<story><title>Studio Ghibli set to become subsidiary of Nippon TV</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/21/companies/nippon-tv-ghibli-acquisition/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>HenryBemis</author><text>&amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;ll Always Have Paris&amp;quot; is the phrase that came to my mind.
If we are lucky, the Ghibli will be the empty shell holding the royalties&amp;#x2F;rights&amp;#x2F;etc of the Miyazaki (and other) produced movies.&lt;p&gt;If we are unlucky, someone will use the brand name to start producing (en masse) garbage, selling it to Netflix, and Netflix will be pushing garbage low-quality, hi-speed cartoons.</text></item><item><author>makeitdouble</author><text>Yes. I think this also comes less as a shock as the new generation of directors have a number of studios willing to give them a chance (including new studios beasically founded for a single director, or even single piece).&lt;p&gt;Ghibli can stay an icon of a glorious past area, in good hands.</text></item><item><author>fidotron</author><text>Yep. This is near the better end of possible outcomes given at least they have a track record of respecting legacy and showing the value of archives.&lt;p&gt;The idea that Ghibli as a major production concern would outlast Hayao Miyazaki was obvious nonsense, and you can almost feel the relief of Goro.</text></item><item><author>belugacat</author><text>Hayao Miyazaki, in the documentary &amp;quot;The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness&amp;quot; (2013):&lt;p&gt;Interviewer: &amp;quot;Aren&amp;#x27;t you worried about [Studio Ghibli]&amp;#x27;s future?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;HM: &amp;quot;The future is clear. It&amp;#x27;s gonna fall apart. I can already see it. What&amp;#x27;s the use worrying? It&amp;#x27;s inevitable. &amp;quot;Ghibli&amp;quot; is just a random name I got from an airplane. It&amp;#x27;s only a name.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nordsieck</author><text>&amp;gt; If we are unlucky, someone will use the brand name to start producing (en masse) garbage, selling it to Netflix, and Netflix will be pushing garbage low-quality, hi-speed cartoons.&lt;p&gt;I would really hate to see the Ghibli version of &amp;quot;rings of power&amp;quot;</text></comment>
<story><title>Studio Ghibli set to become subsidiary of Nippon TV</title><url>https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/09/21/companies/nippon-tv-ghibli-acquisition/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>HenryBemis</author><text>&amp;quot;We&amp;#x27;ll Always Have Paris&amp;quot; is the phrase that came to my mind.
If we are lucky, the Ghibli will be the empty shell holding the royalties&amp;#x2F;rights&amp;#x2F;etc of the Miyazaki (and other) produced movies.&lt;p&gt;If we are unlucky, someone will use the brand name to start producing (en masse) garbage, selling it to Netflix, and Netflix will be pushing garbage low-quality, hi-speed cartoons.</text></item><item><author>makeitdouble</author><text>Yes. I think this also comes less as a shock as the new generation of directors have a number of studios willing to give them a chance (including new studios beasically founded for a single director, or even single piece).&lt;p&gt;Ghibli can stay an icon of a glorious past area, in good hands.</text></item><item><author>fidotron</author><text>Yep. This is near the better end of possible outcomes given at least they have a track record of respecting legacy and showing the value of archives.&lt;p&gt;The idea that Ghibli as a major production concern would outlast Hayao Miyazaki was obvious nonsense, and you can almost feel the relief of Goro.</text></item><item><author>belugacat</author><text>Hayao Miyazaki, in the documentary &amp;quot;The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness&amp;quot; (2013):&lt;p&gt;Interviewer: &amp;quot;Aren&amp;#x27;t you worried about [Studio Ghibli]&amp;#x27;s future?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;HM: &amp;quot;The future is clear. It&amp;#x27;s gonna fall apart. I can already see it. What&amp;#x27;s the use worrying? It&amp;#x27;s inevitable. &amp;quot;Ghibli&amp;quot; is just a random name I got from an airplane. It&amp;#x27;s only a name.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xwdv</author><text>Who cares? The past has happened, and nobody can change it, nobody can go back and unmake those movies we saw. Nobody can take the memories away.&lt;p&gt;The point is it doesn’t matter anymore. Someone can take the name and make mass produced garbage, you don’t have to watch it. Ghibli doesn’t mean anything. Let it go. People care too much about keeping everything exactly the same.</text></comment>