli" (also used in English), based on the Libyan Arabic name for hot desert wind (قبلي, ghiblī), the idea being that the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry". | The name "Ghibli" was chosen by Miyazaki from the Italian noun "ghibli" (also used in English), based on the Libyan Arabic name for hot desert wind (قبلي, ghiblī), the idea being that the studio would "blow a new wind through the anime industry". | ||
The company's logo features the character Totoro from the 1988 film ''My Neighbor Totoro''. Several anime features created by Studio Ghibli have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award including ''Laputa: Castle in the Sky'' in 1986, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' in 1988, and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' in 1989. In 2002, ''Spirited Away'' won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award. However, Studio Ghibli never used this logo until 1991, instead they used "TOKUMA RELEASING PRESENTS" in their films. On August 3, 2014, Hayao Miyazaki (the director) retired, temporarily halting production. However, Miyazaki came out of retirement in February 13, 2017 and announced a new movie titled ''The Boy and the Heron'', which was released on July 14, 2023. Later that year, [[JOAX-TV (Nippon Television)|Nippon TV]] and Ghibli announced that it would purchase a majority stake in the studio which | The company's logo features the character Totoro from the 1988 film ''My Neighbor Totoro''. Several anime features created by Studio Ghibli have won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award including ''Laputa: Castle in the Sky'' in 1986, ''My Neighbor Totoro'' in 1988, and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' in 1989. In 2002, ''Spirited Away'' won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature, the first anime film to win an Academy Award. However, Studio Ghibli never used this logo until 1991, instead they used "TOKUMA RELEASING PRESENTS" in their films. On August 3, 2014, Hayao Miyazaki (the director) retired, temporarily halting production. However, Miyazaki came out of retirement in February 13, 2017 and announced a new movie titled ''The Boy and the Heron'', which was released on July 14, 2023. Later that year, [[JOAX-TV (Nippon Television)|Nippon TV]] and Ghibli announced that it would purchase a majority stake in the studio which was finalized by October of that year. | ||
===(July 20, 1991- )=== | ===(July 20, 1991- )=== | ||