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My Neighbour Totoro storyboards reveal secrets behind the Ghibli anime movie

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2020
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Totoro’s missing dialogue, Kanta’s final revelation, and… Totoro has a crush on Satsuki?!

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

AI GAN project from Wuhan students turns photos or videos into gorgeous cinematic anime visuals

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 13, 2020

The AI-network can change any landscape into a sun-bleached breezy anime backdrop while retaining key details.

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• China, Japan
• (AI network • anime • AnimeGAN • cool • filters • Hayao Miyazaki • Makoto Shinkai • photographs • photography • Satoshi Kon • technology)

“I didn’t ask the old men for any advice” says director of Studio Ghibli’s first CG anime

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2020

Goro Miyazaki didn’t seek any input from his dad, the famous Hayao, on how Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch should be made.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aya and the Witch • CG • Earwig and the Witch • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli now has a Hawaiian shirt and skirt collection【Photos】

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2020

Characters from two popular anime movies are cleverly concealed in these unique designs. 

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • GBL • hawaii • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • shirts • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • Totoro)

Official Studio Ghibli anime skateboards offered at brand-new Ghibli specialty shop in Tokyo【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 20, 2020

A whole new way to ride the Catbus.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • GBL • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • skateboards • Studio Ghibli)

A summary of the plot of Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (by someone who’s never seen it)

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2020

Magical girl transformations and a very different ending from the one shown in the Hayao Miyazaki anime classic.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Mr. Sato • Princess Mononoke • SNJO • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli releases new plush characters that turn into eco-friendly reusable shopping bags

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2020

Say goodbye to plastic with anime characters that sit on your shoulder as you shop.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • bags • Castle in the Sky Laputa • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • eco bag • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Tokyo’s Ghibli museum to reopen this month, but only for one group of people

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2020

Staggered reopening planned for anime mecca after nearly half-year closure.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • museums • Studio Ghibli • travel)

Even Spirited Away’s Yubaba wants you to wear a mask for coronavirus safety

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2020

Character from Studio Ghibli’s most fanciful anime world wants you to take real-life precautions against coronavirus infection.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • events • Hayao Miyazaki • masks • movies • museums • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Ghibli fans for Ghibli fans! Anime studio’s new line of Japanese sensu, uchiwa arrives for summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2020

Totoro and No-Face want to keep you company and keep you cool this summer.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Uchiwa)

Totoro ready to help keep forests clean this summer with his adorable new reusable shopping bags

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2020

New line launches as Japan starts push to reduce the use of disposable plastic shopping bags.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

The first images of Studio Ghibli’s first-ever CG anime are here!【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2020

Goro Miyazaki returns to the director’s chair for Aya and the Witch.

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• Japan
• (anime • Aya and the Witch • CG • Earwig and the Witch • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli)

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

• Oona McGee
  Jun 18, 2020

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)

Awesome Studio Ghibli T-shirt line combines high fashion and anime history in 22 designs【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 13, 2020

Totoro, Spirited Away, and seven other classics inspire the “American casual” collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • cool • fashion • GBL • Hayao Miyazaki • Princess Mononoke • shirts • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • t-shirts • Totoro)

New Studio Ghibli anime coming this winter is first CG feature planned by Hayao Miyazaki

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2020

Hayao Miyazaki has read British novel inspiration “cover-to-cover five times,” will once again team up with son as director.

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• Japan
• (anime • books • CG • Diana Wynne Jones • Earwig and the Witch • Goro Miyazaki • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli theme park’s opening will not be delayed by coronavirus, planners promise

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 3, 2020

Areas that let anime fans step into the worlds of My Neighbor Totoro and Whisper of the Heart will open as scheduled.

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)

Dead body found in real-life Totoro’s Forest in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 2, 2020

Prefectural border woodlands served as inspiration for beloved Studio Ghibli anime film.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • scary • Totoro • Totoro's Forest)

Animal Crossing fan recreating all of Ghibli’s Spirited Away in New Horizons, and it’s incredible

• Casey Baseel
  May 28, 2020

Masterpieces from Nintendo and Studio Ghibli go together amazingly well, photos show.

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • Animal Crossing: New Horizons • anime • awesome • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • nintendo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • video games)

Ghibli Museum video takes us into the steam punk elevator and up the spiral staircase【Video】

• Oona McGee
  May 23, 2020

The museum speaks to us as we encounter some of its cutest anime characters. 

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• Japan
• (anime • coronavirus • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Mitaka • movies • Mr Dough • Mr Dough and the Egg Princess • museums • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • videos • virtual tour • YouTube)

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)

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