The Castle of Cagliostro
Concurrent to these events, Miyazaki had made his own directorial debut in the "Lupin III" feature film "The Castle of Cagliostro" in 1979, which was a critical success. Inspired by this, Miyazaki then began developing his own manga, "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", and directing its 1984 film adaption, which also was commercially and critically successful. Miyazaki approached Takahata with the idea of co-founding their own animation studio based on the success of "Nausicaä"; Studio Ghibli was subsequently formed in 1985 by Miyazaki, Takahata, and Miyazaki's collaborators Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma.