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Ghibli Museum virtual tour reveals what’s inside the female toilets【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 16, 2020 - Tweet
“This week, we introduce you our secret favourite place ‘women’s restroom'”.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese toilets • Mitaka • movies • museums • Studio Ghibli • Toilets • Tokyo • videos • virtual tour • YouTube)
Studio Ghibli producer shows us how to draw Totoro【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 7, 2020
Come for Toshio Suzuki’s easy, step-by-step instructions, stay for the hidden Ghibli gems in the office.
- Japan
- (anime • art • drawing • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Nagoya • stay home • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)
Secretive Ghibli Museum starts video diary to give glimpse inside anime attraction【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
May 5, 2020
The shrine to Hayao Miyazaki’s anime studio famously doesn’t allow guests to take photos or videos, but now it’s sharing its own!
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • museums • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli Recipe: How to make anime food from Howl’s Moving Castle
- Oona McGee
May 4, 2020
Experience the same taste and aroma as the magical characters from the fantasy film.
New Studio Ghibli video conference backgrounds let you work from the worlds of Marnie and Porco
- Casey Baseel
Apr 29, 2020
When Marnie was telecommuting.
- Japan
- (anime • art • backgrounds • beautiful • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Pom Poko • Porco Rosso • telecommuting • The Cat Returns • video conferences • wallpapers • When Marnie Was There • working from home)
The most terrifying but delicious Studio Ghibli sweets yet: The Princess Mononoke monster cake
- Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2020
A raging god to make your stomach rumble.
- Japan
- (anime • cake • crazy • food • Hayao Miyazaki • Mont Blanc • Princess Mononoke • scary • Studio Ghibli • sweets)
A talk with the man who helped bring Studio Ghibli to the west, Steve Alpert【Interview】
- Master Blaster
Apr 25, 2020
An inside look at Studio Ghibli at a crucial time in its history.
- Japan
- (animation • anime • books • Disney • Hayao Miyazaki • interview • movies • Princess Mononoke • SNO • Steve Alpert • Studio Ghibli • Tokuma Shoten)
Studio Ghibli releases new set of free wallpapers to download and use as backgrounds for video calls
- Oona McGee
Apr 24, 2020
Now you can spirit yourself away to the world of Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro.
- Japan
- (anime • background • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • online chat • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Tonari no Totoro • Totoro • video conference • wallpapers • Zoom)
Studio Ghibli releases free wallpapers to download and use as backgrounds for video calls
- Oona McGee
Apr 14, 2020
Wow your friends and colleagues by looking as if you’re inside the world of Ghibli.
- Japan
- (anime • Arrietty • background • Hayao Miyazaki • Howl's Moving Castle • Laputa • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • online chat • Ponyo • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya • video conference • wallpapers • Zoom)
Ghibli Museum extends coronavirus closure, gives new scheduled reopening date and other good news
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2020
Totoro misses you too, but at least he’s letting us know when we can start buying tickets again.
- Japan
- (anime • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • museums • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)
One of video gaming’s greatest composers owes his name-recognition fame to his mom
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2020
The heartwarming tale of how Yuzo Koshiro became famous in an era when game developers worked in obscurity also has a Studio Ghibli connection.
- Japan
- (cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Jo Hisaishi • moms • music • musiciians • parents • Sega • Streets of Rage • Studio Ghibli • video games • Yuzo Koshiro)
Why did Hayao Miyazaki agree to release Studio Ghibli anime films on Netflix?
- Oona McGee
Mar 9, 2020
Producer Toshio Suzuki lets us in on the answer.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Netflix • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki)
Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available on Spotify, Apple Music, and more
- Casey Baseel
Feb 21, 2020
693-track selection includes many of anime’s most memorable pieces of music.
- Internet, Japan
- (anime • Apple Music • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • music • Studio Ghibli)
Ghibli theme park will recreate Howl’s castle, Princess Mononoke’s Irontown, and Kiki’s house
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2020
Spirited Away food court also rumored to be part of theme park dedicated to the works of anime creator Hayao Miyazaki’s studio.
- Japan
- (Aichi • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Nagoya • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)
Studio Ghibli grants streaming rights to Netflix, but anime fans in three key countries left out
- Casey Baseel
Jan 20, 2020
190 reasons to be happy, and three to be sad..
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Netflix • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli celebrates New Year with a fukubukuro lucky bag packed with anime merchandise
- Oona McGee
Jan 3, 2020
Donguri Kyowakoku delivers one of the best lucky bags of the New Year, with a very unusual Totoro.
- Japan
- (anime • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • merchandise • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind kabuki play’s rehearsal video is incredible【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2019
Bringing one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most legendary anime films to life is a tall order, but they just might have pulled it off.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • kabuki • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • video)
The reason why otaku don’t like Studio Ghibli anime heroines
- SoraNews24
Oct 30, 2019
Japanese VTuber throws shade at the otaku community.
- Japan
- (anime • anime heroine • characters • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • otaku • Studio Ghibli • twitter)
Here’s what Studio Ghibli heroine Nausicaa will look like in her live-action kabuki play
- Casey Baseel
Oct 23, 2019
First costumed photos for upcoming adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark film show princess protagonist and her anime arc antagonist.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • kabuki • Live action • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • stage plays • Studio Ghibli)
Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli anime are finally coming to streaming with HBO Max deal
- Casey Baseel
Oct 19, 2019
For the first time ever, you can watch My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away without physical media, but one important movie is being left out.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • COK • Hayao Miyazaki • HBO • HBO Max • movies • streaming • Studio Ghibli)
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