Studio Ghibli is ... Hayao Miyazaki was already the director of numerous masterpieces. His manga "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" was made into an anime movie in 1984 by his direction, and made a hit. In response, Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985 in the form of developing a production company for the movie "Nausicaa" with the investment of Tokuma Shoten. Since then, many anime works by several directors have been produced. In 2005, became independent from Tokuma Shoten. In-house production was suspended in 2014, but resumed in 2017.