Studio Ghibli Inc. is a Japanese animation film studio, and previously was a subsidiary of Tokuma Shoten. Its provocative and emotional anime films are widely praised all over the world. Its name derives from the nickname the Italians which derived from the Libyan word for hot wind blowing through the Sahara Desert. The theory behind the name was that the studio was blowing a new wind into the Japanese anime industry. The company's logo features the character Totoro from the film My Neighbor Totoro.

Founded in 1985, it is headed by the acclaimed director Hayao Miyazaki (left/top picture) along with his colleague and mentor Isao Takahata (middle picture), as well as the studio's executive managing director and long-time producer Toshio Suzuki(right/bottom picture). Its origins date back to 1983, with the film Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, which was popularised as a serialized manga in a publication of Tokuma Shoten's Animage magazine after the original screenplay was rejected. The film was eventually produced by Topcraft and the film's success spurred the formation of Ghibli. Tokuma is the parent company of Studio Ghibli, and has provided Disney with the video rights to eight of the films and global distribution rights to Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.