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Studio Ghibli’s Hopping Lantern from Spirited Away can now be yours to own!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2021
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New product comes with special features to recreate the friendly lamp character from the hit anime film. 

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • lamps • merchandise • movies • No Face • Seiko • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • watches • wristwatches)

After 40 years, Hayao Miyazaki’s first solo-directed anime is finally coming to North America

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 9, 2021

In the past, before there was a Studio Ghibli, there was a boy named Conan living in the future.

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• Japan
• (anime • Conan The Boy in Future • Future Boy Conan • GKids • Hayao Miyazaki)

Main cast for Spirited Away live-action stage play finally revealed!

• Oona McGee
  Jul 8, 2021

Characters like No Face, Yubaba and Haku are set to be played by some very famous faces.

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

New Studio Ghibli x Seiko watch comes with a touching message from Hayao Miyazaki

• Oona McGee
  Jun 25, 2021

Laputa: Castle in the Sky timepiece will be available worldwide in very limited numbers.

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• Japan
• (anime • Castle in the Sky • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • merchandise • movies • Seiko • Studio Ghibli • watches • wristwatches)

Studio Ghibli debuts new loungewear collection inspired by its dynamic, beloved heroines

• Ingrid Tsai
  Jun 19, 2021

Be the heroine you wish to be—comfortable, relaxed, and milling about at home.

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• Japan
• (anime • Arrietty • Castle in the Sky • Donguri Closet • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • loungewear • movies • Studio Ghibli)

New Studio Ghibli No Face piggy bank brings us even more magic from Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2021

Upgraded model boasts new features…and No Face is now hungry for more than just coins.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • money banks • No Face • piggy bank • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • weird)

Searching for Totoro at Totoro Station in Totoro, Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2021

Join us for a journey to the countryside to find the forest giant from Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. 

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• Japan
• (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japan Rail • Japanese train stations • Japanese trains • JR Kyushu • Kyushu • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • train stations • trains • travel)

Ghibli theme park will have Totoro playroom, Kiki’s house, and let you work Irontown’s bellows

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 4, 2021

Ghibli Park helps make the wait for its opening a little easier with new info.

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• (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Studio Ghibli makes us hungry for new plate collection featuring iconic characters in mid-meal

• Ingrid Tsai
  May 23, 2021

Sorry Grandma. I’m not inheriting your fine china when I have these beautiful Studio Ghibli plates. 

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• (anime • Arrietty • Castle in the Sky • dishware • From Up on Poppy Hill • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Pom Poko • Ponyo • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Cat Returns • whisper of the heart)

Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki shares secret to help improve your anime art skills

• Oona McGee
  May 21, 2021

Often-overlooked detail reveals why Studio Ghibli films connect with audiences on such a deep level.

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• Japan
• (anime • art • drawing • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)

Hayao Miyazaki considers Demon Slayer his rival, Studio Ghibli producer says

• Casey Baseel
  May 18, 2021

Toshio Suzuki says the legendary director isn’t surprised by Demon Slayer’s success.

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• (anime • Demon Slayer • Hayao Miyazaki • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)

Official Studio Ghibli x Pixar image causes a buzz online

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2021

Fans wonder if this is a cryptic sign that a dream collaboration between the two animation companies is on the horizon. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Inc. • John Lasseter • monsters • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Pixar • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli helped create final Evangelion movie, since no one else had the right machine【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  May 13, 2021

When you want to make anime the old-fashioned way, there’s no better place to go for help than Hayao Miyazaki’s studio.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • Evangelion • Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • Studio Ghibli • Studio Khara • video)

Japan’s Studio Ghibli store now sells gorgeous cameo brooches of heroines like Kiki and Sophie

• Katy Kelly
  May 10, 2021

But here’s the twist—they’re randomized!

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• (accessories • anime • brooch • Donguri Closet • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • heroines • movies • Studio Ghibli • young women)

Traveling Ghibli Expo announces it’s ending soon, but there might be a silver lining

• Casey Baseel
  May 1, 2021

Expo is making one last stop before shutting down.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • exhibition • Ghibli Expo • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • Studio Ghibli)

Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno wants to make a live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2021

After helping to animate the Hayao Miyazaki classic, veteran Studio Ghibli producer says Anno wants to make it without animation.

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• (anime • Evangelion • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • Live action • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)

Animage x Ghibli art exhibition in Ginza celebrates the history of Nausicaä, Ghibli works

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 20, 2021

Anime magazine partners with Studio Ghibli for archival displays, a collaboration cafe menu, and reissued bonus merch for sale.

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• Japan
• (Animage • anime • art • cafe • exhibition • food • Hayao Miyazaki • manga • Matsuya Ginza • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)

“Love Pixar” tweets Studio Ghibli’s official Twitter account

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 17, 2021

The two companies go way back, and apparently there’s a piece of crossover fan art hanging on the wall inside Studio Ghibli.

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• Japan
• (cool • Disney • Hayao Miyazaki • moving • Pixar • Studio Ghibli • touching)

Studio Ghibli producer makes bombshell anime revelations during online Q&A

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2021

Howl’s Moving Castle has a prequel? Why does Ghibli food look so good? Is Hayao Miyazaki a mummy’s boy? Toshio Suzuki spills all the tea.

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• (anime • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • interview • kimutaku • movies • Studio Ghibli • Takuya Kimura • Toshio Suzuki • twitter)

My fridge neighbor Totoro – Ghibli’s new line of magnets brings anime magic to your home【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2021

Eight unforgettable Studio Ghibli films are part of the extra-charming collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • magnets • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

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