Studio Ghibli is a renowned Japanese animation studio run by Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki is responsible for such animated masterpieces like Spirited Away (2001), Princess Mononoke (1997), and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004). He and his crew bring surreal and beautiful scenes and landscapes to life through their unique process of worldbuilding. Asher Insbrucker walks you through exactly how Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli create their animated masterpieces in this video essay.