Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli will team up with Toyota to open a new animation training center in western Japan, reports Variety.
Ghibli, which has made Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed feature films Spirited Away and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, will open the training facility in the carmaker’s research and development facility in Aichi Prefecture.
Twenty new animation hires will be sent to the facility for two-year courses in animation techniques and exposure to the carmaker’s robotics technologies.
Executives told Variety that the idea is to expose students to the same mix of technology and handmade artistry that marks the studio’s approach to filmmaking.
