Ever wonder why Ghibli skies hit different? Pack your bags — we're going to Switzerland.
In this documentary we travel to the Swiss Alps and to the Canadian Prince Edward Island looking at the origins of the two classic TV series - Heidi, the Girl of the Alps and Anne of Green Gables. We will also learn how the Japanese scenery found its way into the latter. As the documentary was released as part of the From up on Poppy Hill promotion, a portion of it is dedicated to Yokohama, where the events of the film by Goro Miyazaki take place.
Cinematography
Real Swiss Alps vs. painted ones — spot the difference
Production
How Japanese animators turned Canada into... Japan?
Director
Juichi Sato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
World Masterpiece Theater's 1970s adaptations introduced generations of Japanese children to Western literature through Takahata's radically empathetic lens.
Kurara Chibana, the host, was Miss Universe 2006 first runner-up — Ghibli's casting is chaos.
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