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Film scholars (as well as critics, reviewers, and audiences) have long recognized the works of Studio Ghibli, and in particular, the films directed by Hayao Miyazaki, as superb contributions not only to anime (Japanese animation), but to cinema in general.

This bibliography presents a comprehensive listing of English-language scholarly writing (monographs, chapters in edited essay collections, and articles in peer-reviewed journals) on the work of Hayao Miyazaki and his colleagues.

Last Updated: October 5, 2024

New additions:

• Chapman, Michael. Hard spirits: Architectural apparitions in Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.

• Ghosal Anindita, & Modak Arindam. Visualising entangled Gaia in eco-dystopian graphic narratives Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and The Snake and the Lotus.

• Miyashita, Hiroko, & Hall, Alexander. Exploring evolution and religion in Japanese manga and anime: The case of Spirited Away and Ghost in the Shell.

• Vahdat, Vahid. The slave aesthetics of suburbia: Animate architecture in Howl’s Moving Castle and Up. 

• Vaira, Davide. “Listen kid, we’re not fighting a war out there!” Bounty hunters, peacekeepers and pirates in Porco Rosso: The relevance of private companies in international issues.