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Create meals like an anime character from a Studio Ghibli film with new cookware from Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 25, 2016
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Bring some Ghibli magic into the kitchen with Calcifer from Howl’s Moving Castle and the famous fish pie from Kiki’s Delivery Service.

Japan
(anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli)

Star of Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service now comes as a doll with four cute accessories

Oona McGee
Jun 6, 2016

Move over Barbie and Licca-chan, there’s a new doll in town.

Anime & Manga, Culture, Entertainment, Japan
(anime • cute • figurines • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Studio Ghibli • Takara Tomy)

Japan’s Ghibli Museum announces there will be a new Catbus for adults to ride in this summer

Oona McGee
May 25, 2016

The latest news regarding renovations has revealed information about several exciting new exhibits which has us counting down the days to the July 16 re-opening.

Anime & Manga, Japan
(Cat Bus • Catbus • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Mitaka • My Neighbour Totoro • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Watch the trailer for The Red Turtle, Studio Ghibli’s first release post-Hayao Miyazaki【Video】

Scott Wilson
May 20, 2016

Studio Ghibli proves they are still the masters of animation even without the esteemed Hayao Miyazaki at the helm.

Entertainment, Japan
(animation • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli • The Red Turtle • trailer)

You can now hang out with Totoro and explore Studio Ghibli worlds in virtual reality

Preston Phro
May 4, 2016

If you’ve got a Vive or Rift at home, you’ll want to stop what you’re doing right now and start downloading!

Entertainment, Japan
(Ghibli • Studio Ghibli • virtual reality • VR)

Music box-powered spinning Lego Laputa is both whimsical and impressive【Video】

Mike
Mar 26, 2016

Fans of Ghibli works, and especially the studio’s early fantasy adventure Castle in the Sky, will surely be wanting one of these music-enhanced Lego Castle Laputa replicas for themselves.

Internet
(anime • Castle in the Sky • Ghibli • Laputa • LEGO)

Donguri Kyowakoku fukubukuro is filled with fantastic Studio Ghibli merch【2016 Lucky Bag Roundup】

Oona McGee
Jan 5, 2016

Donguri Kyowakoku, the chainstore that sells nothing but Studio Ghibli items, has delighted fans with the best offering of the year: a bag filled with amazing Ghibli merchandise.

Japan
(fukubukuro • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • lucky bag • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Step outside the cute character bento box with this amazing 3-D onigiri rice ball collection

Oona McGee
Jan 4, 2016

From Pikachu to Totoro, these onigiri rice balls are as cute as they are delicious-looking!

Internet, SE Asia
(anime • bento • cute • Doraemon • Ghibli • Gudetama • kyaraben • onigiri • Pikachu • Studio Ghibli)

We visit one of Japan’s stunning secret destinations: the “Road to Laputa” in Kumamoto

Oona McGee
Dec 6, 2015

If you want to feel like you’ve stepped into an animated film from Studio Ghibli, “The Road to Laputa” in Kyushu is one place you won’t want to miss.

Japan
(Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kumamoto • Laputa • travel)

Minecrafter somehow turns blocks into the beautiful, organic worlds of Studio Ghibli

KK Miller
Nov 27, 2015

Stacking blocks on top of each other has never made us so Ghibli inside.

Internet
(Ghibli • Minecraft • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • ohm • Pero • Studio Ghibli • video games)

Tumblr artist designs Legend of Zelda movie posters in Studio Ghibli style

Scott Wilson
Nov 26, 2015

Just let us pretend for a little while that this amazing collaboration could actually happen.

Japan
(Ghibli • link • movie poster • Studio Ghibli • the legend of Zelda • video games • Zelda)

The little-known inspiration for Princess Mononoke: A manga about a tribe in Papua New Guinea

Scott Wilson
Oct 28, 2015

It’s no secret that Hayao Miyazaki and his team of animators find inspiration for Studio Ghibli’s movies all over the place. Ponyo’s setting was inspired by a harbor town in Japan, Spirited Away’s world was based on a location in Taiwan, and Princess Mononoke’s forest came from Japan’s Yakushima Island.

But it was recently brought to light that a lot of inspiration for Ghibli’s movies came from a more innocuous place: a manga. The title is Mudmen, named after the Asaro Mudmen of Papua New Guinea, where the manga takes place.

Who are these “mudmen” and where do their inspirations crop up in Ghibli films? Read on to find out!

Japan
(Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • indigenous people • inspiration • manga • Papua New Guinea)

Studio Ghibli tattoos feature our favourites from Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle

Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2015

We here at RocketNews love Studio Ghibli and its cast of adorable animated characters. We save all our yennies to splurge on licensed merchandise and never miss a chance to visit tourist sites where we might bump into acclaimed semi-retired director Hayao Miyazaki.

One thing we’re yet to do is adorn our bodies with permanent ink tributes to the Ghibli stars. Thankfully, there are fans out there much braver than us who have made the leap, giving us a huge collection of beautiful tattoos for us to sift through. Take a look at 12 of our favourites, from the films My Neighbour Totoro, Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle.

Global, Internet, Japan
(Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • My Neighbor Totoro • spirited away • tattoos • Totoro)

Minecraft builder creates gorgeous floating city of Laputa from Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky

Oona McGee
Sep 24, 2015

Minecraft has shown us time and time again that it’s much more than just a sandbox game made up of tiny blocks and flat-faced sheep. We’ve seen clever builders create everything from Super Mario Bros. gameplay to Japanese-language classes and even the entire country of Japan.

Today, we bring you something straight out of the world of Studio Ghibli: the floating city of Laputa from the animated film, Castle in the Sky.

Internet
(anime • gaming • Ghibli • Laputa • Minecraft • video games)

Catbus from Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro found in Finland!

Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2015

Out of all the things we wish would spring to life from Studio Ghibli’s animated films, the catbus from My Neighbor Totoro would have to be at the top of the list. Who wouldn’t want to ride an enormous, fluffy, bright orange cat over hills and through forests on their daily commute?

As with all great things, if it can’t exist in real life, it can at least exist in the imagination. And there’s one imaginative lad who’s found a way to bring the catbus to life in the cutest way possible. All it takes is two ingredients: a fluffy, compliant cat and some Finnish beer.

Europe, Internet, Japan
(beer • Catbus • cats • cosplay • cute • Finland • Ghibli • memes • My Neighbor Totoro)

Japan’s magic umbrellas reveal cute patterns in the rain

Oona McGee
Sep 21, 2015

September in Japan is the bridge between summer and autumn, with warm humid days mixed in with cool nights and passing typhoons dumping some of the year’s highest amounts of rainfall around the country.

With the rain set to continue, umbrella sales are in full swing at the moment, and some of the best ones here are simply magic. They won’t send you flying through the air like Mary Poppins, but they will reveal hidden secrets when the rain begins to fall!

Japan
(cute goods • Ghibli • japan goods • rain • spirited away • Totoro • umbrellas • weather)

Celebrate May with a visit to Mei and Satsuki’s house from Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro

Oona McGee
May 18, 2015

Our love of the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro has truly blossomed during the month of May. Just when we thought things couldn’t get any better after we heard about Totoro’s Forest in Saitama Prefecture, complete with a house for black dust bunnies known as Kurosuke no Ie, it seems there’s even more reason to celebrate, with an exact replica of Mei and Satsuki’s house open to the public in Aichi Prefecture.

Japan
(anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Moricoro Park • My Neighbor Totoro • travel)

Ghibli Easter eggs are good, but Pixar Easter eggs are even better【Video】

KK Miller
May 11, 2015

Studio Ghibli and Pixar are two of the most successful movie companies in the world. They’ve released over a dozen memorable movies that can be enjoyed over and over again. The connection doesn’t end there, as Japan loves Pixar movies as much as the rest of the world loves Ghibli.

There are dozens of hidden gems to be found in Ghibli movies, which pay homage to beloved characters, and Pixar is also well-known for having a slew of Easter eggs that not only give a nod of respect to past characters, but also give clues about future characters and movies! Disney has released a new video of some of their favorite hidden treasures, and fans in Japan couldn’t be more excited about it.

Internet
(cool • Disney • easter eggs • Ghibli • movies • Pixar • secrets)

You know what? An Alice in Wonderland/Spirited Away mashup actually kind of works!

Mike
May 9, 2015

Artist and T-shirt designer Saqman, who, despite his pen-name inadvertently reminding this writer of genitals, actually seems like a pretty wholesome guy, recently put together this spiffy and kind of spookily appropriate-looking mashup of Spirited Away and Alice in Wonderland, and it really works on a level we never really thought about!

Global, Internet
(Alice in Wonderland • anime • anime & manga • art • Disney • Ghibli • Miyazaki • spirited away • t-shirts)

Miyazaki wanted to make “Parasyte” the next animated Studio Ghibli production

Evie Nyan
Apr 21, 2015

Parasyte, the creepy science fiction horror manga series about a boy with a sentient alien parasite living inside his arm, was almost the newest Studio Ghibli animated venture, it has been learned. Studio Ghibli’s former president Toshio Suzuki last week sensationally revealed the news that Hayao Miyazaki had intended to bid for the rights to the series, which eventually went to film studio Toho.

So, what is Parasyte and what, if anything, have we missed out on here?