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There’s always time, and space, for a Ghibli figure that’s also a calendar, right?【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 5, 2025 - Tweet
Spirited Away and Kiki’s Delivery Service figurines double as cube-based calendars.
- Japan
- (anime • calendars • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)
How a Gundam Wing pilgrimage had our lapsed anime fan feeling all warm and fuzzy【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 3, 2025
She was looking forward to a reunion with her favorite G-boy, but the new people she met were just as special.
- Japan
- (Animate • anime • cafes • drinks • Gundam • Gundam Wing • Ikuna Kamezawa • manga • moving • SNJO • themed cafes • touching)
Beautiful cover artwork for Studio Ghibli tribute cover albums show Goro Miyazaki can draw too
- Casey Baseel
Aug 30, 2025
Artists invited to put their own interpretive spin on Ghibli’s classic anime theme songs.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Goro Miyazaki • manga • music • Studio Ghibli)
Japan’s Kirby Choco Eggs hide figures that are too cute to resist
- Elliot Hale
Aug 29, 2025
Mystery toy chocolate eggs leave us with a surprisingly delicious dessert.
- Japan
- (anime • Choco Egg • chocolate • COK • cute • dessert • figures • Kirby • nintendo • shokugan • snacks • SNJO • sweets • Takuya Inaba • tart • toys • Waddle Dee • Waddle Doo)
Tokyo hotel has a special room just for Gundam Gunpla plastic model builders【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 27, 2025
Anime-themed room has everything you need to build a Gundam model, including free kits.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cool • Gundam • Gundam models • Gunpla • hotels • manga • mecha • models • robots • SNJO • tourism • travel)
Super-tiny manga that you can actually read are our new capsule toy obsession【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2025
Immensely cool miniature manga.
- Japan
- (anime • capsule toys • COK • cool • gachapon • manga • miniature • Shonen Jump • SNJO • vending machine toys • Weekly Shonen Jump)
Gorgeous Ghibli schedule books are here to help you get a jump on planning ahead【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2025
The anime stars of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and more say it’s not too soon to start thinking about 2026.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • organizers • schedule books • spirited away • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Here are four ways McDonald’s Japan could combat scalpers after its Pokémon Happy Meal fiasco
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2025
Maybe rewarding scalpers just for ordering a Happy Meal is part of the problem.
- Japan
- (anime • card games • COK • fast food • food • Happy Meals • Happy Set • manga • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • Pikachu • Pokemon • pokemon trading card game • resellers • scalpers • SNO • trading cards)
This official Pokémon horror video is surprisingly terrifying【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2025
A frightening new version of a Gen-I Pokémon makes its creepy debut.
- Japan
- (anime • funny • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Legends Z-A • scary • video • video games)
Ghibli’s saddest anime gets new T-shirt line【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2025
There’s more than one reason why Grave of the Fireflies merch doesn’t pop up very often, but this new T-shirt collection is a bittersweet exception.
- Japan
- (anime • fashion • Grave of the Fireflies • manga • shirts • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts)
Uniqlo includes a cool Easter egg for Pokémon card game players bundled with its new T-shirts
- Casey Baseel
Aug 20, 2025
If you’re picking up one of Uniqlo’s new Pokémon Trading Card T-shirts, you’re going to want to hold onto the tag.
- Japan
- (anime • clever • cool • fashion • manga • Pokemon • pokemon cards • Pokémon Pocket • pokemon trading card game • Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket • shirts • t-shirts • Uniqlo)
Studio Ghibli unveils new Totoro and Spirited Away anime merchandise to put a smile on your dial
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2025
Joy is here, with an array of our favourite characters, and vehicles, from famous Ghibli films.
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • Ghibli • keychains • kodama • manga • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • soot sprites • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
The awesome fan cosplayers of Summer Comiket 2025【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Aug 20, 2025
We head back to Comiket for another cosplay photo, this time featuring the fans.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2025 • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • SNJO • Summer Comiket • Summer Comiket 2025)
Live-action Luffy Inaki Godoy made the voyage to Tokyo for a surprise-filled One Piece Day 2025
- Master Blaster
Aug 19, 2025
Try to say “real-life Luffy” five times fast.
- Japan
- (anime • events • manga • One Piece • One Piece Day • One Piece Day 2025 • Tokyo Big Site • video games)
Nope, these are NOT Gundam Char Aznable sunglasses! No siree…not at all…
- Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2025
Finally, someone who’s not Char gets to stand in the spotlight’s shine!
- Japan
- (anime • Char Aznable • fashion • glasses • Gundam • manga • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • Quattro Vageena • robots • Strict-G • sunglasses • Zeta Gundam)
Two beautiful Totoro Catbus interior piece figures scamper back to the Studio Ghibli store【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2025
Unusual names for cute-as-ever Catbus pieces.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
The beautiful official cosplayers of Summer Comiket 2025【Photos】
- SoraNews24
Aug 18, 2025
Japan’s biggest doujinshi convention’s cosplay models were looking especially summery this year.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful women • COK • Comiket • Comiket 2025 • cosplay • cosplayers • manga • SNJO • Summer Comiket • Summer Comiket 2025)
The crazy huge crowds of Summer Comiket【Photos, videos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2025
Otaku from across the nation pack the halls of Tokyo Big Sight for Japan’s biggest independent manga/anime art festival.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Comiket • Comiket 106 • Comiket 2025 • crazy • crowded • dojinshi • doujinshi • manga • otaku • Summer Comiket 2025 • Summer Komiket • Tokyo Big Sight)
World’s oldest manga is now a bra thanks to Japanese lingerie maker’s art history series【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2025
Peach John’s Master’s Bra design draws inspiration from an official national treasure of Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Choju-Giga • Chojugiga • Chojujinbutsugiga Choju-giga • culture • fashion • history • lingerie • manga • Master’s Bra • Peach John)
New English textbook published for anime industry’s Animator Skill Test
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2025
NAFCA text covers the skills, both in drawing and speaking Japanese, that you’ll need to start an anime artist career in Japan.
- Japan
- (Animator Skill Test • anime • art • books • foreigners in Japan • Japanese language • learning japanese • linguistics • manga • NAFCA • Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association)
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