
For many the animation work of Studio Ghibli is the be all and end all of animated cinema. The Japanese studio has long reigned supreme and the announcement that it’s director Hayao Miyazaki was set to retire after his last film, The Wind Rises, was met with universal sadness. However, Miyazaki wasn’t solely responsible for Ghibli’s output and Isa Takahata, who co-founded Ghibli with Miyazaki, is still making films. Which brings us to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya an Academy Award nominee this year, although it did lose out to Big Hero 6.

