A short film only screened at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. Fuki packs all her needs in a big rucksack, and sets out on a journey to look for a new house. After going through the car-jammed city, she finds a stone Jizo statue on an old, narrow path. Fuki places an apple as an […]

Momotarou, a protagonist in a traditional Japanese story, appears in a contemporary story and sets off to the Antarctic instead of Onigashima Island to defeat a rogue eagle. Released at the time of the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and the Shanghai Incident in 1932, this film quickly gained popularity and Umi no Momotarou, its sequel, […]

Gods once lived on earth, and two siblings, Oceanus – God of Water, and Hyperia – Goddess of Fire, lived in peace and dearly loved each other. However, the God of Wind, Algaroc, become jealous of the pair’s happiness, and spread lies and deceit between them until their hatred for each other brought about war. […]