Studio Ghibli is known for coming out with all sorts of cool merchandise, and its new Howl’s Moving Castle toy not only looks just like the castle from the titular movie, but it moves like the castle, too. You touch the back door, which works …Read more »
Many people love to watch Studio Ghibli movies, and now they can smell like them, too! Ghibli, working with the fragrance company Fernanda, has come out with body splashes themed after three of their films: Kiki’s Delivery Service, Whisper of the Heart, and Howl’s Moving …Read more »
Studio Ghibli likes to bring out adorable merchandise relating to its movies, and this time around they are offering up something a little more on the obscure side. Instead of offering plushies of more well-known Ghibli creations like Totoro or Catbus, they’ve made plushies of …Read more »
The traveling Ghibli Park and Ghibli Exhibition reached the Kobe City Museum this week and will stick around there until June 25. As part of the festivities, the museum’s restaurant Tooth Tooth is offering three unique drinks during this time period. One is based on …Read more »
Ghibli Park has been open since late last year, but there is still more fun to come. The Aichi Prefectural Government, the government in the prefecture that holds the park, has revealed some of what we can expect at the upcoming Mononoke Village and Valley …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 »
An anime and LEGO fan going by ericlego321 is trying to get LEGO to officially pick up his creation, a motorized Howl’s Moving Castle. “Dated back in 2004, Howl’s Moving Castle remains one of the most beloved anime films even to this day,” ericlego321 explained. …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 »
Earwig and the Witch is coming soon to DVD, marking Studio Ghibli’s first fully 3DCG endeavor! And, of course, it marks yet another cool English dub. If you’ve followed Ghibli movies for any length of time, you know that prestigious (and unexpected) actors make it …Read more »
With the release of the trailer for Earwig and the Witch, Studio Ghibli is entering a new era of animation. How the 3DCG model will fare, we’ve yet to see. But until then, we’re taking the opportunity to look back on other magical moments from the …Read more »
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to anime news, you know Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is on fire. It’s slaying at the Japanese box office. Currently it’s the second highest grossing anime film in Japan, and the third highest grossing worldwide. At the time …Read more »
From director Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’s Moving Castle is an Academy Award®-nominated acclaimed fantasy based on the novel of the same name. Sophie, an average teenage girl working in a hat shop, finds her life thrown into turmoil when she is literally swept off her feet …Read more »
Kimura played Howl in 2004's Howl's Moving Castle . Come 2017, the members of Japanese boy band SMAP are going to find themselves with some spare time on their hands. The group, which has been together for 25 years, is set to split up December …Read more »
Vimeo user whoispablo recently uploaded a pixel art animation tribute to Studio Ghibli and the movies of Hayao Miyazaki. It's just under a minute, but you can see a pretty wide range of films covered, from My Neighbor Totoro to Ponyo and more, in the …Read more »
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Hall of Fame announced last Thursday that Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki is one of the four new inductees for this year, alongside other visionary creators like fantasy artist Frank Frazetta and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick. For those wondering, the …Read more »
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