

"The old Vitagraph lot, then ABC, now Disney in East Hollywood, once had a large backlot,īut by the time of television, the backlot was gone.ABC Television acquired the studio property in 1949, and opened the world's largest,.eventually purchased by Warner Bros in 1925.


10/30/15 - CBS Television City studio correction (All in the Family) and additions, and more Fans will be pleased to know that a giant stuffed version of the Cat Bus - the grinning, hollow-bodied cat that transports the characters in My Neighbour Totoro – can be found on the second floor.Īdults £6.50, children 7-12 £2.50, 13-18 £4.50, ghibli-museum.jp.Including images from the extensive historical photograph Executive director Hayao Miyazaki stipulated that the museum should be “put together as if it were a film” and small children should be “treated as if they were grownups”, and these threads run through the design of each vibrant room. The museum is designed to recreate the essence of the magic worlds found in many of Studio Ghibli’s films, with forest animals and sprites tucked away and waiting to be discovered by eagle-eyed visitors. The character Totoro awaits visitors at the entrance of this shrine to the work of Japan’s leading animation studio.

Children play on Cat Bus, a recreation of a character from the animated film My Neighbour Totoro.
