Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2023
Did you know the setting for the #StudioGhibli film #Kiki's Delivery Service was inspired by places in Sweden?
You can see Kungsgatan in Stockholm very clearly here, for example #anime
Show threadMaksym Hazevych Jan 18, 2023
@Loukas idk about that, they seem different enough. And there are probably a bunch of other similar places IRL. Is there anything to support this claim, or did you just come up with it?
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2023
@delight_aug yes Miyazaki visited Stockholm as part of trying to do the Moomin film and used some drawings he made for a later film.
Show threadAslak Raanes

@Loukas @delight_aug In the early seventies #miyazaki wanted to make a #Pippi #Longstocking :

> Initially, both men wanted to adapt Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Longstocking series, and, along with their mentor Yasuo Ōtsuka (who was animation director on these films, Horus, and a handful of other projects on this list), went to Sweden to beg permission, which was denied them.

https://www.vulture.com/article/hayao-miyazaki-isao-takahata-before-studio-ghibli-guide.html

Jan 18, 2023 at 6:51pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2023
@aslakr @delight_aug thank you for the correction. I got it mixed up with the Moomin in a tank problem, which was one of the reasons the Pippi film was refused
Show threadAslak RaanesJan 18, 2023
@Loukas @delight_aug His son, #Gorō #Miyazaki, was able to direct Ronja, the Robber's Daughter ( Ronja #Rövardotter ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronja,_the_Robber%27s_Daughter_(TV_series)
Ronja, the Robber's Daughter (TV series) - Wikipedia

Show threadLoukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 18, 2023
@aslakr @delight_aug I'm still upset about how poor the Earthsea film by Goro was 😅
Show threadAslak RaanesJan 18, 2023
@Loukas @delight_aug Hm, there exist a book with illustration for the planned project https://amzn.asia/d/8BlVC1C