Hayao Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. From Spirited Away to My Neighbour Totoro, we recall five of his most popular films

Japan’s Oscar-winning anime house Studio Ghibli turns 40 this month. Here are the studio’s top five films that have delighted fans over the decades:

Set 1,000 years after a war that destroyed human civilisation, the story takes place in a valley protected from toxic air emitted by poisonous forests.

They encounter the cuddly yet mysterious forest spirit Totoro and Catbus, a 12-legged grinning cat with a hollow body in the form of a bus – two characters who have become the Studio Ghibli mascots.

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