Isao Takahata

From Studio Ghibli. A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.

From the writer-director of Studio Ghibli animated dramas Only Yesterday and Grave of the Fireflies comes this fantasy based on the Japanese folk tale of a tiny sleeping princess, discovered in the forest one day by an old bamboo salesman.

The revered Studio Ghibli is the focus of this documentary that offers a glimpse inside arguably the most heralded animation studio of the modern era. Hayao Miyazaki is hard at work on what he states will be his last film, The Wind Rises. Meanwhile, Ghibli’s Takahata Isao labours over The Tale of Princess Kaguya.

Animated family comedy chronicling the life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan. From Studio Ghibli and filmmaker Isao Takahata.

Studio Ghibli's 1991 release, from the director of The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Grave of the Fireflies. 

Studio Ghibli's animated tragedy – regarded as writer-director Isao Takahata’s masterpiece – set in World War II Japan where a young teen and his little sister are left to wander their battle-torn town after the death of their mother.