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Celebrate Totoro’s 30th anniversary with new and exclusive commemorative Totoro items!
Beloved anime character Totoro is celebrating his 30th birthday this year and is getting an exciting line of new merchandise that Ghibli fans won’t want to miss! Read More
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • plushies • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Ghibli anime is real? Totoro Catbus spotted on the streets of Hiroshima【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 25, 2018
But this amazing tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film isn’t actually a bus.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Catbus • cool • cospla • cosplay • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • video)
Beautiful new Levistone from Ghibli’s Laputa anime going on sale soon, so order yours ASAP【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 15, 2018
Recreation of magical pendant from Hayao Miyazaki classic couples with elegantly detailed music box.
- Japan
- (accessories • anime • Castle in the Sky • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Levistone • movies • Studio Ghibli • toys • video)
Studio Ghibli creates gorgeous hand-made Totoro reproduction cels for fans and collectors【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2018
An iconic image from Hayao Miyazaki’s anime classic is ready to adorn the walls of superfans’ homes.
- Japan
- (animation cels • anime • art • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • video)
Hayao Miyazaki eulogizes Isao Takahata, remembers purposely subjecting him to second-hand smoke
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2018
One anime legend looks back on 50 years of friendship with another in memorial service held at Studio Ghibli museum.
- Japan
- (anime • Grave of the Fireflies • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • moving • smoking • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya • touching)
Evangelion director calls Hayao Miyazaki “geezer” in anime commentary, says he broke his Walkman
- Casey Baseel
May 10, 2018
Hideaki Anno recalls working on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with the Studio Ghibli legend.
- Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Hideaki Anno • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli)
It’s Ghibli merchandise galore at the Donguri Kyowakoku pop-up shop in Shibuya!
- Kay
May 5, 2018
It looks like Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood is the place to go for exclusive Studio Ghibli anime merchandise during the first half of this month.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Shibuya • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo)
Studio Ghibli anime theme park’s first official concept art revealed, hints at wonders to come
- Casey Baseel
Apr 25, 2018
Howl’s Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke monsters, and a building marked “Cat Bus” have fans more excited than ever about Ghibli Park.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli • theme parks)
Nothing can make us wish we were kids again harder than this Totoro Catbus rocking horse【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2018
Luckily there’s still one way for grown-up Studio Ghibli anime fans to enjoy it.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • toys)
New illustrated Studio Ghibli folding fans: A beautiful way to deal with Japan’s summertime heat
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2018
Totoro, Jiji, and No Face are here to provide a cool breeze as you set out on warm-weather adventures of your own.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fans • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese fans • Kiki's Delivery Service • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Plan to turn real-world shrine from Studio Ghibli anime into a parking lot upsets fans, residents
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2018
Shinto shrine was featured in recently deceased anime director Isao Takahata’s Pom Poko.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • movies • Pom Poko • shinto • shrines)
Studio Ghibli co-founder and anime director Isao Takahata passes away in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2018
Anime veteran leaves behind a legacy of more than 50 years of landmark anime including Ghibli’s Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
- Japan
- (anime • Grave of the Fireflies • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • movies • Pom Poko • Studio Ghibli • The Tale of the Princess Kaguya)
Studio Ghibli enters the perfume game with launch of Kiki’s Delivery Service body mist line
- Casey Baseel
Mar 30, 2018
Anime witch Kiki and cat pal Jiji grace the bottles of fragrances saluting the Hayao Miyazaki classic.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • fragrances • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • perfume • Studio Ghibli)
Ghibli Museum merchandise from Boro The Caterpillar short anime movie now on sale!
- Oona McGee
Mar 26, 2018
The newest character from Studio Ghibli is out to charm us all with official merch.
- Japan
- (anime • Boro the Caterpillar • cute • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kemushi no Boro • merchandise • scrapbooking • SNO)
Boro the Caterpillar anime now showing at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo 【SoraReview】
- Oona McGee
Mar 23, 2018
Our spoiler-free review of Hayao Miyazaki’s first new film in five years comes with a sneak-peek look at the official movie programme.
- Japan
- (anime • Boro the Caterpillar • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Oregon as a Studio Ghibli film – Gorgeous tourism video shows the state as a Miyazaki wonderland
- Casey Baseel
Mar 14, 2018
Inspired by the works of Japan’s most celebrated anime icons, short animated video captures the magic of the state across the Pacific.
- USA
- (anime • cool • Hayao Miyazaki • Oregon • Studio Ghibli • travel • video)
Studio Ghibli inspires “The Glassworker”, a groundbreaking new anime film from Pakistan 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2018
The beautiful love story between Vincent and Alliz reminds us that “life is beautiful but fragile, like glass itself“.
- Japan, S Asia
- (animation • anime • art • artists • films • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • Studio Ghibli)
Hayao Miyazaki says Studio Ghibli once stood up to Harvey Weinstein with a Japanese samurai sword
- Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2018
According to Hayao Miyazaki, the act meant “I defeated him”.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • hollywood • Japanese sword • Katana • movies • samurai • samurai sword • Studio Ghibli • swords • Toshio Suzuki)
New Hayao Miyazaki anime for Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum has spring debut date announced
- Casey Baseel
Jan 9, 2018
Here’s the exact day you’ll be able to reserve tickets that will let you see Miyazaki’s Boro the Caterpillar.
- Japan
- (anime • Boro the Caterpillar • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • movies • museums • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo)
Rare 1990 Hayao Miyazaki interview surfaces, shows the director “not as salty as usual”【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2017
Fan shows us a reason to hang onto your old VHS anime even after you’ve upgraded to newer media versions.
- Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • interview • movies • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Studio Ghibli • video)
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