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There have been some positional changes at Studio Ghibli as Japan marks the beginning of the new financial year, with Koji Hoshino officially resigning from his positions as both president and chairperson. After shifting to representative director this month Hoshino will be retiring completely during …Read more »
According to Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, his colleague Hayao Miyazaki has a mother complex and bases many of his heroines after her. So it’s no surprise that there is new Studio Ghibli merchandise coming out specifically for Mother’s Day. The three new items are …Read more »
MEGACON Orlando, which boasts being the biggest comics, sci-fi and anime convention in the southeastern part of the country, will be back March 30 to April 2. In addition to things related to American pop culture, it will have specific otaku interests, like a maid …Read more »
People around the world have different New Year’s traditions, and one in Japan is the New Year’s card referred to as a nengajo. In the previous New Year, Studio Ghibli, which had joined social media, shared their nengajo publicly on Twitter with an image Miyazaki …Read more »
It’s been a while since we were treated to a Studio Ghibli animated commercial for food manufacturing company Nisshin Seifun Group, but after seven years we finally have a new Konyara ad to enjoy. The revered studio is back with director Katsuya Kondo at the …Read more »
A few days ago, Studio Ghibli started releasing some not-so-subtle teases about a partnership with Lucasfilm, and it ended up resulting in a Star Wars short by the revered anime studio. -Zen- Grogu and Dust Bunnies was swiftly revealed after the teasers, and we didn’t …Read more »
Studio Ghibli joined Twitter relatively late in the game, and it doesn’t follow anyone, but it does have more than a million followers. And it just offered those million followers — plus anyone who is interested — an original illustration it’s encouraging fans to use …Read more »
Iconic anime director Hayao Miyazaki has made no secret about his love of nature and his environmentalism, and right now he’s working toward making almost nine acres in Kaminoyama into a nature reserve. There’s a special connection here, because Miyazaki has said that the Kaminoyama …Read more »
Japan has a ton of specialty cafés, and there’s one in Nagoya known as Osu no Mori no Café Kodama that’s all about Studio Ghibli. That starts with the name (Kodama, from the forest spirits in Princess Mononoke) and includes the decorations and even the …Read more »
In May 2021, Studio Ghibli shared an image of Totoro standing at the bus stop with Sulley and Mike from Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. That got many people wondering if the two studios might work on something together, and the image went viral. pic.twitter.com/iSjVuRcuQ0 — スタジオジブリ …Read more »
Toshio Suzuki, Studio Ghibli’s co-creator and long-time producer, now has his own traveling exhibit called the Toshio Suzuki and Ghibli Exhibition. In addition to seeing all sorts of Studio Ghibli nods (like a huge Yubaba head), it lets people get to know Suzuki. For starters, …Read more »
Studio Ghibli has released a ton of merchandise over the years, but only one fan has the biggest collection of Studio Ghibli merch in the world, and that’s Eloïse Von Velvet of France. She’s been officially put on the record books with Guinness World Records …Read more »
It’s January, which means it’s snowing in many parts of the world. Many people like to make regular snowmen, but other people might get more creative, and maybe even make snow creatures out of otaku interests. Someone from the Japanese city of Aomori made a …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki likes to do animation the “old fashioned” way, and that’s what many of his fans like about him. But sometimes when his “old fashioned” tools break down, he doesn’t have anything to replace them with. This happened to his electric eraser, which he …Read more »
Spirited Away played on Japan’s Nippon TV last week, and Studio Ghibli took the opportunity to tweet answers to questions fans sent to them beforehand. Let’s take a look at what we learned. One person asked, “When it was released overseas, what kind of reaction …Read more »
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