Studio Ghibli's Overlooked Training Project: 25 Years Since Ocean Waves (Patreon)

Studio Ghibli's Overlooked Training Project: 25 Years Since Ocean Waves

Back in May of 1993, Japanese audiences got to experience a curious experiment: studio Ghibli's first and essentially last large-scale TV project, a film meant to put their younger staff under the spotlight for a change. Let's look back at a fascinating little chapter in their story, since both its achievements and shortcomings are rarely discussed with the full context in mind.