Special Jibble Quiz: Can you guess these 9 movies?

Just 20 years ago, one of the gems of Studio Ghibli animated films was released in France: Spirited Away. Master Hayao Miyazaki’s cartoon tells the story of a ten-year-old girl, Chihiro, who, after entering the spirit world, sees her parents transform the magician Yubaba into a pig, and then tries to find them and return them to the human world. .

If Chihiro undoubtedly remains one of the peaks of Jibble production, the studio was not the first attempt and has already produced excellent feature films. After the great success of the 1983 film Nausicaa of the Valley Wind, the animators Hayao miyazaki And Isao Takakhata decided to establish a studio dedicated solely to animated feature films, thus gaining more independence and artistic freedom.

It is difficult to start with the first films that do not meet the expected success. The castle in the sky, which has since been recognized as one of the peaks of Japanese animation, had a mixed exit. Like the next two films released together, Bright My Neighbor Totoro and The Dark Tomb of the Fireflies. But the character Totoro Meet him a great success in Japan with plush toys in his figure and will even become a company Jibli mascot.

Many popular and commercial successes followed, such as Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Princess Mononoke (1997) and The spirit departed Which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week.