Several months ago I heard about a video game in production called Ninokuni, a Nintendo DS RPG by Level 5 (who also made Dark Cloud and Proffesor Layton Games). Its plot seemed pretty simple, about a boy who’s mother dies and he goes to another world to try and bring her back.  What stood out to me is that Studio Ghibli was behind working on the animated cutscenes. I found this very amusing since its a well known fact Miyazaki, Ghibi’s most famous director, hates video games.

^ The trailer for the game that came out more than half a year ago.

I was reading an article here and couldn’t help but laugh. Apparently Level 5 got what they asked for when they asked for Ghibi’s input, but its taken them much longer than they ever could have anticipated. Ghibli claims they can only make 5 minutes of animation in a month in order to ensure their greatest quality work. Its a shame the DS screen probably won’t be able to handle the video quality as well as that trailer… though I’m not sure about the new DSi that everyone is raving about.