One thing that Japan's Studio Ghibli does do: create brilliant pieces of animation.
One thing that Studio Ghibli does not do: television.
Though there are exceptions, Ghibli's forays into the world of television are exceedingly rare, the company preferring to spend all their energy on feature films. In fact their television work is so rare that when a group of Ghibli employees cooked up the idea for children's sci-fi TV series Dennou Coil a while back they had to move over to Madhouse to actually make the thing.
But rarely appearing on the small screen is not the same as never appearing on the small screen and Ghibli is there now, having been commissioned to create a new TV spot for the Nisshin Seifun Group to celebrate their 110th anniversary. Using a cat sketched by veteran Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki as its basis, Goro Miyazaki storyboarded the piece which veteran character designer Katsuya Kondo directed. It's totally charming and you'll find the longer of the two existing versions below.
One thing that Studio Ghibli does not do: television.
Though there are exceptions, Ghibli's forays into the world of television are exceedingly rare, the company preferring to spend all their energy on feature films. In fact their television work is so rare that when a group of Ghibli employees cooked up the idea for children's sci-fi TV series Dennou Coil a while back they had to move over to Madhouse to actually make the thing.
But rarely appearing on the small screen is not the same as never appearing on the small screen and Ghibli is there now, having been commissioned to create a new TV spot for the Nisshin Seifun Group to celebrate their 110th anniversary. Using a cat sketched by veteran Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki as its basis, Goro Miyazaki storyboarded the piece which veteran character designer Katsuya Kondo directed. It's totally charming and you'll find the longer of the two existing versions below.