If you ask Studio Ghibli fans to choose their favorite movie, it is likely that you will receive a variety of answers like the studio's movie category. Some people may like the high -speed action of Princess Mononoke, while others may want the emotional chaos of Grave of the Fireflies. This is clearly an extremely subjective question. But an online poll has tried to make subjective goals in the effort to find out which film is the real masterpiece of Studio Ghibli.
The poll made by ranking.net and the results may not be too surprising. Although Castle In The Sky and Kiki's Delivery Service received strong support from fans, Spirited Away was the winning name. Of the 5,849 participants, more than half (2,475) voted to support this 2001 fantasy adventure movie.
Spirited Away is said to be the most successful film of Ghibli, winning the Oscar for the best cartoon in 2003 and is currently ranked as the 31st greatest film of all time on IMDB, on The Pianist! The difference between the first and second position is particularly large. Castle In The Sky won the second position with a total of 1,671 votes.
Studio Ghibli confirms Spirited Away is the most popular masterpiece of the company
Spirited Away followed Chihiro when she started her journey through the spiritual world to free her stuck parents. The official summary of the film has the content: “Chihiro ten years old and her parents go to a abandoned amusement park, where supernatural creatures live. Working to rescue your parents, those who have been turned into pigs. “
Below is the Top 10 Best Studio Ghibli movie charts:
1. Spirited Away
2. Castle in the Sky
3. Kiki’s Delivery Service
4. Princess Mononoke
5. My Neighbor Totoro
6. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
7. Howl’s Moving Castle
8. Red pig
9. Whisper of the Heart
10. The Cat Returns
If there is a conclusion drawn from the above result, then it is a Ghibli fans who definitely prefer the happier films of this studio. The movie Grave of the Fireflies with the painful context and the recent movie The Boy and the Heron is not in the top 10.
Hayao Miyazaki will return to another movie
In the process of preparing for the release of The Boy and the Heron in 2023, most of the fans' conversations revolved around Hayao Miyazaki retired after the film was released. The Boy and the Heron is advertised as the last movie of Miyazaki. But after The Boy and the Heron was released, this famous work addicted director made fans around the globe shocked when he was revealing that he was making another movie.
Hayao's son, Goro Miyazaki, has revealed what fans can expect from the next movie (and likely to be the last … This time is real) of his father. Goro said the new film, not having this name “like an action-sulfur movie”. Goro also revealed this new project “nostalgic and reminiscent of the old days”. The next movie of Hayao Miyazaki has not had an official release date, and the studio Ghibli has not officially announced.