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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 mascot, as shown in its logo, is 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 PUBLISHING PRESENTS" in their films. On August 3, 2014, Hayao Miyazaki (the director) retired, temporarily halting production. However, Miyazaki came out of retirement on February 13, 2017 and announced a new movie titled ''The Boy and the Heron'', which was released on July 14, 2023. | The company's mascot, as shown in its logo, is 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 PUBLISHING PRESENTS" in their films. On August 3, 2014, Hayao Miyazaki (the director) retired, temporarily halting production. However, Miyazaki came out of retirement on February 13, 2017 and announced a new movie titled ''The Boy and the Heron'', which was released on July 14, 2023. | ||
After failing to find a successor, [[Nippon Television]] announced that it would buy a controlling stake in the company and make it a subsidiary on September 21, 2023. The takeover took effect on October 6th of that year. | |||
===Logo (July 20, 1991-)=== | ===Logo (July 20, 1991-)=== | ||