Studio Ghibli is Hayao Miyazaki's animation company, best known for such films as Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle, and the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away. Miyazaki is considered a minor deity in Japan, and the fact that a traditional, militaristic first person shooter managed to take the top slot over a Japanese-developed anime RPG is fairly mind-boggling. Shooters have never done well in Japan.
Gamers intrigued by a Miyazaki-produced game will be interested to know that Ni No Kuni, subtitled Wrath of the White Witch for its localization, will be available in Europe and North America early next year.