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Have a cool summer, say Totoro and No Face with Ghibli towel-type pillowcases【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 4, 2025 - Tweet
Characters from My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, and Kiki’s Delivery Service want to help keep you cozy on hot summer nights.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pillow covers • pillowcases • pillows • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towelket)
Studio Ghibli releases new anime cushions for Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service fans
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2025
Support your tush with supporting characters from two top anime movies.
- Japan
- (anime • cool • cushions • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • interior • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases new Kiki’s Delivery Service collection with Jiji as the star
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2025
Watercolour design recalls the talents of painter Ursula from the anime film.
- Japan
- (anime • anime merchandise • bags • cute • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • merchandise • pass case • pouches • Studio Ghibli • train pass case)
Starting a new spring commute? Totoro and No Face can keep you company with Ghibli pass cases
- Casey Baseel
Apr 16, 2025
A quick way for Ghibli fans to give themselves a smile at least twice a day while commuting or traveling in Japan.
- Japan
- (anime • commuter passes • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pass cases • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli Rollbahn notebooks are both dynamic and subtle salutes to anime classics【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 15, 2025
Cats, pigs, and monster princesses grace the covers of these functional and flexible notebooks.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • Delfonics • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • notebooks • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • Rollbahn • stationery • Studio Ghibli)
Catbus and Totoro towlkets are part towel, part blanket, all adorable【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 13, 2025
No matter how you use them, you can count on these Studio Ghibli housewares to be comfortingly soft and achingly cute.
- Japan
- (anime • blankets • Catbus • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towelket • towelkets • towels)
Studio Ghibli diorama boxes are much more beautiful than your elementary school art project【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 9, 2025
Multi-use sculptures bring the beauty of My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service into your home or garden.
- Japan
- (Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • name • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli serves up teapots, teacups and saucers in honour of Kiki’s Delivery Service
- Oona McGee
Apr 2, 2025
Jiji spills the tea in this sweet anime collection.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • glass • glassware • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Studio Ghibli • tea • teacup • teapots • teatime • teaware)
Studio Ghibli unveils new Mother’s Day gift collection, with flower sets and a special acorn tea
- SoraNews24
Mar 15, 2025
Flower pots, furoshiki…and a tea that dissolves gallstones and kidney stones.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Mother's Day • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli adds new anime socks to its merchandise range in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 14, 2025
Over a dozen pairs featuring some of our favourite characters.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • socks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli bakery adds Totoro sakura cakes to its sweet lineup in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2025
New treat celebrates two special occasions in one, alongside an edible Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service.
- Japan
- (anime • cakes • cherry blossom • cookies • cream puffs • food • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • sakura • Shiro Hige’s Cream Puff Factory • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro • Totoro cream puffs • white day)
Studio Ghibli adds new Kiki’s Delivery Service bags and pouches to its anime shop in Japan
- Oona McGee
Mar 13, 2025
Jiji, Lily and their cute black kitten are ready to accompany you on your daily outings.
- Japan
- (anime • anime cats • anime characters • bags • cats • characters • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Lily • manga • pouches • Studio Ghibli)
Studio Ghibli anime stamps help seal your love for popular movie characters
- Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2025
My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away have starring roles in this stationery collection.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • notebooks • stamps • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Ghibli Park holds spring matsuri festival with special events to celebrate one-year anniversary
- SoraNews24
Feb 11, 2025
Japanese anime theme park opens its doors to non-ticket holders with a special application system.
- Japan
- (Aichi • Amusement Parks • anime • festivals • Ghibli • Ghibli Park • Howl's Moving Castle • Japanese festivals • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • movies • Nagoya • news • spring • Studio Ghibli • theme parks • Valley of Witches)
Totoro Ghibli drawstring kinchaku pouches are big on cuteness, come with a little treasure inside
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2025
Whether you’re looking at them from a modern perspective or a traditional one, these kinchaku are adorable.
- Japan
- (anime • bags • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Kiki's Delivery Service • kinchaku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • pouches • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli’s cutest couple is now a sweet treat to eat for Valentine’s Day
- Casey Baseel
Feb 4, 2025
Jiji and Lili join special Totoro Valentine’s Day cream puffs at the Ghibli-themed bakery in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (anime • chocolate • cream puffs • food • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Shiro Hige’s Cream Puff Factory • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • Studio Ghibli • sweets)
Ghibli school supplies will get you ready to go back to school in the spring, or your heart【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 31, 2025
Totoro and Jiji stationery and craft supplies are set to put smiles on faces of Ghibli fan kids and grown-ups alike.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • notebooks • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful place to write down your beautiful thoughts【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jan 27, 2025
Four designs let you entrust your thoughts to Totoro and other Ghibli characters when you put pen to paper.
- Japan
- (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • notebooks • Rollbahn • stationery • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Kiki’s Deliver Service heroine gets new design from Spy x Family artist for 40th anniversary
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2025
Tatsuya Endo moved to tears as he revisits book he read as a boy.
- Japan
- (anime • books • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • Spy x Family)
Clever design trick means beautiful Ghibli Artboard Jigsaw Puzzles won’t have bittersweet ending
- Casey Baseel
Dec 18, 2024
No need to worry about breaking these lovely pieces of Ghibli art apart or gluing them so they can’t be puzzles again.
- Japan
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • jigsaw puzzles • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Nausica of the Valley of the Wind • puzzles • Studio Ghibli)
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