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The Ghibli Museum is beloved to many anime fans and has been a big tourism site, but it’s struggling under COVID. Earlier this year the museum asked for financial help and received it, but once again it’s put out a call for help. “Since opening …Read more »
Beginning tomorrow in Japan, all Donguri Kyowakoku stores in the country are getting new vending machine capsule toy collections. The Donguri Kyowakoku chain is all about selling Studio Ghibli merchandise, and these latest products are from the iconic movie My Neighbor Totoro. A brief, musical …Read more »
Japan has a new Studio Ghibli collection on the way on December 1, and it includes the first on-disc release of the first Ghiblies short. The Ghibli ga Ippai Kantoku mo Ippai Collection box set puts the spotlight on works from directors other than co-founders …Read more »
The Ghibli Museum debuted in October of 2001, making this its twentieth anniversary. So of course the museum had to party, and it did so with a celebration of about 1,300 people and a giant Totoro balloon. More than 1,300 people wanted to be part …Read more »
Japanese paper The Mainichi interviewed Goro Miyazaki about his movie Earwig and the Witch, computer-generated animation, and the future of Studio Ghibli. “With 3DCG, you try to handle the characters like dolls,” Miyazaki said. “But if you make it look too much like a doll …Read more »
North American fans of Studio Ghibli can thank Steve Alpert for his tireless efforts bringing the beloved movies to a wider audience. Alpert explains his important role as the resident gaijin (foreigner) at Studio Ghibli in his memoir Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man, …Read more »
Studio Ghibli’s movies are widely popular in Japan and abroad, and this leads to multiple surveys, like people’s favorite Ghibli heroine or favorite Ghibli movie. A recent survey put on by the company 1Screen asked people in their teens through their sixties which Ghibli heroine …Read more »
Studio Ghibli joined Twitter not that long ago, and recently they invited fans to ask them questions about Princess Mononoke. On Friday the studio shared their answers to a selection of those questions. Asked what scene was the most challenging to animate, Studio Ghibli replied: …Read more »
Hayao Miyazaki has been working on his movie adaptation of How Do You Live?, but it might be another three years before we see the finished product. We have less of a wait to read the original novel, written by Genzaburo Yoshino and originally published …Read more »
Somehow it’s been 20 years since Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli delighted the world with Spirited Away, and the studio behind it all is keenly aware of the anniversary. One of the special ways they’re celebrating is with a detailed illustration of Yubaba, which they …Read more »
A number of people and places have been negatively affected by COVID-19, and that’s quite true for many museums during quarantine. As beloved as the Studio Ghibli Museum is, it’s also been struggling. “If the deficit and the withdrawal of reserves continue, the proper operation …Read more »
Studio Ghibli opened in June of 1985, and to celebrate its anniversary Netolabo Survey Team in Japan asked people who their favorite Ghibli heroine was. The results have been posted, and the woman who took the top spot got about one third of all the …Read more »
Writer and voice-over actor Takashi Tachibana passed away in late April and his family just made the announcement this week. Tachibana would probably be most recognizable to otaku for supplying his voice to Seiya Tsukishima in Studio Ghibli’s Whisper of the Heart. That’s not the …Read more »
GKIDS and Fathom Events will be behind Ghibli Fest 2021, where it will air the Miyazaki movies Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky and My Neighbor Totoro in theaters. The movies will only be in theaters for a limited time. Spirited Away …Read more »
Donguri Closet from Donguri Republic has come out with three outfits influenced by the iconic Ghibli movies Kiki’s Delivery Service, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and The Secret World of Arrietty. The outfits are supposed to be relax wear, so you can hang around and …Read more »
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