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Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata founded Studio Ghibli on 15 June 1985 with producer Toshio Suzuki and publisher Tokuma Shoten, following the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Studio Ghibli's Porco Rosso, Hayao Miyazaki's tale of a pig-faced Italian First World War ace turned bounty hunter, opened in Japanese theaters on 18 July 1992 and was the year's top film in Japan.

Studio Ghibli's Ponyo opened in Japanese theaters on 19 July 2008 on a then-record 481 screens for a domestic film. Hayao Miyazaki's seaside fantasy follows a goldfish princess who wants to become human.

Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises, a fictionalised life of aircraft engineer Jiro Horikoshi, opened in Japanese theaters on 20 July 2013 and became Japan's highest-grossing film of the year.

Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka) opened in Japanese theaters on 14 July 2023 with no trailer or traditional marketing. The Studio Ghibli fantasy later won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki's The Boy and the Heron won Best Animated Feature at the 96th Academy Awards on 10 March 2024, Miyazaki's second Oscar after Spirited Away.