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Five Studio Ghibli films due a China release after My Neighbor Totoro gets the ball rolling

  • The release in China of Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 animated feature is hopefully a sign of more Studio Ghibli films being shown there
  • Long-standing political tension between China and Japan to blame for delay

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A still from ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli which finally got a release in China this month. Photo: Courtesy of Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli, the film studio behind renowned Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s animated features, has finally officially released one of its best known works, My Neighbor Totoro (1988), in China this month.

Due mostly to long-standing political tension between China and Japan, none of Miyazaki’s works had been screened in the country before.

Rampant video piracy, however, means that many Chinese people are already familiar with them.

Here are five other popular Studio Ghibli works that should also be on the release list.

Castle in the Sky (1986)

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