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While we cross our fingers and patiently wait for Hayao Miyazaki’s short Kemushi no Boro to hopefully debut in 2018, we’ll comfort ourselves by looking at the incredible installation for Studio Ghibli’s 30-year anniversary retrospective. This illuminated ship was just one piece of the interactive exhibition that took place in 2016 in Tokyo for the beloved anime studio’s anniversary.
Modeled after the airship from Studio Ghibli’s 1986 animated adventure Castle in the Sky, the structure moved and swayed in a unique setting more than fifty stories above Tokyo in the observation deck of the Roppongi Hills Tokyo City View. The mammoth ship was surrounded by other flying machines, an obsession for the legendary film director. Miyazaki, who will be turning 77 at the start of 2018, co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. And though the studio has released just 18 feature films—in addition to shorts and commercials—it remains one of the most famous animation studios of our time.
Fans already flock to the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, where special shorts not available elsewhere are shown, but certainly, this 2016 installation was a must-see for any anime lover. As propellers whirl and churn over a glowing city, it’s impossible not to be transported away into the world of Sheeta and Pazu. One can only hope it will be revived in some form for the 2020 opening of the Studio Ghibli theme park.
いよいよ明日からジブリの大博覧会が開幕！
スタジオジブリのもう一つのストーリーを巡る展覧会です。
展望台ならではの「空飛ぶ機械達展」も見どころの一つ！#ヒルズでジブリ pic.twitter.com/hFqpa5IUTn— 六本木ヒルズ展望台 東京シティビュー (@tokyo_cityview) July 6, 2016
空への憧れをテーマとしたジブリの大博覧会の空飛ぶ機械達展は動きます！#ヒルズでジブリ pic.twitter.com/QGxFgx9YYX
— 六本木ヒルズ展望台 東京シティビュー (@tokyo_cityview) July 6, 2016
本日は良いお天気です。
ジブリの大博覧会も好評開催中です。#ヒルズでジブリ pic.twitter.com/NNgqUYYiu7— 六本木ヒルズ展望台 東京シティビュー (@tokyo_cityview) July 10, 2016
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