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Video released of Pikachu’s real-world trip to space! [Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2026
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Face of the Pokémon franchise hitches a ride to the International Space Station as part of European Space Agency mission.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • European Space Agency • International Space Station • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • science • space • video • video games)

Make-your-own-Totoro plushie workshop event coming to Ghibli Park park this fall

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2026

Why build a bear when you could build a Totoro?

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • crafts • Ghibli Park • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • Studio Ghibli • Tototo)

Studio Ghibli releases new plush mascot character collection with a focus on friendship

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2026

Unlikely friendships form across anime movie borders with this new range of soft plush toys.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime merchandise • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • gifts • Hayao Miyazaki • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • plush • plush toy • plush toys • plushies • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Studio Ghibli merchandise • Totoro)

Pikachu plushie actually goes into space as part of Pokémon/European Space Agency collaboration

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2026

Shared spirit of adventure leads to team-up between Pokémon franchise ahead of World Space Week.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • cool • cute • European Space Agency • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • science • space • video • video games)

Anime magical girls grow to gigantic size with new Madoka Magica plushies [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 8, 2026

Are you ready to commit to sharing your home with Madoka and Homura?

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • crazy • Doqute • Madoka Magica • manga • plushies • Puella Magi Madoka Magica • stuffed animals)

Winnie the Pooh cosplays as Yuzuru Hanyu for new plushie collaboration

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 24, 2026

Apparently it’s not a bother at all for Pooh Bear to dress up like the Japanese skating star.

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• Japan
• (collaboration • cute • Disney • figure skating • ice skating • plushies • skating • sports • Winnie the Pooh • Yuzuru Hanyu)

Stay at a hotel with a bed for your plushie in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 16, 2026

Complete with tiny matching pyjamas for your little friend.

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• Japan
• (accommodation • acryclic standees • anime • business hotel • fandom • hotels • Idols • Japanese accommodation • manga • oshi katsu • plush toy • plush toys • plushie • plushies • Toyoko Inn • unusual accommodation)

Studio Ghibli adds new Jiji’s baby plush toy to its anime merchandise range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 12, 2026

Kiki’s Delivery Service steals the spotlight with exclusive plushies… and jewellery that would make Kiki jealous.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • earrings • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • jewellery • jewelry • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • necklace • plush toy • plush toys • plushie • plushies • Studio Ghibli)

Sanrio’s newest item looks like dog butt, exactly like it’s supposed to [Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 30, 2026

If you’ve ever wanted to take a nap while burying your face in Pompompurin’s butthole, this is the cushion you’ve been waiting for.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • cushion • cute • funny • interior • nap pillow • pillow • plushies • Pompompurin • Sanrio • weird)

Sanrio eco-friendly plushies are here for the earth-conscious lovers of all things kawaii

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 21, 2026

This cute line-up is made from sustainable materials and will make your friends green with envy.

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• Japan
• (Bandai Namco Nui • cute • eco-friendly • Hello Kitty • Kawaii • Kuromi • My Melody • plushies • recycle • Sanrio • sustainable)

Japan opens shrine for plush toys in Kyoto, offering memorial rites and a resting place for remains

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2026

A heartwarming way to say thank you to the plush toys you have loved, and who have loved you in return. 

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• Japan
• (culture • Kyoto • news • nuigurumi • plush toys • plushies • religion • shinto • shrines • soft toys • toys)

Howl’s Moving Castle’s scene-stealing dog is here to clean your home as a plushie mop

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2026

Your home is your castle, and Studio Ghibli’s Heen will make it a clean one to boot.

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• Japan
• (anime • clever • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Heen • Howl's Moving Castle • interior • manga • plushies)

Sailor Moon’s Artemis is part of the Artemis II NASA mission control team[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 6, 2026

Celestial themed anime plushie is in the room monitoring the real-world mission to the moon.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Artemis • Atemis II • cool • cute • manga • moon • NASA • plushies • Sailor Moon • science • space • video)

We go looking for a monkey mommy like Punch with Amazon Japan’s ultra low-rated orangutang plushy

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 20, 2026

Can the Laughing Sensor Orangutang bring a comforting motherly presence to our office?

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• Japan
• (Amazon Japan • Amazon lowest-rated • animals • COK • crazy • funny • Masanuki Sunakoma • monkeys • orangutang • plushies • punch • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan’s giant fried chicken skewer would be too big to eat, so it’s really for cuddling

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2026

Comfort food to snuggle up with is just one of the crazy prizes in the 7-Eleven Happy Kuji collection.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • awesome • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried chicken • funny • Happy Kuji • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • kuji • plushies • prize lottery • weird)

Japanese zoo’s monkey bonds with Ikea stuffed orangutang following abandonment by mother[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 19, 2026

Punch’s life started with a metaphorical gut-punch, but things are cuddlier, and happier, now.

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• Japan
• (animals • cute • Ichikawa • Ichikawa City Zoo • ikea • monkeys • moving • plushies • punch • touching • video • zoos)

Sakura Totoro is here to get spring started early with adorable pouches and plushies

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2026

Totoro is tickled pink, and so are we.

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• Japan
• (anime • cherry blossoms • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • plushies • pouches • sakura • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli releases new “komorebi” plush toys from Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2026

Three anime characters bring a dash of magic with them into the real world.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • Boh • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • interior • kodama • manga • Ootori • plush toys • plushie • plushies • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Pikachu’s chunky original design is back as a plus-sized plushie【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 19, 2026

That just means there’s more of him to love.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • manga • Pikachu • plushies • Pokemon • toys • video games)

Umamusume anime girl plushie recalled for having parts she absolutely should not have【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 9, 2026

Nope, no horse girl is supposed to have those.

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• Japan
• (anime • funny • manga • plushies • Uma Musume • Uma Musume Pretty Derby • Umamusume: Pretty Derby • video games • weird)

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  2. Continuing cyberattacks hit Japanese arcade hard [Photos]
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  4. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  5. Princess Mononoke was going to look totally different, new Studio Ghibli artbook shows
  6. Pachinko parlor operator arrested for not obscuring the act of gambling well enough
  7. Starbucks Japan reveals this year’s lucky bag, but you’ll have to act fast to get one
  8. First-ever cafe on Tokyo Imperial Palace Garden grounds is now open
  9. Japan’s free stock image site of muscular men doing whimsical and mundane things reveals rankings
  10. Starbucks Japan releases now Tokyo Reserve Roastery Christmas drinkware collection [Photos]

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  1. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  2. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  3. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  4. Life-size Monster Hunter dragon statues to be built at Japanese shopping mall
  5. Modern exosuits are opening up ancient Japanese castle climbs to everyone
  6. Evangelion announces collaboration with Hard Rock Cafe
  7. Studio Ghibli homeware brand’s faux oil lamp brings light, smiles, and Kiki’s Jiji to your home
  8. Cold Stone is closing its final branch in all of east Japan, but it’s going down singing
  9. Starbucks Japan unveils new Christmas goods for 2026, with exclusive holiday surprises
  10. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan

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  1. Pokémon Company announces first-ever permanent Pokémon store to open outside Asia
  2. Japan ends tax-free shopping system for foreign tourists, new refund request system now in effect
  3. Family Mart releases 47 convenience store socks and stickers, one for every prefecture in Japan
  4. Japan’s TeamLab digital art group is opening a permanent museum in America
  5. What’s it like to stay in a Japanese container hotel?
  6. Beautiful Ghibli diorama kits lets you build anime characters’ homes inside yours [Photos]
  7. Chainsaw robots helping keep trains running safely in east Japan [Video]
  8. New Studio Ghibli anime gets extended run at the only cinema in Japan where it’s being shown
  9. Tokyo train station will play Godzilla theme song as new departure melody
  10. Osaka’s famous Glico Running Man will be removed and replaced with a new-look sign

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  1. Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country
  2. Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
  3. Studio Ghibli has a new anime out, and there’s only one place in the world where you can see it
  4. Starbucks Japan releases new drinkware and goods for Valentine’s Day
  5. Starbucks Japan releases new sakura goods and drinkware for cherry blossom season 2026
  6. Japan’s newest Shinkansen has no seats…or passengers [Video]
  7. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
  8. Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
  9. Salomon releases Japan-exclusive Mt. Fuji hiking gear that doubles as an amazing souvenir
  10. Japan reportedly adding Japanese language skill requirement to most common foreigner work visa

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