Archinect - News2024-05-04T07:13:31-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150062281/studio-ghibli-theme-park-to-open-by-2022
Studio Ghibli theme park to open by 2022 Alexander Walter2018-04-30T15:38:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/qf/qf2f14zwrae91wx2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The fantasy world of Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki will come to life as a theme park, set to open in central Japan in 2022, the regional government said Wednesday.
Miyazaki is the cofounder of Studio Ghibli, the nation’s premier animation studio, and is renowned internationally for works including “Princess Mononoke” and “Spirited Away.”
Studio Ghibli has released a basic concept for the vast park, which will be built by 2022 near Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Plans for a Studio Ghibli theme park have been <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xwwvqd/a-studio-ghibli-theme-park-is-confirmed-for-2020" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">floating</a> for some time, but they appear to become more concrete now with the announcement by local officials in Japan's Aichi Prefecture and the release of (very conceptual) illustrations of the park depicting structures that resemble buildings from animation classics like "Howl’s Moving Castle" and "My Neighbor Totoro."</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/g9/g9wcotuiaqp15qws.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/g9/g9wcotuiaqp15qws.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/az/az5djpo0w7cbr6ih.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/az/az5djpo0w7cbr6ih.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/u3/u3xsv1c0snxcd2gp.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/u3/u3xsv1c0snxcd2gp.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p></figure><p><em>Images: Studio Ghibli.</em></p>