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Lupin III manga/anime creator Monkey Punch passes away

Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2019
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Pioneering artist’s hit series was one of Hayao Miyazaki’s first directing jobs.

Japan
(anime • Hayao Miyazaki • lupin III • manga • Monkey Punch • Studio Ghibli)

Hayao Miyazaki still looking for talented staff to join Studio Ghibli for new anime production

Koh Ruide
Apr 16, 2019

The legend of animation needs as much help as he can get, and it could very well come from you!

Japan
(anime • employment • Hayao Miyazaki • jobs • painter • Recruitment • Studio Ghibli)

Hayao Miyazaki was offended by the idea that he should work in live-action, interview shows

Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2019

Even if the suggestion was coming from one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers of all time, the Studio Ghibli anime director thought it was rude.

Japan
(Akira Kurosawa • anime • Catbus • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Seven Samurai • Studio Ghibli)

Spirited Away meals and merchandise coming to new Studio Ghibli exhibition in Tokyo

Oona McGee
Mar 28, 2019

Taste the magical world of My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away for a limited time!

Japan
(anime • COK • exhibitions • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • pop-up cafes • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro • Yubaba)

Spirited Away train station and submerged tracks attract Ghibli fans around Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 17, 2019

But people aren’t happy about tourists trespassing and littering while they get the perfect photo.

Japan
(anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Instagram • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Handmade Hayao Miyazaki bento is too cute to eat, great conversation starter during meals

Koh Ruide
Feb 18, 2019

Studio Ghibli-themed bento party among friends quickly escalates when someone brought the king along.

Japan
(bento • bento boxes • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese Twitter • Studio Ghibli)

Japanese city changes into beautiful Spirited Away lookalike once a year, and it’s happening now

Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2019

The Nagasaki Lantern Festival gives the city an amazing ethereal atmosphere for just a few nights every February.

Japan
(anime • beautiful • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • lanterns • Nagasaki • Nagasaki Lantern Festival • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • video)

The surprising source of the Ohmus’ voices in Ghibli’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Shannon McNaught
Jan 19, 2019

You’d never guess how the sound effect for an Ohmu’s voice was produced.

Japan
(anime • cool • guitars • Hayao Miyazaki • music • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • sound effects • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli hanko personal seal stands are here to enliven your mundane daily tasks

Krista Rogers
Jan 5, 2019

These adorable name stamp stands will make you want to stamp your name on everything in sight!

Japan
(anime • Catbus • cute • hanko • Hayao Miyazaki • home • name stamp • office • personal seals • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli theme park designs unveiled, five special zones bring anime movie worlds to life

Oona McGee
Dec 24, 2018

All the details on the buildings, stores and cafes set to appear at the new Studio Ghibli theme park.

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

Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind set to become live-action Japanese kabuki play

Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2018

All-male cast brings anime classic to the traditional stage in a historic first for Studio Ghibli director and co-founder Hayao Miyazaki.

Japan
(anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • kabuki • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • stage • Studio Ghibli • theater • theatre • Toshio Suzuki)

Chinese poster for Totoro’s first theatrical release in country has a beautifully subtle secret

Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2018

That’s not a forest or a field Hayao Miyazaki’s characters are walking through.

China, Japan
(ads • anime • art • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • posters • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Elon Musk shares his love of anime, says he wants to build a mecha

Casey Baseel
Oct 16, 2018

Investor expresses admiration for two of anime’s most iconic directors, has fans wondering if he’ll take inspiration from Evangelion or Gundam.

Internet, Japan
(anime • celebrities • Elon Musk • Hayao Miyazaki • Makoto Shinkai • movies • robots • Studio Ghibli • Tesla • your name.)

Totoro beer? Hayao Miyazaki draws new version of anime icon for Japanese craft beer label

Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2018

Two of Studio Ghibli’s co-founders team up for stylish microbrew promotion.

Japan
(alcohol • anime • beer • drinks • Hayao Miyazaki • Studio Ghibli • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)

The Place Where Totoro Was Born: New Studio Ghibli book includes art by Hayao Miyazaki’s wife

Oona McGee
Sep 26, 2018

After working on My Neighbour Totoro, animator Akemi Miyazaki steps out from her husband’s shadow to show us Totoro’s real-world birthplace.