Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images

Ghibli Was Born This Way: A Birth Story Spelled Out With Reproduced Images (ジブリはこうして生まれた. ～再現映像で綴る誕生物語～, Jiburi wa Kōshite Umareta. ~ Saigen Eizō de Tsudzuru Tanjō Monogatari ~) is a documentary first broadcast on Nippon Television in July 1998.

The film features longtime executive Shinsuke Nonaka recounting the history of Studio Ghibli and its films from "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" in 1984 to Princess Mononoke in 1997. Several moments in the film feature actors recreating the experiences of Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, Toshio Suzuki and Hideaki Anno.

It was released in 2005 as an extra on the DVD home release of "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Overview
The documentary features particular moments recreated with actors in order to show what the true experiences of those moments were like for the various members at the studio, including Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki.