Studio Ghibli Scrapped the Prequel to This 12-Year-Old Movie With a 100% RT Score

Late Ghibli Director Isao Takahata's Unproduced Scripts Found at Home

Around 130 pages of notes include Princess Kaguya prequel, stories based on Shuten-dōji, Kenji Miyazawa

Studio Ghibli Scrapped the Prequel to This 12-Year-Old Movie With a 100% RT Score

So what if I tell you that Studio Ghibli almost made a prequel to one of their earliest masterpiece, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and then they completely scrapped it? Yes, that is exactly what happened to the movie that has had a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes for over a decade. And according to NHK Japan, very recently, a few lost drafts from Studio Ghibli’s late co-founder, Isao Takahata, revealed just how unique that unmade prequel was. If The …

The Tale of Princess Kaguya’s Unmade Prequel Discovered In Ghibli Director's Long-Lost Drafts

Unpublished manuscripts written by late Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata have revealed that the acclaimed filmmaker once planned a prequel to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, a project that never materialized. According to Tokyo Zokei University’s Professor Seiji Kano, roughly 130 pages of handwritten scripts and creative notes were unearthed in June at Takahata’s study. The findings include an “Adaptation Proposal for an Animated Version …