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Japan's Ghibli theme park prepares for visitors. Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse

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Ghibli 04182024

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1713399140121Screen Shot 2024-04-18 at 8.10.45 AM.png" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Japan&#x27;s Ghibli theme park prepares for visitors. Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted">Japan&#x27;s Ghibli theme park prepares for visitors. <em>Natsuko Fukue, Agence France-Presse</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>PARIS, France — Legendary Japanese animators Studio Ghibli will receive an honorary Palme d&#x27;Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers announced Wednesday.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/13/22/japans-ghibli-theme-park-prepares-for-visitors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/10/13/22/japans-ghibli-theme-park-prepares-for-visitors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IN PHOTOS: Japan&#x27;s Ghibli theme park prepares for visitors</a></div><p>The Oscar-winning studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki 40 years ago, is beloved worldwide for its masterpieces like &quot;Spirited Away&quot;, &quot;My Neighbor Totoro&quot; and &quot;Howl&#x27;s Moving Castle&quot;.</p><p>It will mark the first that that Cannes gives an award to a collective, rather than an individual.</p><p>Miyazaki makes few public appearances and his long-time collaborator Isao Takahata died in 2018.</p><p>The other founder, producer Toshio Suzuki, said he was &quot;truly honored and delighted&quot; to be receiving the award.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/04/28/22/studio-ghibli-characters-featured-in-mrt-3-campaign"></a></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/04/28/22/studio-ghibli-characters-featured-in-mrt-3-campaign">LOOK: Studio Ghibli characters featured in MRT-3 campaign</a></div><p>Ghibli&#x27;s &quot;characters populate our imaginations with prolific, colourful universes and sensitive, engaging narrations,&quot; said the Cannes organizers in a statement.</p><p>&quot;With Ghibli, Japanese animation stands as one of the great adventures of cinephilia, between tradition and modernity,&quot; they added.</p><p>Miyazaki, 83, has announced his retirement more than once, but was back in cinemas last year with &quot;The Boy and the Heron&quot;, which won the Oscar for best animated film last month, his second after &quot;Spirited Away&quot; in 2003.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/3/10/-the-boy-and-the-heron-wins-best-animated-film-oscar-756"></a></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/3/10/-the-boy-and-the-heron-wins-best-animated-film-oscar-756">READ: &#x27;The Boy and the Heron&#x27; wins best animated film Oscar</a></div><p>It was already announced that another huge figure in cinematic storytelling, George Lucas, creator of &quot;Star Wars&quot;, would also receive an honorary Palme at this year&#x27;s festival, which runs from May 14 to 25.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>fbe/er/yad</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable fr-active" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zb6Fqvoi0SA?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Oscar-winning studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki 40 years ago, is beloved worldwide for its masterpieces like "Spirited Away", "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Howl's Moving Castle".</p>

The Oscar-winning studio, co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki 40 years ago, is beloved worldwide for its masterpieces like "Spirited Away", "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Howl's Moving Castle".

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