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Studio Ghibli Ponyo dessert now available at Shirohige’s Cream Puff Factory in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 12, 2018 - Tweet
Totoro and Ponyo are waiting for you to eat them at this beautiful Hayao Miyazaki-endorsed cafe.
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- (COK • desserts • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Japanese desserts • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Ponyo • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)
Show off your love for Ponyo and Totoro’s Catbus with these Studio Ghibli baseball jackets
- Koh Ruide
Aug 20, 2018
Strut your stuff and showcase Ponyo’s cute little sisters and the iconic Catbus.
- Japan
- (Catbus • clothes • fashion • My Neighbor Totoro • Ponyo • Studio Ghibli)
New Totoro merchandise combines cute anime with ancient Japanese pottery traditions
- Oona McGee
Jul 31, 2018
Totoro chopstick rests, lanterns, cups, and figurines created by Shigaraki craftsmen specialising in tanuki raccoon dog figurines.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • figurines • Kawaii • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • pottery • 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)
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)
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)
May’s Garden House Restaurant: The first Totoro-themed restaurant officially licensed by Studio Ghibli
- Oona McGee
May 23, 2018
The grand opening is scheduled for late May.
- SE Asia
- (Ghibli • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • restaurants • Studio Ghibli • themed restaurants • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro)
Why was Kanta’s Granny picked to be on the Joker card of this My Neighbor Totoro deck?
- Dale Roll
Apr 5, 2018
Is she a secretly evil old lady? Or a prankster spirit in disguise? Japanese netizens discuss.
Artists prove to us that Stranger Things x Studio Ghibli crossovers make perfect sense
- Koh Ruide
Jan 19, 2018
Turns out that sci-fi horror blends surprisingly well with the fantastical world of Japanese animation.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • art • crossover • fan art • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • TV series)
Chinese “Chinchilla bed”, which looks uncannily like Studio Ghibli’s Totoro, available to buy
- Richard Simmonds
Dec 4, 2017
Snuggle up with Chinchilla, Totoro’s legally ambiguous futon-style cousin from China.
- China, Japan
- (anime • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • taobao • Totoro)
Totoro has a sequel? Thousands of Japanese Twitter users shocked to learn of Ghibli follow-up
- Casey Baseel
Oct 11, 2017
Twitter user shares screenshots of Hayao Miyazaki anime that surprising number of fans haven’t heard of, and which can be seen next month.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Mei and the Kittenbus • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Another otaku bird? Hayao Miyazaki-loving cockatiel in Japan sings Studio Ghibli cover【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2017
But while her owner picks the movie, the bird selects the soundtrack.
- Japan
- (anime • birds • Castle in the Sky • cute • funny • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • My Neighbor Totoro • pets • Studio Ghibli • video)
Cosplayers pull off touching recreation of sisters Mei and Satsuki from My Neighbor Totoro【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2017
Pair perfectly recreates look of the human stars of the beloved Studio Ghibli anime.
- Japan
- (anime • cosplay • Hayao Miyazaki • Mei • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • Satsuki • Studio Ghibli)
Top 5 Studio Ghibli films Japanese viewers are tired of watching
- Oona McGee
Jul 10, 2017
These responses prove that when you’re spoiled with the best anime in the world, you really can have too much of a good thing.
- Japan
- (anime • films • Ghibli • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Surveys • television • Totoro)
Ghibli theme song for My Neighbour Totoro gets an electronic makeover in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 20, 2017
New version of the classic melody is making news with Ghibli fans around the country.
- Japan
- (anime • music • My Neighbor Totoro • soundtrack • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli animator creates heartwarming new anime commercial in Japan【Video】
- Oona McGee
May 1, 2017
The special release takes us through the love story of Cassis and Arles, a romance the animator has been developing for ten years.
- Japan
- (anime • art • artists • bread • commercials • cute • Ghibli • heartwarming • Japanese commercials • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli)
My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky kitchens to be recreated in life-size at Ghibli Museum
- Casey Baseel
Apr 6, 2017
Special exhibition looks back on the amazing depictions of food in Studio Ghibli’s anime films.
- Japan
- (anime • art • Castle in the Sky Laputa • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • museums • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli)
Totoro and friends come out to play as cute new Studio Ghibli toys
- Oona McGee
Apr 5, 2017
The wind-up toys feature adorable movements designed to bring a smile to everybody’s faces.
- Japan
- (anime • cute • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
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)
We bet you didn’t spot this hidden Catbus message in My Neighbor Totoro!
- Evie Nyan
Nov 15, 2016
Only the most beady-eyed and Japan-savvy of Ghibli fans could have spotted this one!
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