宮崎駿や高畑勲らのスタジオジブリのアニメはオリジナルだけでなく先行する小説やマンガ、童話からも多大な影響を受けている。直接的な翻案というよりジブリの美学に沿った主題やイメージに作品を変容させるその創作の秘密を近年進化する「アダプテーション」研究のレンズを通して論じる初の英文書。Studio Ghibli is renowned for its original storytelling in films like My Neighbor Totoro, but many of its most famous films, including Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo, have their origins in pre-existing novels, manga, or fairy tales. Studio Ghibli's adaptations seldom directly translate source material to animation, but instead transform the works to incorporate themes or imagery central to the studio's sensibilities. Studio Ghibli Animation as Adaptations explores how these adaptations often blur genre boundaries and raise questions about what constitutes fidelity to source material. The collection also shows how the studio reinterprets and recontextualizes stories across cultures for Japanese audiences and across mediums like manga.