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Japan’s permanent Pokémon theme park zone announces grand opening date, ticket sale start

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 12, 2025
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Poképark Kanto is opening sooner than expected on Tokyo’s southern border.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • manga • Pokemon • Poképark Kanto • theme parks • video games • Yomiuri Land • Yomiuriland)

Totoro embroidered bags and pouches are as fluffy and cute as the Ghibli star himself【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2025

Design allows you to go from no Totoros to all the Totoros with a flick of your wrist.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Pokémon doughnuts appear at Mister Donut, with all-new Pikachu and Foongus

• Oona McGee
  Nov 11, 2025

Find out if these new Pokémon are worth capturing.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cute • diglett • donuts • doughnuts • food • Foongus • manga • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Brand-new Pokémon park opens in Japan with larger-than-life-size Lapras【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2025

Lapras’ latest collaboration with the region it’s an ambassador for is now ready to receive fans and provide squeals of joy.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • Lapras • manga • Miyagi • outdoors • parks • Pokemon • video games)

Japan’s new Pokémon donut treat marks Ditto’s Mister Donut debut!

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2025

Mister Ditto.

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• (anime • cute • ditto • donuts • food • manga • Mister Donut • Pokemon • Pokémon donuts • sweets • video games)

Studio Ghibli releases new Ursula’s blanket from Kiki’s Delivery Service

• Oona McGee
  Nov 7, 2025

Wrap yourself up in the warmth of an anime movie. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • beautiful • cute • dolls • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • porcelain • porcelain ware • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli serves up anime characters on new lacquered trays

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2025

A beautiful blend of modern and traditional Japan. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • lacquer • lacquerware • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • trays)

We play out a real-life scene from Your Name in the historic city of Ashikaga【Kita Kanto Brothers】

• Krista Rogers
  Nov 5, 2025

Plus, we share more lore on the Kita Kanto Brothers’ origin story.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ashikaga • COK • film • Kita Kanto Brothers • Masanuki Sunakoma • SNJO • Takamichi Furusawa • Tochigi • your name.)

Spirited Away classy cloth coasters will keep your table dry and your heart happy【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 3, 2025

No Face, Haku, and a few other cast creatures from the Studio Ghibli classic are always welcome at tea time, right?

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• (anime • coasters • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinkware • interior • manga • No Face • spirited away)

Totoro fountain figurine recreates the sights and sounds of one of anime’s most memorable scenes

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 31, 2025

Mei and Totoro bring the Ghibli moment’s rain to your home.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Beautiful Totoro bento box mixes classic and modern symbols of Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2025

Two-tier box shows the forest spirit looks adorable even with motifs much older than the Studio Ghibli anime he made his debut in.

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• (anime • bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan’s mini VHS anime home video replicas are the newest blast of capsule toy nostalgia【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 30, 2025

Classic Clamp anime series has its home video release recreated in mini charm form.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • capsule toys • cassete • Clamp • COK • cool • gachapon • gashapon • Magic Knight Rayearth • manga • Rayearth • SNO • toys • vending machine toys • VHS)

Studio Ghibli releases new Howl’s Moving Castle perpetual calendar

• Oona McGee
  Oct 29, 2025

For years of perpetual joy. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • beautiful • calendar • calendars • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • mannen calendar • merchandise • perpetual calendar • Studio Ghibli)

Evangelion theme song lyricist shares surprising fact about her Eva-watching history

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2025

This month marks 30 years since the release of “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis.”

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• Japan
• (A Cruel Angel's Thesis • anime • anisongs • Cruel Angel's Thesis • Evangelion • manga • music)

Studio Ghibli adds acorn-shaped Totoro bento boxes to its anime merchandise shop in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2025

The next best thing to carrying a sack full of magical acorns. 

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• Japan
• (acorns • anime • autumn • beautiful • bento • bento boxes • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan is getting the cutest Pikachu donuts ever, and another Pokémon will make its donut debut

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2025

Pokémon/Mister Donut collaboration continues to evolve.

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• (anime • COK • cute • donuts • food • manga • Mimikyu • Mister Donut • Pikachu • Pokemon • sweets • video games)

Studio Ghibli plushie pouches show gamaguchi style isn’t just for toads【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 27, 2025

Mini clasp pouches double as adorable bag accessories.

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• Japan
• (anime • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • plushies • pouches • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Light-up Totoro is a mix of centuries-old pottery techniques and classic anime cuteness【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 26, 2025

Studio Ghibli’s anime forest spirit gets the Shigarakiyaki treatment.

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• Japan
• (anime • ceramics • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • pottery • Shigaraki ware • Shigarakiyaki • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Permanent Sailor Moon stage show theater announced for Tokyo

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 25, 2025

Promises to be accessible to domestic and international Sailor Moon fans.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Shining Theater Shinagawa Tokyo • Sailor Moon • Sailor Moon Shining Theater Shinagawa Tokyo • Shinagawa Prince • stage shows • stage theater • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro porcelain dolls that support Japanese manufacturing

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2025

Esteemed plush toy maker brings over a century of tradition to three new Totoros.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • beautiful • cute • dolls • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • porcelain • porcelain ware • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

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