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Netflix will be adding 21 Studio Ghibli films to their platform from next month, and with the weather getting steadily colder, the timing couldn’t be better.

Mamoru fujisawa biography of george

But before you grab a blanket and dive deep into one of the greatest collections of animated cinema in the world, ask yourself: what is it that makes films like My Neighbour Totoro and Howl’s Moving Castle so special?

For all the beautiful animation, heartwarming stories and captivating characters, there is another facet of the Studio Ghibli machine that has been just as consistently spectacular: the music of Joe Hisaishi. He’s the master behind the magical sounds in all but one of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films (his debut feature, 1979’s The Castle of Cagliostro, which predated Studio Ghibli by six years), and his work is so influential to the overall picture that the studio requests early compositions during pre-production to help to shape the d