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Ghibli theme park will recreate Howl’s castle, Princess Mononoke’s Irontown, and Kiki’s house
- Casey Baseel
Feb 6, 2020 - Tweet
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)
Ghibli anime Whisper of the Heart/Mimi wo Sumaseba is getting a live-action sequel film
- Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2020
Young lovers’ lives aren’t going quite as they planned/promised once they hit adulthood.
Popular Star Wars characters interpreted as ice cream flavors by Baskin Robbins
- Master Blaster
Jan 9, 2020
If there were a flavor for the film series as a whole it’d be Rocky Road.
- Japan
- (#ReleaseTheJJCut • Baskin Robbins • BB-8 • C-3P0 • Darth Vader • food • ice cream • movies • R2-D2 • Star Wars • yoda)
Godzilla Store crushes New Year with king of the 2020 fukubukuro lucky bags
- Oona McGee
Jan 7, 2020
Extra rare merchandise limited to only 100 lucky shoppers.
- Japan
- (fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Godzilla • Ippudo • lucky bag • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • movies • SNJO)
Making a low-budget, Tokyo Star Wars tribute gave us a new respect for the movie-making Force【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2019
Having a lightsaber duel at the SoraNews24 office ended up being a ton of fun AND a ton of work.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • funny • lightsabers • movies • P.K. Sanjun • SNJO • Star Wars • The Rise of Skywalker • video)
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)
Sonic the Hedgehog sends us the present of Japan’s ugliest Christmas sweaters. Umm…thanks【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2019
Gotta change clothes fast!
- Japan
- (Christmas • Christmas sweaters • COK • fashion • funny • movies • Sega • SNJO • Sonic the Hedgehog • Sonic the Hedgehog The Movie • sweaters • video games)
J.J. Abrams tells us fan-fav Jedi may make first-ever live-action appearance in Rise of Skywalker
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2019
We interview the Star Wars director in Tokyo as he talks about the easiest and most difficult parts of writing an ending to the nine-film series.
- Japan
- (celebrities • interviews • J.J. Abrams • movies • SNJO • Star Wars • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker)
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)
Star Wars becomes a kabuki play as we attend Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2019
Japan’s biggest kabuki star becomes Kylo Ren, and here’s how you can watch the performance yourself.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • culture • kabuki • Kylo Ren • movies • SNO • stage plays • Star Wars • video)
Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary on KonoSuba movie: “It’s the reason cinema was invented”
- Master Blaster
Nov 23, 2019
High praise from the co-writer of Pulp Fiction and Beowulf.
- Japan
- (anime • God's Blessing on the Wonderful World • KonoSuba • Legend of Crimson • Letterboxd • light novels • manga • movies • Pulp Fiction • Roger Avary)
Special limited-time Frozen II-inspired menu items arriving in cafes across Japan
- Dale Roll
Nov 23, 2019
Delightful designs and fantastic flavors celebrate the sequel to the 2013 hit!
- Japan
- (cafes • cute • Disney • Elsa • food • frozen • Frozen 2 • movies • Olaf • pop-up cafes • tasty)
Japanese version of Frozen 2’s “Into the Unknown” is a powerful return for Elsa’s singer in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2019
Video shows off famous Japanese actress/vocalist’s newest song for Disney’s snow queen.
- Japan
- (Disney • Elsa • frozen • Frozen 2 • Into the Unknown • movies • music • Takako Matsu • video)
Sonic the Hedgehog’s creator still doesn’t like one part of his much-improved movie redesign
- Casey Baseel
Nov 13, 2019
The Sega star is looking a lot better after a six-month redesign, but game designer Yuji Naka still thinks there’s something “off.”
- Japan
- (Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • Sonic the Hedgehog movie • video • video games • Yuji Naka)
Seiji interviews his teenage crush Yumi Adachi with the spirit of Yngwie Malmsteen
- Master Blaster
Nov 11, 2019
Seiji learns that beautiful women can be a lot like centipedes: more scared of him than he is of them.
- Japan
- (interviews • movies • music • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • voice actors • Yngwie Malmsteen • Yumi Adachi • Zombieland: Double Tap)
Talkin’ Terminator and droppin’ F-bombs with Schwa-chan and Linda-san
- Master Blaster
Nov 9, 2019
P.K. Sanjun sits down with two icons of the Terminator series and incessantly calls the former governor “Schwa-chan.”
- Japan
- (Arnold Schwarzenegger • interviews • Linda Hamilton • movies • P.K. Sanjun • Schwa-chan • Terminator • Terminator: Dark Fate)
Studio Ghibli My Neighbour Totoro sweater is the anime knitwear we need this winter
- Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2019
Premium GBL clothing line brings us a Catbus that’s been hand-knit in Canada.
- Canada, Japan
- (anime • Catbus • COK • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • GBL • knitted sweater • knitwear • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweaters • Totoro)
Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Verse sequel promises Japanese Spider-Man is “already designed”
- Katy Kelly
Nov 8, 2019
And no, we aren’t talking about Peni Parker.
- Japan
- (comic books • Into the Spider-Verse • Japanese Spider-Man • Marvel • movies • Spider-Man • Toei • tokusatsu)
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays taiko drums with Terminator: Dark Fate cast at Tokyo premiere
- Oona McGee
Nov 7, 2019
Rev-9 and the T-800 beat drums in traditional happi coats under a giant Godzilla in Japan.
- Japan
- (20th Century Fox • Arnold Schwarzenegger • celebrities • COK • hollywood • Kabukicho • movies • shinjuku • SNO • Terminator • Terminator: Dark Fate • The Terminator • Tokyo)
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