One hour from Tokyo, the Ghibli museum, created in 2001, contains the wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki. Difficult to get a glimpse of this temple of dream and poetry where, in normal times, each visitor is prohibited from photographing or filming their treasures.
Read also: Netflix: the essential poetry of Hayao Miyazaki
Closed since February 25, the institution still wants to maintain contact with the filmmaker's admirers. She opened a YouTube channel in order to publish a series of video discs distilling some nuggets.
Like a wall fresco illuminating the hall of the museum, where the characters of Totoro and Kiki the little witch evolve on a majestic tree with interlaced branches and leaves, under the benevolent gaze of the sun. With Princess Mononoke , Le Voyage de Chihiro and many others, My neighbor Totoro (whose character will become the studio's emblem) and Kiki the little witch (1989) are among the director's most emblematic works.
Another film exhibits a sublime rendering of Miyazaki's office where books, planes, drawings, objects and figurines of all kinds form the joyous jumble of a cradle of creation.
A veritable Japanese artistic breeding ground, the Ghibli studios have enchanted the public with their creations, more than twenty, for more than thirty years. The studio has become a reference, which, despite its artisanal means, can be compared to Disney and Pixar.
It was in June 1985 that the two directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and the producer Toshio Suzuki founded it. An Italian aircraft, used during the Second World War, inspired the name Ghibli . Miyazaki has just had success with his second film, Nausicää of the Valley of the Wind .
Located in the small town of Koganei, the master of animation has imposed his strange universe. A universe where the imagination of the creator intertwines fantasy and realism, sometimes quite harsh. Hostile lands populated by evil beings or peoples at war alternate with poetic worlds.
Read also: Studio Ghibli: thirty years of dreams
In 2014, the studio released Souvenirs de Marnie, its latest gem, after announcing that it would stop animated films. A false start. The master does not resolve to curb his imagination. He is currently working on the film How do you live, for a release scheduled for 2022. According to the blog dedicated to the studio, he tells the psychological evolution of a teenager through interactions with his friends and his uncle.
Meanwhile, the public can savor their masterpieces on the Netflix platform, which has acquired its entire catalog.