List of Studio Ghibli works
These works were not created by Studio Ghibli, but were produced by a variety of studios and people who went on to form or join Studio Ghibli. This includes members of Topcraft that went on to create Studio Ghibli in 1985; works produced by Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment, Nippon Animation or other studios and featuring involvement by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata or other Ghibli staffers. The list also includes works created in cooperation with Studio Ghibli.
Hayao Miyazaki
Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed multiple films with Ghibli, including "Castle in the Sky" in 1986, "My Neighbor Totoro" in 1988, "Kiki's Delivery Service" in 1989, and "Porco Rosso" in 1992. The films were met with commercial and critical success in Japan. Miyazaki's film "Princess Mononoke" was the first animated film to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; its distribution to the Western world greatly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film "Spirited Away" became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards and considered among the greatest films of the decade. Miyazaki's later films—"Howl's Moving Castle", "Ponyo", and "The Wind Rises"—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of "The Wind Rises", Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he returned to work on a new feature film in 2016.