Watanobe Manto

Two Ghibli created shorts about the happenings in fictional animation studio, presumably based to some extent on their own. The first was aired during a TV special about Ghibli, the second shown in theatres alongside 'The Cat Returns'. Note that the animation studio in these shorts is not spelled ジブリ (hepburn: 'jiburi'), but ギブリ (hepburn: 'giburi'), so pronounced with the hard…

* Based on the Japanese folk tale Nezumi no Sumo (ねずみのすもう). A farmer witnesses the sumo match of his house's mice and is disappointed when they lose horribly. He and his wife prepare a feast to help the mice train for their next match. The next night, they go to see how their mice fare against the competition... Note: The seventh in a series of short films produced to screen…