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Studio Ghibli mini heroine dress sachets will have your home looking, and smelling, great【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2023 - Tweet
Costumes of three iconic Ghibli anime protagonists have been shrunk down to sachet size.
- Japan
- (anime • aroma • Arrietty • cool • cute • Donguri Closet • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • sachet • Secret World of Arrietty • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli and Uniqlo team up for line of beautiful T-shirts and bags, but not in Japan【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 24, 2023
Neither Japan nor the U.S. are the first countries to get the first collaboration between the anime studio and fashion brand.
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- (anime • bags • Catbus • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Makkuro Kurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Princess Mononoke • shirts • Singapore • soot sprites • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • susuwatari • sweatshirts • t-shirts • Thailand • Totoro • Uniqlo)
Studio Ghibli releases new free-to-use anime images to “use within the bounds of common sense”
- Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2023
First look at the central characters from The Boy and the Heron.
- Japan
- (anime • art • cool • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron)
Ghibli Catbus keychain with rotating destination marker will make Totoro fans’ heads spin【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 21, 2023
Adorable accessory is also a great reminder that sometimes you need to take a break.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cute • Dongur Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • keychain • keyholder • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Ghibli’s Boy and the Heron gets October U.S. premiere, official screenshot, bird creature reveal
- Casey Baseel
Aug 18, 2023
Zooming out a little on the Miyazaki movie’s poster makes a big difference.
- Japan
- (anime • GKids • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghilbi • The Boy and the Heron)
Studio Ghibli’s new anime may be the most expensive Japanese movie ever made, producer says
- Casey Baseel
Aug 17, 2023
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron was not cheap to make.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toshio Suzuki)
Totoro, Soot Sprites ready to head outdoors with you in new Ghibli/Outdoor Products bag collab
- Casey Baseel
Aug 11, 2023
Backpacks and pouches for the next time the classic anime inspires you to get out and explore nature.
- Japan
- (anime • backpacks • bags • cool • cute • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • makkurokurosuke • My Neighbor Totoro • Outdoor Products • Soot Sprite • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Ghibli might finally be willing to let images of Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime be seen outside theaters
- Casey Baseel
Aug 9, 2023
The Boy and Heron has been in theaters for almost a month, but the studio still hasn’t shown a single scene off the screen.
Ghibli-themed sweets shop releases edible Ponyo pudding summertime sweets
- Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2023
Ponyo on the Peach is back with a sweet countermeasure to the summer heat.
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • food • Hayao Miyazaki • Ponyo • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets)
Spirited Away live-action stage announces first outside-Japan performances
- Casey Baseel
Aug 3, 2023
Adaptation of Studio Ghibli classic is coming to London, keeping its Japanese stars and Japanese-language dialogue.
- Japan, UK
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Live action • london • spirited away • stage plays • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron gets North American screening date in September
- Casey Baseel
Jul 28, 2023
Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie will be seen for the first time in North America in Canada.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toronto International Film Festival)
New Ghibli anime’s theme song gets music video shot on island that inspired Princess Mononoke【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2023
Former Vocaloid music creator sings theme for Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • Hachi • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • J-Pop • Kenshi Yonezu • movies • music • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • video • Vocaloid • Yakushima)
42 thoughts that crossed our mind when visiting the forest that inspired Princess Mononoke
- Krista Rogers
Jul 25, 2023
Our reporter Seiji hopes that first-time visitors to Yakushima’s Shiratani Unsuikyo will avoid some of the same pitfalls that he ran into.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Kagoshima • nature • Princess Mononoke • Seiji Nakazawa • Shiratani Unsuikyo • Studio Ghibli • tourism • travel • Yakushima)
Beautiful full reprints of every past Studio Ghibli anime movie program can be ordered online
- SoraNews24
Jul 22, 2023
Now it’s never too late to get your hands on these once theater-only pieces of Ghibli memorabilia.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Was Ghibli right not to market Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime? Opening box office data is in
- Casey Baseel
Jul 19, 2023
How Do You Live? earned more in its opening weekend than some of Ghibli’s most celebrated films, but how does it compare to other anime movie hits?
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli • The Boy and the Heron • Toshio Suzuki)
How Do You Live? movie review: Could this be Hayao Miyazaki’s magnum opus?
- Oona McGee
Jul 14, 2023
Acclaimed anime director’s first film in 10 years drew big audiences on opening day, despite the surprising lack of promotion.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movie review • movies • review • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli releases free-to-use artwork for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie, How Do You Live?
- Casey Baseel
Jul 14, 2023
And it’s only the second piece of artwork ever unveiled for How Do You Live?
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli is taking a bold step to prevent spoilers for its newest anime movie
- Casey Baseel
Jul 11, 2023
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest movie will be in theaters soon, but one standard piece of anime merchandise won’t.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli’s new desktop Howl’s Moving Castle will take your stationery on an adventure
- Oona McGee
Jul 7, 2023
A unique way to keep your desktop looking neat and beautiful.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese stationery • merchandise • stationery • Studio Ghibli)
Hayao Miyazaki is getting worried about how his new anime is being marketed, Ghibli producer says
- Casey Baseel
Jul 2, 2023
Toshio Suzuki also discusses how Ghibli has stayed in business without releasing a theatrical feature in almost a decade and whether this is Miyazaki’s final film.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • How Do You Live • manga • movies • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)
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