Studio Ghibli is known for its beautiful, hand-painted backgrounds. From the magical bathhouse in Spirited Away, to the attractive hills of My Neighbor Totoro, every scene is full of exquisite detail. With warm color palettes and rich textures, it establishes a fun world as viewers are pulled into both the magical and the mundane.
Expressive and Believable Characters
Ghibli’s character designs are distinguished by their small expressions and subtle movements. The characters may appear differently than exaggerated anime styles, but they convey a sincere feeling of emotion through the smallest movement or look in the face. They feel so real yet relatable. In Kiki’s Delivery Service, as well as in Princess Mononoke, there is a beautiful is combination of both realism and fantasy. This is part of what makes the audience feel a strong emotional connection with the characters.
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MagicaL Feels
The Ghibli unique technique in their art is that those mundane moments become magic. In both Howl’s Moving Castle and Laputa: Castle in the Sky, the extraordinary, and ultimately beautiful, warmth comes amid simple domestic tasks like cooking and cleaning. The atmosphere of every still frame is imbued with minutiae that are comparable to lifelike observation, and everything conveys the feeling of existence such as, but not limited to, the way the wind dances throughout the blades of grass, and the gentle flickering of lanterns that electrifies the night. This fidelity applied to the magic of the mundane (everyday magic) combined with exceptional storytelling, is what grants their films a timelessness.
