The highest-grossing film of 1989 in Japan: Kiki's Delivery Service
The highest-grossing film of 1991 in Japan: Only Yesterday
The highest-grossing film of 1992 in Japan: Porco Rosso
The highest-grossing film of 1994 in Japan: Pom Poko
The highest-grossing film of 2013 in Japan: The Wind Rises
Kiki's Delivery Service, 1989
The first Studio Ghibli film to use computer graphics: Pom Poko
The first Japanese film in Dolby Digital: Whisper of the Heart
The first Miyazaki feature to use computer graphics, and the first Studio Ghibli film to
use digital coloring; the first animated feature in Japan's history to gross more than 10
billion yen at the box office and the first animated film ever to win a National Academy
Award for Best Picture of the Year: Princess Mononoke
The first Studio Ghibli film to be shot using a 100% digital process: My Neighbors the
Yamadas
The first Miyazaki feature to be shot using a 100% digital process; the first film to gross
$200 million worldwide before opening in North America; the film to finally
overtake Titanic at the Japanese box office, becoming the top grossing film in the history
of Japanese cinema; the only anime, non-English-speaking and traditionally animated
winner, so far, of an Academy award for Best Animated Feature: Spirited Away
