Is Studio Ghibli going on a hiatus? And which films of theirs are your favorites?

[SvennoJ]

It's a shame Ghibli seems to be done. I actually quite liked From up on Poppy hill, not a bad second movie from his son. He's making that anime series now, I hope its good.

My favorite is Princess Mononoke (duh) followed by Spirited away, Ponyo, Totoro and Howl's moving castle.
I've only watched The tale of princess Kaguya once so far, it didn't really grab me. It might grow on me like Whisper of the heart and Nausicaa did which didn't have that initial impact as well.

Spirited away is finally coming out on blu-ray June 16th, together with the castle of Cagliostro (Miyazaki's first movie and still a lot of fun) and The cat returns. That will complete my Ghibli blu-ray collection, replacing all the dvds. Well until When Marnie was there comes out.

There's still Mamoru Hosoda from the excellent Wolf children, The boy and the beast should be coming out soon.
Mokoto Shinkai made the very Ghibli like Journey to Agartha (aka Children who chase lost voices), hopefully he'll make another feature length movie in the future. His shorter ones are good too.
Patema inverted was a nice surprise, I'll keep a lookout for Yasuhiro Yoshiura's next movie as well.

It saddens me I won't feel that sense of wonder anymore as watching Mononoke and spirited away gave me the first time. At least not from Ghibli.
There's always this to listen to to remember the good times.