(1) But its films, carefully tied to the personal cult of Hayao Miyazaki , are so distinctive, so Ghibli, that they don't seem to belong with traditional anime.
(2) Japan's Studio Ghibli was – and still is – a world leader in producing fantasies that happen not to exclude half the population.
(3) The signs are that children's films are coming round to the idea of strong female heroes, even if Studio Ghibli still remains a wondrous anomaly.
(4) Hollywood has rarely matched Studio Ghibli's output in storytelling sophistication, but it is making progress on gender issues, at least.
(5) In Ghibli films, limbs get hacked off, mortal peril is never far away.
(6) In terms of content, Studio Ghibli is a world apart.
(7) It is also home to Ghibli Museum, devoted to the studio behind Hayao Miyazaki's much-loved anime films such as Spirited Away.
(8) As well as Cars 2, July 29 also sees the release of Arrietty , the latest product of Studio Ghibli , Japan's leading animation studio.
(9) There are similarly subtle erotic and sexual subtexts throughout Ghibli's films.
(10) They're a last hurrah for hand-drawn 2D animation in an age of CGI, and there's a strain running through Ghibli that's reminiscent of vintage Disney: an emphasis on craftsmanship, a cultural nostalgia and a perfectly pitched sentimentalism.
(11) Beyond their "perfect" heroines, Ghibli's work has recurring female archetypes, possibly stereotypes: the wise old grandmother, the idealised home-making mother in her apron.
(12) "One of the wonderful things Studio Ghibli do is they recognise and accept that children are adults in miniature.
(13) With its open acknowledgment of sex and violence, you could say Studio Ghibli's work is closer to the fairy tales of European literature, which can be seen as similarly coded children's primers for the adult world that awaits them.
(14) None of this is to say that Studio Ghibli's films are entirely exemplary.
(15) The present study was concerned with the applicability and efficiency of the Leister-Ghibli hot-air gun used in disbudding calves.
(16) The one Japanese company that broke out big, Studio Ghibli , did so by targeting the family demographic.
(17) Best known for 2001's Oscar-winning Spirited Away , Ghibli is often lazily dubbed Japan's answer to Disney, but the comparison only holds true in terms of box-office sales (Spirited Away is still Japan's all-time top-grossing film – three other Ghibli films are in the top 10) and sales of cuddly toys.
(18) The themed activities and workshops are also well worth checking out, and if you hanker for some animation, try hand-drawn French fantasy Day Of The Crows or Studio Ghibli's excellent new one, From Up On Poppy Hill.
Sirocco
Definition:
(n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
Example Sentences:
(1) Those hopes died, like autumn leaves, blown away by a withering sirocco of regressive measures and reimposed emergency laws.
(2) Thirty two windy days that were neither bora nor sirocco were not studied.
(3) And into this advanced decomposition other deathly winds are blowing: Islamic State the sirocco of the north; and al-Qaida, the southerly harmattan sweeping up from Niger and Mali.
(4) The cumulative frequencies of PAF during bora, sirocco and calm weather were determined.
(5) The greatest contribution to this correlation was exerted by sirocco in patients over 50 years of age.
(6) These sufferings, typical for Föhn, Tramontana, Sirocco, Sharkiye, Chamssin, Sharav and Santa Ana Winds, are mainly due to positive ionisation of the air.