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How to watch Studio Ghibli’s new anime in Japan, with a special after-dark outdoor screening for Halloween

• Oona McGee
  Sep 10, 2026
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First-ever nighttime screening takes place in the real-world setting for A Night in the Valley of the Witches.

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• Japan
• (anime • autumn • events • films • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Goro Miyazaki • halloween • Halloween 2026 • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Night in the Valley of the Witches • Studio Ghibli • Valley of Witches)

Studio Ghibli serves up new anime food at Ghibli Park

• Oona McGee
  Dec 16, 2024

The tables are turned on the man-eating parakeets from The Boy and the Heron.

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• Japan
• (A Sumo Wrestler's Tail • anime • anime films • anime food • cafe • Chuzumo • cool • films • food • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • short films • Studio Ghibli • sweets • The Boy and the Heron)

Ishinomori Manga Museum in Miyagi holding an exhibit for 1970s Miyazaki film Panda! Go Panda!

• Dale Roll
  Feb 3, 2024

If you grew up watching this pre-Ghibli anime film, don’t miss the chance to revel in nostalgia!

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• Japan
• (films • Ghibli films • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • Ishinomaki • Ishinomori Manga Museum • Miyagi • movies • Panda! Go Panda!)

The newest Godzilla movie is coming in November 2023, but fans are concerned it won’t be any good

• Dale Roll
  Nov 4, 2022

Not much information is out yet, but what has been released has fans tempering their expectations. 

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• Japan
• (films • Godzilla • Japanese movies • kaiju • Monster movies • movies)

Brad Pitt hops on the bullet train to Kyoto, gets teary at a temple, and receives a Pasmo card in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 23, 2022

A whirlwind ride to promote the movie in the land where it all started. 

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• Japan
• (Brad Pitt • bullet train • bullet trains • David Leitch • films • Fuwa chan • Hiroyuki Sanada • Hollywood movies • Kotaro Isaka • Maria Beetle • movies • Rahm Emanuel • shinkansen)

Spirited Away bath herbs now available at Ghibli exhibition in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2022

Transform from Stink Spirit to River Spirit, just like the god in the anime movie!

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)

The secret behind this mysterious Studio Ghibli x Pixar image

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2022

Anime studio gives us a closer look at the true story behind this illustration.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fan theories • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • John Lasseter • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Pixar • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli reveals real reason why Jiji stops talking at the end of Kiki’s Delivery Service

• Oona McGee
  May 3, 2022

Producer solves a mystery that’s puzzled fans of the anime film for decades.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fan theories • films • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)

Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt: Japanese fans react to new trailer

• Oona McGee
  Mar 4, 2022

A closer look at some scenes reveals a very different kind of Japan to the one fans were expecting. 

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• (Brad Pitt • bullet train • bullet trains • films • Hollywood movies • Kotaro Isaka • Maria Beetle • movies • shinkansen)

Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso: Behind-the-scenes trivia and secret Easter eggs revealed

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2022

Insider revelations shed new light on the beloved anime film.

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• Japan
• (animation • anime • COK • drawing • films • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • ghibli art • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Porco Rosso • Studio Ghibli • Trivia • TV • twitter)

First look at Studio Ghibli’s new Spirited Away live-action stage play

• Oona McGee
  Nov 10, 2021

Cast appear on stage for the first time to give us a sneak peek at the upcoming production.

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• Japan
• (actors • anime • films • Hayao Miyazaki • Imperial Theatre • Japanese actors • Kanna Hashimoto • Live action • movies • spirited away • stage plays • Studio Ghibli • theatre • voice actors)

Parasite movie releases free official wallpapers to download as backgrounds for video calls

• Oona McGee
  Jun 6, 2020

Now you can work from home in a basement toilet or the mansion from the award-winning South Korean film. 

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• Japan
• (background • films • movies • online chat • Parasite • South Korea • spirited away • video conference • wallpapers • Zoom)

Studio Ghibli inspires “The Glassworker”, a groundbreaking new anime film from Pakistan 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 13, 2018

The beautiful love story between Vincent and Alliz reminds us that “life is beautiful but fragile, like glass itself“.

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• Japan, S Asia
• (animation • anime • art • artists • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Onsen in Japan uses the same mysterious hot spring bathing system from Ghibli film Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Dec 26, 2017

This is one of the most unusual hot springs in the country.

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• Japan
• (baths • films • Fukuoka • Ghibli • hot springs • Kyushu • onsen • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • travel)

Secret of the Matrix code finally revealed

• Oona McGee
  Oct 25, 2017

What is the Matrix? The answer is out there, Neo, and it’s got something to do with sushi recipes.

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• Japan
• (CG • CGI • computer codes • computers • films • graphics • green rain • Hollywood movies • Keanu Reeves • movies • The Matrix)

Top 5 Studio Ghibli films Japanese viewers are tired of watching

• Oona McGee
  Jul 10, 2017

These responses prove that when you’re spoiled with the best anime in the world, you really can have too much of a good thing.

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• Japan
• (anime • films • Ghibli • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Surveys • television • Totoro)

Japanese gay community at the centre of new “Tokyo Neighbors” web series 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2017

The webisodes explore what it’s like to be gay in Japan.

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• Japan
• (films • gay • gay marriage • gay rights • LGBT • LGBTQ • short films • Tokyo • YouTube)

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki cancels retirement, hires artists for last feature film

• Oona McGee
  May 19, 2017

Applications are open to everyone, regardless of nationality.

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• Japan
• (animation • anime • art • artists • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • jobs • Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Shinkai’s “Your Name” tops South Korean box office with US$8.1 million

• Anime News Network
  Jan 10, 2017

Sells 1.18 million tickets as 1st Japanese film at #1 since 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle.

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• Korea
• (anime • Anime News Network • films • Makoto Shinkai • your name.)

We talk to Matt Damon in Tokyo about films, Tommy Lee Jones and how to be cool like Jason Bourne

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2016

On 7 October, Japan finally gets to enjoy Jason Bourne, the latest instalment in the Bourne movie series, and ahead of the movie’s release our Japanese reporters were lucky enough to enjoy some time with Matt Damon.

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• Japan
• (films • hollywood • Hollywood movies • interview • Jason Bourne • Matt Damon • movies)

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