Giving only six hours of prior notice, Studio Ghibli has shut down its main X (formerly Twitter) account.Per SoraNews24, @JP_Ghibli informed its 1.8 million followers that it would be shutting down on Nov. 3, 12:00 am (JST), leaving Ghibli’s official North American account and the Ghibli Park account as the company’s only remaining X channels. Although @JP_Ghibli’s farewell post did not clarify the reason behind the account’s shutdown, it did express appreciation to those who supported it since its initial creation in 2020. With little information to go on, Ghibli fans have started speculating as to the reasons behind the account’s closure.Some Ghibli fans on the studio’s subreddit have placed the blame on Elon Musk and his changes to the X platform. One Redditor called Electrical_Sector_ 10 said that the shutdown was “unsurprising” while denigrating Musk and the “racists and religious extremists” that have a social media presence on X. Rumicposting, who shared the screencap of @JP_Ghibli’s final post, expressed sadness for the shutdown while calling attention to the fact that its main purpose was to help promote Ghibli’s latest animated feature, The Boy and the Heron. Guillermo del Toro Remembers Fond Childhood Memories of Ghibli Films
Giving only six hours of prior notice, Studio Ghibli has shut down its main X (formerly Twitter) account.
Per SoraNews24, @JP_Ghibli informed its 1.8 million followers that it would be shutting down on Nov. 3, 12:00 am (JST), leaving Ghibli’s official North American account and the Ghibli Park account as the company’s only remaining X channels. Although @JP_Ghibli’s farewell post did not clarify the reason behind the account’s shutdown, it did express appreciation to those who supported it since its initial creation in 2020. With little information to go on, Ghibli fans have started speculating as to the reasons behind the account’s closure.
Some Ghibli fans on the studio’s subreddit have placed the blame on Elon Musk and his changes to the X platform. One Redditor called Electrical_Sector_ 10 said that the shutdown was “unsurprising” while denigrating Musk and the “racists and religious extremists” that have a social media presence on X. Rumicposting, who shared the screencap of @JP_Ghibli’s final post, expressed sadness for the shutdown while calling attention to the fact that its main purpose was to help promote Ghibli’s latest animated feature, The Boy and the Heron.
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