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Studio Ghibli films coming to cinemas for “once in a lifetime” event this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2020
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A sure-fire way to lure moviegoers back to theatres after the height of the pandemic.

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• Japan
• (anime • Earthsea • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Tales from Earthsea • Toho Cinemas)

Studio Ghibli releases last set of wallpapers to download and use as backgrounds for video calls

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2020

Final set of free backgrounds feature four films from the acclaimed Japanese animation studio.

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• Japan
• (anime • background • Earthsea • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • online chat • Studio Ghibli • The Red Turtle • The Wind Rises • video conference • wallpapers • Zoom)

Create a Studio Ghibli cafe at home with anime movie glass tableware

• Oona McGee
  May 15, 2020

Magical characters keep you company while you dine indoors.

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Laputa • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • natsumikan • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli Museum closes due to coronavirus fears

• Oona McGee
  Feb 24, 2020

Sudden temporary closure has taken everyone by surprise.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • COVID-19 • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • news • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)

Studio Ghibli produces commercial for Japanese convenience store chain Lawson 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 13, 2020

Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.

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• (animation • anime • art • commercials • convenience stores • cute • Ghibli • Japanese commercials • Japanese convenience stores • Kawaii • konbini • Lawson • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli makes every day magical with new Spirited Away, Totoro and Kiki calendars

• Oona McGee
  Jan 8, 2020

Beloved characters keep you company every day of the year.

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• Japan
• (anime • calendar • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Kawaii • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli celebrates New Year with a fukubukuro lucky bag packed with anime merchandise

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2020

Donguri Kyowakoku delivers one of the best lucky bags of the New Year, with a very unusual Totoro.

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• Japan
• (anime • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • merchandise • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

The reason why otaku don’t like Studio Ghibli anime heroines

• SoraNews24
  Oct 30, 2019

Japanese VTuber throws shade at the otaku community.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime heroine • characters • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • otaku • Studio Ghibli • twitter)

Wild boars leap from river, run across rice fields like a scene from a Ghibli anime film【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 15, 2019

Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.

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• (animals • anime • boars • Ghibli • nature • news • Princess Mononoke • rivers • Studio Ghibli • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • videos)

Studio Ghibli scarves, gloves and bags will keep you warm this fall and winter

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2019

Wrap up against the chill with Soot Sprites, Totoro, Jiji, Howl’s fire demon, and a snuggly Catbus.

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• (anime • Catbus • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Ghibli scarecrow protects rice fields in countryside Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 25, 2019

Pikachu and Ash also watch over the crops, which were once destroyed by the tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

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• Japan
• (anime • countryside • farming • Ghibli • Iwate • movies • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • rice • Rikuzentakata • scarecrow • Studio Ghibli)

Kiki’s Delivery Service coin bank from Studio Ghibli plays music, dances every time you use it

• Oona McGee
  Aug 6, 2019

Magical cat Jiji springs to life when you feed him coins.

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• (anime • cats • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)

We travel to China to watch Studio Ghibli anime Spirited Away on its inaugural opening day

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2019

Spirited Away finally premieres in China…but hardly anybody was at the cinema to see it.

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• China, Japan
• (actors • anime • Catbus • cosplayers • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Spirited Away voice actors from China recreate iconic scenes from the anime film

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2019

New series of posters are total Ghibli cosplay goals. 

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• China, Japan
• (actors • ads • anime • art • Chinese actors • chinese actress • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • voice actors)

Spirited Away posters for first theatrical release in China are stunningly beautiful

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2019

A new take on a beloved Studio Ghibli anime film.

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• China, Japan
• (ads • anime • art • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • marketing • movies • posters • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Setting of Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart is More Tragedy Than Fantasy

• Anime News Network
  Jun 15, 2019

Studio Ghibli released the Whisper of the Heart anime film in 1995, a story of youth following their dreams.

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• Japan
• (Ghibli • Japanese society • society • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)

New Totoro x Natsumikan range from Studio Ghibli covers glass tableware, towels and keychains

• Oona McGee
  Jun 14, 2019

Totoro ditches his beloved acorn for a popular Japanese citrus this summer. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Laputa • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • natsumikan • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • summer • Totoro)

How to get a job in anime with Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2019

When Miyazaki says Totoro isn’t cute, you don’t have to agree with him.  

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli)

We channel Sen from Ghibli’s Spirited Away and travel to a Japanese train station by the sea

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2019

One of the most unusual stations in the country, where you’re not allowed to exit the station, but you can visit a secret park by the platform. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Instagram • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Studio Ghibli sunglasses let you channel anime film characters from Laputa: Castle in the Sky

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2019

New shades let you see the world through the eyes of Pazu and Colonel Muska.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • eyewear • Ghibli • glasses • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • merchandise • movies • Studio Ghibli)

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  9. Do Japan’s new single-minded convenience store bento show depressing poverty or satisfying focus?
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