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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Studio Ghibli Story Premiere in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 24, 2024 - World Premiere of "Studio Ghibli Story" art exhibition, Director Takahata Isao's Animation Gallery, April 24, 2024, Shanghai, China.

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya). (Kyodo)

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Princess Kaguya

TOKYO, Japan - Director Isao Takahata (5th from L), voice actors and other people involved are pictured during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2013, on the completion of Studio Ghibli's new animation film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (the tale of Princess Kaguya).

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Toshio & Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko & Taeko Poster Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1990) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1991) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Only Yesterday (1991)

Taeko & Taeko Film: Only Yesterday; Omohide Poro Poro (1992) Director: Isao Takahata 20 July 1991 Date: 20 July 1991

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Japanese animator Takahata wins Winsor McCay Award

Undated photo shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, known for his 2013 film "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya." The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for its 43rd annual Annie Awards on Dec. 1, 2015, naming Takahata among three recipients of the Winsor McCay Award, one of the juried awards in recognition of career contributions to the art of animation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation director Takahata speaks on Japanese painting, anime

Isao Takahata, an animated film director and co-founder of the famed animation studio Studio Ghibli, speaks in Nagano Prefecture's Obuse Town, where legendary "ukiyoe" artist Katsushika Hokusai spent his later years, on May 10, 2015. He said Japanese-style painting and animated movies have something in common. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animated film director Takahata honored with French Order

Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata makes a speech in Tokyo on April 7, 2015, after being honored with the Officier of the French Order of Arts and Letters for his filmmaking as well as translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animated film director Takahata honored with French Order

Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata receives the Officier of the French Order of Arts and Letters from French Ambassador to Japan Thierry Dana in Tokyo on April 7, 2015, for his filmmaking as well as translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Tale of Princess Kaguya" fails to win Oscar

Japanese film director Isao Takahata (L) and producer Yoshiaki Nishimura attend the 87th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California on Feb. 19, 2015. "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," a 2013 fantasy animation film produce by the duo, failed to win an Oscar. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Farewell event for Ghibli artist Takahata

Photo shows a signboard for a farewell event for the deceased animation film director Isao Takahata at Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, on May 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan animation great Takahata dies

Photo shows legendary Japanese animator Isao Takahata delivering a speech in Tokyo in April 2015 after receiving the Officier of the Order of Arts and Letters cultural award from the French government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan animation great Takahata dies

Photo shows legendary Japanese animator Isao Takahata delivering a speech in Obuse, central Japan, in May 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Animation giant Takahata dies

Photo taken in November 1990 shows Japanese animation film directors Isao Takahata (R) and Hayao Miyazaki talking about the movie "Only Yesterday." Takahata died April 5, 2018 at age 82 at a Tokyo hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in November 2013 shows Japanese animated film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (C) at a press conference in Tokyo to announce the completion of his film "Kaguyahime no Monogatari" (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya). He died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Miyazaki

Undated file photo shows Japanese animated film director Hayao Miyazaki, who co-founded Studio Ghibli. Co-founder Isao Takahata died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Japanese animated film director and Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (L), seen in this file photo taken in March 2014 at the Tokyo Anime Award Festival, died at a Tokyo hospital on April 5, 2018, at age 82. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in April 2015 shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata (L) and former French Ambassador to Japan Thierry Dana in Tokyo. Takahata was made an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters for his filmmaking and translations of French poems into Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese animated film director Takahata

Photo taken in September 2016 shows Japanese animated film director Isao Takahata, who died at age 82 on April 5, 2018, at a Tokyo hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo