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Seiko to release new Ghibli watches, including limited-edition 30th anniversary Totoro watches

• Dale Roll
  Jun 13, 2018
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Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service will also want to check these out.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Seiko • Studio Ghibli • Tonari no Totoro • Totoro • watches)

May’s Garden House Restaurant: The first Totoro-themed restaurant officially licensed by Studio Ghibli

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2018

The grand opening is scheduled for late May.

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• SE Asia
• (Ghibli • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • restaurants • Studio Ghibli • themed restaurants • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli fans surprised to find hidden images in Grave of the Fireflies anime poster

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2018

The new meanings revealed in this image, thirty years after the film’s release, have anime fans reaching for the tissues.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • Ghibli • Grave of the Fireflies • Isao Takahata • posters • Studio Ghibli)

Ghibli Museum merchandise from Boro The Caterpillar short anime movie now on sale!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 26, 2018

The newest character from Studio Ghibli is out to charm us all with official merch.

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• Japan
• (anime • Boro the Caterpillar • cute • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kemushi no Boro • merchandise • scrapbooking • SNO)

Boro the Caterpillar anime now showing at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo 【SoraReview】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2018

Our spoiler-free review of Hayao Miyazaki’s first new film in five years comes with a sneak-peek look at the official movie programme.

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• Japan
• (anime • Boro the Caterpillar • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

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)

Hayao Miyazaki says Studio Ghibli once stood up to Harvey Weinstein with a Japanese samurai sword

• Oona McGee
  Feb 22, 2018

According to Hayao Miyazaki, the act meant “I defeated him”.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • hollywood • Japanese sword • Katana • movies • samurai • samurai sword • Studio Ghibli • swords • Toshio Suzuki)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】Celebrate New Year with Studio Ghibli merchandise from Donguri Kyowakoku

• Oona McGee
  Jan 3, 2018

Totoro from My Neighbour Totoro and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service are the stars of the show this year.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • Ghibli • Kawaii • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2018 • Studio Ghibli)

Hong Kong students use free time at school to draw stunning anime-inspired chalkboard art

• Dale Roll
  Dec 28, 2017

Several Ghibli films and Your Name are featured in their beautiful mural works.

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• China
• (anime art • art • chalk art • chalkboard art • drawings • Ghibli • ghibli art • your name art • your name.)

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

Studio Ghibli meals from the world of Japanese anime look absolutely delicious in real-life【Pics】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 7, 2017

This beautifully styled collection recreates all the tiny details from the best animated meals.

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• Japan
• (anime • bento • cute • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Instagram • Japanese food • movies • recipes • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki reveals the name of his next feature film

• Oona McGee
  Oct 29, 2017

This is the news we’ve been waiting to hear since the acclaimed director came out of retirement.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • news • Studio Ghibli)

Ghibli film secret revealed as Japan Self-Defense Forces soldier deciphers secret code in Laputa

• Oona McGee
  Oct 20, 2017

According to this former soldier, the message that director Hayao Miyazaki hid in morse code has never been revealed until now.

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan Self-Defense Forces • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • self defense force • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli reveals new handmade clothing range with cute short anime film 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 20, 2017

Jiji the cat and Totoro and friends feature on tops, pants, skirts, dresses and accessories in the collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • Anofuku • characters • clothing • cute • Daikanyama • fashion • Ghibli • Nakameguro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Tsutaya)

Miyazaki’s new Boro the Caterpillar short not scheduled before October

• Anime News Network
  Aug 4, 2017

The official website of the Ghibli Museum has revealed the list of shorts that will play at the museum’s theater through October.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anime News Network • ANN • Boro the Caterpillar • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki)

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)

New anime film from former Studio Ghibli director takes over ads and packaging at the supermarket

• Oona McGee
  Jun 27, 2017

Characters from Mary and the Witch’s Flower team up with prominent brands for a spectacular promotional campaign.

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• Japan
• (anime • commercials • cute • Ghibli • ice cream • Japanese commercials • marketing • Mary and The Witch’s Flower • Morinaga • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli releases Sheeta doll from anime film Laputa: Castle in the Sky

• Oona McGee
  Jun 5, 2017

This beautiful new doll comes with a number of cute details that anime fans will love.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • dolls • Ghibli • Laputa • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy)

Studio Ghibli criticised for paying low salary to animators

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2017

The latest job ad calling for animators to help create Miyazaki’s next anime feature film has drawn attention for all the wrong reasons.

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• Japan
• (animation • animators • anime • artists • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Watch Ghibli’s Spirited Away No Face piggy bank speak, burp and gobble coins 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 29, 2017

No Face is hungry for coins and when he looks this animated eating them, we can’t stop feeding him!

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • money banks • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

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