Journalist Andrew Osmond has made a career of writing about animation and anime, including the books BFI Film Classics: Spirited Away and 100 Animated Feature Films. So it makes sense that Tristan came upon his work, specifically Andrew’s review of the 1981 film directed by Isao Takahata: Chie the Brat, which the two discuss as an underseen yet delightful gem of its director’s varied career.

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Hayao Miyazaki's feature directorial debut, seems like the product of immaculate conception. But as friend of the show Austin Clark and Tristan discuss, Miyazaki's incredibly fluid and beautifully structured 1979 film is a great success based on over 15 years of television work.

Welcome to The Complete Catalog, a podcast for media deep dives! For this first season, host Tristan Ettleman and his guests explore the 30 films of Studio Ghibli (including some pre-history and shorts, TV shows, and other projects).

Friend of the show Trevor Bermingham inaugurates The Complete Catalog by joining Tristan to talk about The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun, future Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata’s feature directorial debut. This apparently simple 1968 film is an ambitious work of its time and the two find many layers to discuss in this “prehistoric” Ghibli film.