Three data sources
- Studio Ghibli REST API (ghibliapi.vercel.app) — the primary source for information on characters, films, locations, species, and vehicles.
- Laboratoria Ghibli JSON project — supplementary source for HMC character portraits not available in the official API.
- Public film datasets — supply box-office, budget, and awards data for each film.
Data processing
Data from all three sources is synced, normalised, and joined by film UUID or normalised film title. Fields are bucketed into quartiles where needed to produce qualitative labels (outstanding / very good / good / fair / average).
Update cycle
Data is auto-synced daily at 3:30 AM (API + images) and every Sunday at 4:30 AM (film metrics). All changes are logged.