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Studio Ghibli celebrates New Year with a fukubukuro lucky bag packed with anime merchandise
- Oona McGee
Jan 3, 2020 - Tweet
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)
New Studio Ghibli clocks let you keep an eye on the time with your favourite anime characters
- Oona McGee
Dec 17, 2019
Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbour Totoro feature in the exclusive new collection.
- Canada, Japan
- (anime • clocks • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli scarves, gloves and bags will keep you warm this fall and winter
- Oona McGee
Oct 10, 2019
Wrap up against the chill with Soot Sprites, Totoro, Jiji, Howl’s fire demon, and a snuggly Catbus.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Kiki’s Delivery Service coin bank from Studio Ghibli plays music, dances every time you use it
- Oona McGee
Aug 6, 2019
Magical cat Jiji springs to life when you feed him coins.
- Japan
- (anime • cats • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli summer merchandise puts famous anime characters on Japanese fans and wind chimes
- Oona McGee
May 23, 2019
New collection will keep you cool with friends from My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Spirited Away.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Porco Rosso • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • whisper of the heart)
Studio Ghibli anime films get American comic book style update with new glassware collection
- Oona McGee
May 17, 2019
Speech bubbles and pops of bright colour add a new comic twist to movies like My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away.
- Japan
- (anime • Comics • DC Comics • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • glasses • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Marvel Comics • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Porco Rosso • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • whisper of the heart)
Lupicia to release special tea blends based on Studio Ghibli films!
- Shannon McNaught
Mar 18, 2019
Lupicia’s back at it again with their amazingly cute Ghibli collabs!
- Japan
- (collaboration • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • Lupicia • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tea)
Studio Ghibli Baby-G watch pays homage to Kiki’s Delivery Service anime with gorgeous details
- Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2019
Cute characters peer out at you from this limited-edition timepiece.
- Japan
- (anime • Baby G • Casio • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • Studio Ghibli • watches)
Studio Ghibli-licensed store Donguri Kyowakoku brings us the fukubukuro lucky bag of our dreams
- Oona McGee
Jan 4, 2019
Totoro and Kiki merchandise make this a great start to the year.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • Lucky Bag Roundup 2019 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Ghibli moss art discovered along mountain road in Japan
- Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2018
Totoro, Kiki, and No Face are just some of the characters who’ve emerged from the moss-covered wall.
- Japan
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • No Face • Princess Mononoke • Saitama • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Japanese fans rank the top 10 most beautiful female characters from Studio Ghibli anime movies
- Oona McGee
Dec 21, 2018
So many iconic Ghibli heroines, so many different looks and personalities.
- Japan
- (anime • anime characters • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • Princess Mononoke • Studio Ghibli)
Seiko to release new Ghibli watches, including limited-edition 30th anniversary Totoro watches
- Dale Roll
Jun 13, 2018
Fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service will also want to check these out.
- Japan
- (anime • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Seiko • Studio Ghibli • Tonari no Totoro • Totoro • watches)
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)
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)
Kiki’s back! Famous Studio Ghibli anime witch returns in jaw-dropping short animation【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 19, 2017
But it’s not Hayao Miyazaki’s studio providing the magic for this look at Kiki’s life four years after her movie ends.
- Japan
- (anime • Bump of Chicken • cup noodles • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • video)
New Studio Ghibli tea collection includes tea sourced from Totoro’s real-life forest in Japan!
- Oona McGee
Mar 24, 2017
Now you can enjoy the flavours of some well-known characters from the acclaimed animation studio.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tea • Totoro)
Awesome Japanese teacher creates Studio Ghibli chalkboard art to celebrate students’ graduation
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2017
Annual tradition is more beautiful than ever this year.
- Japan
- (anime • art • chalkboard art • education • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • schools • Studio Ghibli • Teachers • Totoro)
Female anime fans reveal the Studio Ghibli character they most want to date in real life
- Oona McGee
Jan 23, 2017
Surprisingly, the male stars of Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away don’t top the list, according to this survey.
- Japan
- (anime • Howl's Moving Castle • ikemen • Kiki's Delivery Service • Princess Mononoke • romance • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Surveys • The Wind Rises)
Studio Ghibli Steam Cream body lotion is this winter’s must-have anime beauty product
- Oona McGee
Oct 28, 2016
Beautifully adorned tins featuring some of the studio’s beloved anime characters are being made for a limited time.
- Japan
- (anime • beauty • beauty products • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • whisper of the heart)
Black cat displays magical abilities by “talking” to human in Japanese
- Oona McGee
Oct 3, 2016
Listening to this cat talk is like a real-life encounter with Jiji from Studio Ghibli’s Kiki’s Delivery Service!
- Japan
- (black cats • cats • cute • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • talking cats • twitter • videos)
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