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Nippon TV to Acquire Studio Ghibli as Subsidiary

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-09-21/nippon-tv-to-acquire-studio-ghibli-as-subsidiary/.202613

NTV would be largest shareholder of Ghibli with 42.3% share

The Nippon TV (NTV) television broadcasting company announced on Thursday that it has decided to acquire 42.3% of the shares of world-famous animation studio Ghibli. This transaction, once completed, would make NTV the largest shareholder of the Ghibli, and turn the studio into a subsidiary of Nippon TV.

26 comments

Chariotwheel

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The studio did approach Miyazaki's son Goro Miyazaki many times to become a successor to run the studio, but the younger Miyazaki has so far refused all offers, and Hayao Miyazaki also opposes his son becoming the studio's head.

Man, Goro's relationship with his father is an interesting story on it's own. For most part of your childhood your father is barely there, mostly producing movies for other children and when you're grown up you try to catch up to your father in his industry and he thinks that you're fucking worthless.

PlantDadManGuy

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It's a real shame how often brilliant people make shit parents.

Zehzin

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To be fair, after watching Earthsea I share his father's opinion

TheCheddarCheese

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whenever i hear the word 'aquired' i automatically assume the worst

Hanabie

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Chihiro 2: Spirited Again

Chariotwheel

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Hear me out: Netflix live action remakes that are all set in American high school. Get whoever did the Death Note adaptation, lets rock!

Hanabie

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Which role does Leonardo DeCaprio play?

DoucheBagMcSwag

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Calm the fuck down Satan

RagnarokOnline

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I WANT SEN!

AllNewTypeFace

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Could be worse, like it being assimilated into Disney and spread profit-maximisingly thin like Marvel/Star Wars, or Time Warner so that Zaslav can torch the archives out of sheer spite.

Kissaki

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Does he actually think he's worthless? I can imagine various other reasons for him not wanting his son to take over. Being unfitting or not good enough doesn't make him worthless for example.

Chariotwheel

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It's not just the current situation. You just need to look at how Miyazaki reacted to most of Goro's work. The only reason why Goro even got to direct was Toshio Suzuki.

DoucheBagMcSwag

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Maybe Goro doesn’t really like animation?

Zehzin

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I'm willing to believe somehow this is Miyazaki's son's fault

___qwertz___

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Ghibli is done anyway with Miyazaki resigning. I assume that moving forward, ghibli will foremost be an IP holder making money off of licensing.

PonyOfWar

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He's not resigning though, they already announced he's not done making films.

DoucheBagMcSwag

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Wait what? Where’s your source

Pandemic100

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https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/8/23864856/studio-ghibli-hayao-miyazaki-retirement-postponed-yet-again

PonyOfWar

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Here you go.

DoucheBagMcSwag

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Wow wow wow…. Doesn’t surprise me. When he inevitably passes, he’ll probably be found behind an animators desk

Thanks for this

PonyOfWar

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Not sure what to think of this, but compared to giving the studio to Goro it might have been the better alternative TBH. I just hope NTV doesn't lose sight of what makes Ghibli movies so special.

anewbeginning

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Miyazaki?

PonyOfWar

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Eh, not only. Some of my favorite Ghibli films are Non-Miyazaki. I mean more generally things like their old-school animation techniques (don't want another Earwig), meaningful storytelling, not chasing current anime trends etc.

nix

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Which non miyazaki is your favorite?

PonyOfWar

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Whisper of the heart is definitely among my top 5.

Chariotwheel

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I mean, mostly, yeah. And the parts that aren't him are his other friends in a similiar age range. I don't think Ghibli has any young talent of that caliber. A lot of amazing animators, but nobody that would have left a visible impression to continue carrying the torch.

And I am not sure someone else would have the same respect as Miyazaki who can yell at them for not having enough detail in their movement. You take that from a grandmaster of the art, but would you take it from anyone?

DoucheBagMcSwag

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So Disney will lose ownership of it?