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Viral Challenge Has People Redrawing Studio Ghibli Characters In Their Own Style, And Here’s 35 Of The Most Impressive Recreations
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Studio Ghibli was founded 34 years ago and since then it has cemented itself as one of the best animation film studios in the business. Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbor Totoro (1998), Spirited Away (2001), and other movies it produced became instant classics, winning numerous awards and, most importantly, touching hearts all over the world.
As a thank you for everything the studio has done, Twitter user Kadeart challenged the Internet to redraw its famous characters in their own style. And people delivered. They've been sharing their fanart under the hashtag #GhibliRedraw, and some of them are so good, even the studio's icon Hayao Miyazaki would probably approve them.
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wow i love this so much. very talented artist. so different yet similar
One of the reasons why these characters are so compelling is depth. As Roger Ebert put it, many directors pitch their movies at 10-year-olds and claim they are for the "whole family" while Miyazaki makes a movie that adults found fascinating at the Berlin, Telluride, and Toronto festivals and claims it is for 10-year-olds. Of course, Miyazaki isn't the only one who's responsible for Studio Ghibli characters, but this explanation perfectly describes the filmmakers' approach.
'Complexity' applies to Ghibli movie narratives as well. You can watch its movie over and over again and still not fully get it. And the fact that studio representatives give very few articles or agree to so little articles only adds to the mystery surrounding it. There's even a thing called "The Curse of Ghibli", a theory amongst Japanese financial traders, implying that Studio Ghibli is somehow hexed and can damage the stock and currency markets. Apparently, whenever a Ghibli movie airs in the country, bad things happen. They say some traders and investors pay attention to TV schedules for this reason.
Whatever the case might be, we may never really know everything about our beloved Ghibli characters. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
oh i love this movie! its an amazing picture well done. Baron and Haru!
Aww she’s cute everybody is saying that she’s being “sexified” but to me it just looks like a cutie
Yup. now... I am SERIOUSLY hungry ... omg... I want to eat the monitor... I can... almost taste.. the chashu... - no, seriously... I am going to go make some ramen now... damnit.
Gorgeous- I love the level of detail and the colours in this piece.
YAS!!! I love these guys. I have no idea what they are - giant chick-duck-yellow... I have a plushie of them. So vibrant 'n' shiny in the redraw :D
Omg is that a traditional watercolor?! It's so clean even though that looks like rough or hot press?! I'm very impressed (I usually work with markers or digital and have just started trying out watercolor; am not very good at brush control)
Note: this post originally had 68 images. It’s been shortened to the top 35 images based on user votes.
nice work, all of them. but I prefer studio Ghibili's style.
Agreed, it's hard to improve upon perfection.
These illustrations make me watch all the movies. They are so great and pleasing
This just reminds me that we need more Ghibli movies! I would love to see some of them redrawn as well like some of these.
Aya to Majo was announced for this winter. It will be 3D, however. I like 3d too, it's just a bit different from usual expectations from us audiences. But let's consider Ghibli also has an actual video game (Ni no Kuni), so I choose to be optimistic about it. After all, Ghibli never really disappointed me.
nice work, all of them. but I prefer studio Ghibili's style.
Agreed, it's hard to improve upon perfection.
These illustrations make me watch all the movies. They are so great and pleasing
This just reminds me that we need more Ghibli movies! I would love to see some of them redrawn as well like some of these.
Aya to Majo was announced for this winter. It will be 3D, however. I like 3d too, it's just a bit different from usual expectations from us audiences. But let's consider Ghibli also has an actual video game (Ni no Kuni), so I choose to be optimistic about it. After all, Ghibli never really disappointed me.