Studio Ghibli will enter a "restructuring" phase

Santa, all I want for Christmas is for Studio Ghibli to keep making movies!

Truly sad news for animation fans, Studio Ghibli, worldwide known for producing animated masterpieces such as Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies will stop producing movies for a while (which is better than the rumor about them closing shop). According to The Telegraph, this decision was taken because their movies are expensive to make and, sadly The Tale of Princess Kaguya flopped (I haven't seen the movie but Isao Takahata is an amazing director).

Ghibli's movies contain excellent stories carried by amazingly rounded characters that populate awesomely detailed worlds. The designs in those movies are gorgeous and creative, from Howl's Castle to Porko Rosso's airplane. Hopefully the studio will return soon! The studio's last movie (before entering the hiatus) When Marnie was There does not have a Western release date (as of the date of this article).

Image taken from wikipedia.