Studio Ghibli's top five films

Japan's Oscar-winning anime house Studio Ghibli turns 40 this month.

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Here are the studio's top five films that have delighted fans over the decades:

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Studio Ghibli was founded in 1985, but this post-apocalyptic story featuring a young, independent princess curious about giant insects is considered its first film. It was based on a comic-strip series that Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki wrote for a magazine targeted at anime fans.

Set 1,000 years after a war that destroyed human civilization, the story takes place in a valley protected from toxic air emitted from poisonous forests. Miyazaki won critical acclaim and a cult following for the film about Nausicaa, who discovers the forests' secrets after getting embroiled in conflicts between countries trying to revive a lethal “giant warrior.”

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)