“Recent Annoucement on the retirement of CEO Hayao Mizayaki”

Studio Ghibli is a japanese animation move company which is famous for movies such as Totoro and Howling’s Moving Castle. Over the last few months, their CEO and director of masterpieces Hayao Miyzaki has decided to retire, Miyzaki was known for creating the story of the animated movie on the spot, it wasn’t scripted before hand and was created during the production of the films. When Miyzaki retired, this not only brought about a sadness to the fan base as well as the movie goers but this always created a huge challenge for Studio Ghibli.  Why you might be asking? First off, with the retirement of Miyizaki, they will not able to create movies without a script or have the flair they previously posses to create these compelling stories, from my point of view they would have lots a little of their competitive advantage in the industry. Not to mention the company has decided to reconstruct the entire production division as well as move production to other countries, i believe that outsourcing the production to different countries in Asia is not a smart move by Studio Ghibli, they were known for having their unique Japanese feeling to their production and even though outsourcing the production to other countries may be cheaper, it may lose its position in the market as the leading animation company because they may lose their uniqueness in the transition to other countries.

Source:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/studio-ghibli-has-not-shut-down-considering-restructuring-film-production-division-20140804

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/nov/12/hayao-miyazaki-manga-comic-retirement