On Your Mark
Studio Ghibli
- Format
- MUSIC
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli
- Genres
- Drama · Science fiction
In the future, mankind can no longer live on the ground due to intense radiation, both from the sun and from an abandoned nuclear plant. One day, a group of special police raided a religious cult compound, and after a fierce firefight two policemen found a winged mutant girl, with chains on her arms, barely alive. However, government scientists dressed in hazardous material suits immediately intervened and brought her back to a research facility. Realizing they were merely transferring her from one prison to another, those two policemen formulated a daring plan to set her free once and for all.
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On Your Mark was produced by Studio Ghibli in 1995 as an experimental music video for the Japanese rock duo Chage and Aska. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki, the short film was created during a period of creative transition for the director, serving as a distraction from the heavy workload of Princess Mononoke. Its production allowed Miyazaki to explore digital animation techniques and darker, more atmospheric storytelling themes that diverged from his previous works.
The film depicts a rescue mission within a dystopian, subterranean future, centered on the liberation of a winged girl from a high-security facility. Miyazaki designed the short with a gritty, realistic aesthetic, drawing on themes of environmental collapse and military industrialism. Though initially released as an accompaniment to the theatrical run of Whisper of the Heart, it became a cult classic among animation enthusiasts for its intricate world-building and poignant, non-verbal narrative style.
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