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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: December 28, 2023

New additions:

• Donsomsakulkij, Weeraya. Posthumanist reflections in J.M Coetzee’s Disgrace (1999) and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away (2001): Alternative environmental ethics of South Africa and Japan.

• Fornia, Dalila. Solarpunk visions in youth fiction. The pedagogical utopia of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

• Gajdos Noémi. The linguistic representation of women in Hayao Miyazaki’s movies.

• Komatsu, Orika. Pop culture as environmental education in Japan: The case of Hayao Miyazaki’s Kaze-no-tani-no-Naushika.

• Tvorun-Dunn, Maxim, & Pascaru, Nathalie. Environmentalism polluted: Consumerism and complicity in Studio Ghibli’s media mix. 

• Wu, Sijia. Small is beautiful: Japanese aesthetic consciousness in the animated adaptation of The Borrowers.