Ghibliotheque

Jake Cunningham is a writer and producer working in film and audio. As well as Ghibliotheque, he has produced podcasts with Channel 4, Curzon Cinemas, and the British Independent Film Awards. He has appeared on air for the BBC World Service, and has written and voiced video essays for the BBC and Little White Lies. He has written about film for The I, BFI, NME and more. His first animated short film as writer and producer, made with BFI Network, was released in 2021. He lives in London with his partner and a small dog. Michael Leader is a writer and broadcaster whose writing has appeared in Sight & Sound and Little White Lies, and whose voice has appeared on podcasts and radio ranging from Ghibliotheque and Truth & Movies to BBC Front Row and BBC Radio 5. For several years he was Editorial Director for Film4 Online, and Commissioning Editor of the BBC Arts/iPlayer series Inside Cinema and Inside Games, for which he wrote and produced short-form documentaries about, among other things, Studio Ghibli. He lives in Sussex with his partner and a small child.

Introduction • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Grave of the Fireflies • My Neighbor Totoro • Kiki's Delivery Service • Only Yesterday • Porco Rosso • Pom Poko • Ocean Waves • Whisper of the Heart • Princess Mononoke • My Neighbours the Yamadas • Spirited Away • The Cat Returns • Howl's Moving Castle • Tales From Earthsea • Ponyo • Arrietty • From Up on Poppy Hill • The Wind Rises • The Tale of Princess Kaguya • When Marnie Was There • The Red Turtle • Earwig and the Witch • Further Reading & Viewing.