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Content Creator Goldmine: Studio Ghibli Releases Hundreds of Movie Images for Free Use, Including Stills from Miyazaki’s Masterpiece Spirited Away

Spirited Away Studio Ghibli free images

If you're reading this blog you're probably both a virtual world content creator on some level and a fan of Studio Ghibli films, so this news should come as an incredible gift:

Now the studio is making another unprecedented move, by announcing they’ll be releasing hundreds of images from their movies for the public to use free-of-charge, with one caveat: they’re to be used “within the scope of common sense.”

That includes stills from Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece Spirited Away (like this one above). Click here for all the free images.

There's already quite a lot of Studio Ghibli tributes in virtual worlds, of course, like this Second Life recreation inspired by Laputa: Castle In The Sky. So I'm excited to see what's created with this trove of legit content.

As for using it "within the scope of common sense”… I'm pretty sure that's a polite way of saying, "No hentai, you freaks." 

Anyway, here's another from Tales from Earthsea:

Tales from Earthsea Leguin Studio Ghibli free image

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4 responses to “Content Creator Goldmine: Studio Ghibli Releases Hundreds of Movie Images for Free Use, Including Stills from Miyazaki’s Masterpiece Spirited Away”

  1. Fionalein Avatar
    Fionalein

    I actually think this is a smart marketing move learned from Disney’s mistakes. Studio Ghibli has an immensive collection of movies it can capitalize on. By allowing fans to display those pictures they actually also allow them to pass the torch of admiration on to a new generation.
    Paint a Kindergarden with Mickey Mouse and you have good chances to get sued. Paint it with a posterized Totoro still and parents might decide to buy their kids the movie or merchandise…
    Looks like the decisionmakers at Studio Ghibli had somthing like this in mind.

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  2. sirhc desantis Avatar
    sirhc desantis

    Interesting to say ‘you’re probably both a virtual world content creator on some level and a fan of Studio Ghibli films’ as apart from a bit of an awareness of Torturro (sp) never hear dof them 🙂 That said, do like some of the stylistic take on them. Nice.

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  3. Wagner James Au Avatar
    Wagner James Au

    OMG my dude plz watch “Spirited Away”!

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  4. Fionalein Avatar
    Fionalein

    IMHO the SL ToS for content creation might still be an legaly impassable barrier to use those pictures in SL (they will turn up anyways though). Uploaders simply could not grant LL the permission to commercially exploit in the uploaded content as they do not own it.

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