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Totoro himself is the capsule for these adorable new Totoro capsule toys【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 24, 2022 - Tweet
Instead of a plastic ball you’ll throw away, these Totoro capsules are something you’ll treasure as much as what’s inside them.
- Japan
- (anime • capsule toys • Donguri Kyowakoku • gacapon • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • vending machine toys)
Studio Ghibli releases bonsai fountains for your home
- Oona McGee
Dec 23, 2022
Voice-activated water gardens feature characters from My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • cute • fountains • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Princess Mononoke • relaxation • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Zen)
Adorable new Totoro finger puppets make perfect finger topper stocking stuffers【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 21, 2022
Adorable last-minute Christmas gift ideas for the Studio Ghibli anime fan in your life (even if that fan is you).
- Japan
- (anime • COK • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Totoro, Spirited Away mamezara dishes ready to grace the tables of Studio Ghibli anime fans【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 14, 2022
They’re especially nice for New Year’s, but you’ll want to use them all year long.
- Japan
- (anime • dishware • Donguri Kyowakoku • food • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • interior • My Neighbor Totoro • No Fave • osechi • Oshogatsu • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • tableware • Totoro)
New Studio Ghibli humidifiers breathe anime magic into your home
- Oona McGee
Dec 6, 2022
Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro are just two of the movies featured in this cute series.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Calcifer • cool • cute • Ghibli • Howl's Moving Castle • humidifiers • Jiji • Kiki's Delivery Service • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Tokyo’s Totoro Christmas cakes are now at the top of our Christmas wishlist【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 3, 2022
Please, Santa, we’ve been really good all year, so bring us some adorable Ghibli-themed sweets!
- Japan
- (anime • cake • Cheesecake • Christmas • Christmas cake • cream puffs • food • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • sweets • Totoro)
Totoro night sky fashion bags are back in second round of Ghibli’s Tokyo fashion brand team-up
- Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2022
My neighbor Port-oro.
- Japan
- (anime • bags • COK • cool • cute • fashion • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Porter • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Special My Neighbor Totoro bag collection soon to be available for limited time only
- Dale Roll
Oct 14, 2022
A cute and stylish collection from a popular bag brand…get yours before they’re gone!
- Japan
- (department stores • Ghibli • handbags • Isetan • limited edition • Mitsukoshi • My Neighbor Totoro • Porter • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli creates amazing crossover illustration for Twitter Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2022
Stars from 11 different Ghibli anime take to the skies in celebratory group shot.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Ponyo • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • twitter • Twitter Japan)
10 best Studio Ghibli anime, as picked by Japanese fans– Different ages have different answers
- Casey Baseel
Oct 8, 2022
There’s some overlap at the top, but after that teens and older top 10 lists start to deserve.
- Japan
- (Hayao Miyazaki • movies • ranking • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • survey • Totoro)
Official My Neighbor Totoro cookbook teaches you to make Satsuki’s bento and other Ghibli meshi
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2022
”Children’s cooking picture book” will delight Ghibli fans of all ages.
- Japan
- (anime • cooking • cool • food • Ghibli food • Ghibli meshi • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Receive Studio Ghibli anime art in new crowdfunding campaign to save Totoro’s forest
- Oona McGee
Sep 6, 2022
Hayao Miyazaki has spent over US$2 million to save the forest where Totoro was born, but needs more help.
- Japan
- (anime • conservation • crowdfunding campaign • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Sayama Hills • Studio Ghibli • Tokorozawa • Toshio Suzuki • Totoro • Totoro's Forest)
Studio Ghibli releases a Catbus clock in Japan with loads of cute details
- Oona McGee
Aug 29, 2022
This cat’s moving parts will mesmerise you.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • clocks • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • GBL • Ghibli • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Studio Ghibli releases new line of Totoro rings designed to be both jewellery and figurines
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2022
A new way to show your love for My Neighbour Totoro.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • jewellery • jewelry • Kazaring • merchandise • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • rings • soot sprites • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • wow)
Studio Ghibli reveals surprising secrets hidden in My Neighbour Totoro
- Oona McGee
Aug 22, 2022
Director Hayao Miyazaki shares a number of revelations, including the real reason why there’s only one girl in the Totoro poster.
- Japan
- (anime • Friday Roadshow • Ghibli • Grave of the Fireflies • Hayao Miyazaki • Isao Takahata • Mei • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Satsuki • Setsuko • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • Trivia • twitter)
Studio Ghibli theme park announces VERY low daily attendance caps, start date for ticket sales
- Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2022
A whole lot of people are going to be going home from Ghibli Park without seeing the whole thing, but maybe that’s by design.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • theme park • Totoro • whisper of the heart)
Often-forgotten Totoro character is the star of these awesome two-in-one Ghibli capsule toys【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 7, 2022
Line of figure/ring combos is here to make your shelves and your fingers look cute.
- Japan
- (anime • capsule toys • Catbus • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fashion • gachapon • gashapon • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • rings • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
Totoro’s Catbus gets a redesign for the Ghibli theme park【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 17, 2022
Studio shows off how the beloved character will look inside the Ghibli’s Giant Warehouse section of the park.
- Japan
- (Amusement Parks • anime • Catbus • cute • Ghibli Park • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • theme parks • Totoro)
Real-world forest that inspired Hayao Miyazaki to create Totoro will become a nature preserve
- Casey Baseel
Jun 9, 2022
2.6-billion yen project will protect some 7,000 trees.
- Japan
- (anime • conservation • environment • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • nature • Tokorozawa • Totoro)
Ghibli fan builds anime statues on the side of the road, buys his materials at Daiso【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 4, 2022
Characters from three Hayao Miyazaki films are waiting in this wooded area.
- Japan
- (anime • Catbus • cool • Howl's Moving Castle • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • No Face • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)
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