30 Enchanting Studio Ghibli Trivia Questions and Answers
Studio Ghibli trivia takes you inside the heart of Japanโs most beloved animation studio. From Oscar-winning masterpieces like Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro to hidden gems like Only Yesterday, these questions uncover the artistry, innovation, and imagination behind every Ghibli film.
Whether youโre a lifelong fan or new to their magical worlds, test your knowledge of the movies, directors, and moments that made Studio Ghibli a global treasure.
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1. Which Studio Ghibli film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and in what year?
2. Which film shared the top prize Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and in what year?
3. Which Studio Ghibli feature opened the Ghibli Museumโs Saturn Theater tradition of exclusive shorts and where is the museum located?
4. Which two Studio Ghibli films premiered together in Japan in 1988 as a double feature?
5. Which Studio Ghibli film first topped the U.S. weekend box office upon its wide release?
6. Which Studio Ghibli film earned Hayao Miyazaki his second Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and in what ceremony year?
7. Which Ghibli feature is Studio Ghibliโs first fully 3D CG animated film and who directed it?
8. Which Isao Takahata film was released in North America for the first time only in 2016 despite being from 1991?
9. Which film is widely credited with catalyzing Studio Ghibliโs founding even though it predates the studio?
10. Which 1995 Studio Ghibli feature was the only theatrical film directed by Yoshifumi Kondล?
11. Which 2002 feature is a spin off from Whisper of the Heart and centers on the Baron character?
12. Which Studio Ghibli film received a PG 13 rating in the U.S. due to its intense battle violence?
13. Which Ghibli film based on Eiko Kadonoโs novel follows a young witch who starts a courier service?
14. Which Miyazaki film about an aviation engineer features Hideaki Anno as the Japanese voice for the lead?
15. Which Studio Ghibli film won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars and is the only non English language winner in that category to date?
16. Which Studio Ghibli film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards?
17. Which Studio Ghibli film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards?
18. Which Studio Ghibli film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards?
19. Which Studio Ghibli film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 88th Academy Awards?
20. Which film co produced in association with Studio Ghibli earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 89th Academy Awards?
21. Which Studio Ghibli title about a cursed flying ace began life as a smaller project before becoming a feature and is set around the Adriatic Sea?
22. Which Studio Ghibli film features a witch in training who temporarily loses her ability to fly reflecting a crisis of confidence?
23. Which Studio Ghibli film centers on a boy navigating a world of the living and the dead and later became the studioโs first No 1 U.S. opener?
24. Which Studio Ghibli film earned the distinction of Japanโs highest grossing film upon release before being surpassed by Titanic?
25. Which Studio Ghibli film adapts a British childrenโs novel about a tiny borrower family living beneath a human house?
26. Which creature from My Neighbor Totoro has become the official mascot of Studio Ghibli?
27. Which Studio Ghibli film from 1991 by Isao Takahata explores adult memory and childhood and only received a North American theatrical release 25 years later?
28. Which Studio Ghibli feature about environmental conflict between industry and the forest spirits carries a U.S. PG 13 rating?
29. Which Studio Ghibli title features a heroine who must rescue her parents after they are transformed and whose Japanese title is Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi?
30. Which Studio Ghibli film is a coming of age story set partly in Yokohama in 1963 and directed by Goro Miyazaki?
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