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Studio Ghibli bean bag plushies are ready to receive your love and affection

• Oona McGee
  Apr 12, 2025
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Characters from Spirited Away, Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro appear in this cuddly anime collection.

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• (anime • anime merchandise • characters • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • manga • merchandise • movie • My Neighbor Totoro • plush toys • plushies • soft toys • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

New line of adorable Ghibli gel ink pens reminds us that being creative by hand is still special

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2025

Champion of hand-drawn animation is a fitting motif for when you want to put pen to paper.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • pens • spirited away • 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.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • socks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli adds Spirited Away Bonsai Water Garden to merchandise collection in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2025

The magical train ride tickets from the movie are available to purchase as well.

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• (anime • anime merchandise • bonsai • Bonsai Water Garden • cute • Ghibli • interior • Japanese garden • manga • merchandise • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • train • water feature)

Studio Ghibli kashira piggy bank head from Spirited Away will help you save money, the anime way

• Oona McGee
  Dec 31, 2024

With guardians like these, nobody will dare touch your money!

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• (anime • anime merchandise • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kashira • merchandise • money • piggy bank • piggy banks • saving money • Savings • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli cooking/housework aprons are here to lend some cheer to chores【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 28, 2024

Totoro, No Face, and Calcifer are ready to help get meals ready and the house clean.

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• (anime • aprons • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Howl's Moving Castle • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Moving, burping No Face coin bank figure is back to receive your Ghibli fan generosity【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2024

No Face is always hungry, and he’s craving your coins.

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• (anime • coin bank • cool • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • manga • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Studio Ghibli showcases traditional craftsmanship with new wallet range

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2024

Totoro and No Face bring anime star power to a craft coveted by samurai.

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• (anime • Bunko • Bunkoya • coin case • crafts • craftsmanship • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • good luck • Himeji leather • Japanese traditional crafts • leather • leather goods • lucky • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tradition • wallets)

Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke plushies show a softer side of formidable Ghibli characters

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 16, 2024

San and Yubaba are tough as nails, but now also soft as beanbags.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • manga • plushies • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Yubaba)

New Totoro and Spirited Away Christmas cakes let you taste the anime magic of Studio Ghibli

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2024

Spirit yourself away to a Japanese Christmas.

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• (anime • cake • cakes • Cheesecake • Christmas • Christmas 2025 • Christmas cake • cookies • cream puffs • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)

New Ghibli Doll Collection is the best-of-both-worlds solution to the plushie-or-figure dilemma

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 3, 2024

Adorably fuzzy versions of the Studio Ghibli anime stars will give fans warm and fuzzy feelings of joy.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • plushies • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Studio Ghibli adds a Spirited Away jewellery box to its merchandise range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2024

No Face pulls at the heartstrings in this sad-but-sweet product.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • jewellery • jewellery box • jewelry • No Face • shop • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

New Ghibli papercraft kit gives you a little Princess Mononoke forest on your desk【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 9, 2024

Paper Theater turns its spotlight onto San and the Kodama.

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• (anime • arts and crafts • crafts • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • manga • Paper Theater • papercraft • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli)

Professional basketball player cosplays as Studio Ghibli’s No-Face for Halloween in the U.S.【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 1, 2024

NBA rookie of the year salutes the Hayao Miyazaki anime classic.

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• (anime • basketball • cosplay • cosplayers • No Face • spirited away • sports • Studio Ghibli • video)

Studio Ghibli releases new mug tumblers featuring anime movie characters

• Oona McGee
  Oct 21, 2024

Share a drink with some of the studio’s most famous faces.

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• (anime • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • Ghibli • Kiki's Delivery Service • mugs • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Porco Rosso • shopping • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • tumblers)

Halloween Totoro and Spirited Away puddings coming to delight Ghibli fans

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2024

What Halloween treats could be sweeter than these?

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• (anime • cafes • cream puffs • food • My Neighbor Totoro • pudding • purin • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)

Totoro, Calcifer, other Ghibli stars returning as humidifiers ahead of Japan’s dry winter days【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 15, 2024

Just the thing to add humidity and Ghibli cuteness to your living space.

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• (anime • Calcifer • Doguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • humidifier • interior • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Totoro and No-Face Okiagari Boshi figures are adorable reminders to never let life knock you down

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 2, 2024

Totoro, No-Face, and Jiji may sway and wobble, but they’ll never get laid out.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • figures • interior • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • okiagari koboshi • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Dining with Totoro — 400-year-old ceramics company makes Studio Ghibli chopstick rests【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2024

Plus No-Face shows off his two sides at the dinner table.

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• (anime • chopstick rests • Donguri Kyowakoku • interior • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tableware • Totoro)

Gigantic Studio Ghibli sock line is cute, clever, and overall awesome【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 16, 2024

Anime fashion that will knock fans’ socks off for as long as you have your socks on.

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• (anime • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • Princess Mononoke • socks • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

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