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![Studio Ghibli calendar figures are back, look amazing whether you check the date or not[Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/gc-0.jpg?w=640 "Studio Ghibli calendar figures are back, look amazing whether you check the date or not[Photos]")
Give Totoro, No-Face, and Jiji a little time every day, and they’ll make sure you don’t forget the date.
![Hatsune Miku crosses over into the real world in Coolish videos with Hoshimachi Suisei[Videos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/hm-8.jpg?w=640 "Hatsune Miku crosses over into the real world in Coolish videos with Hoshimachi Suisei[Videos]")
Gyarados, Psyduck, and Vaporeon all needed repairs just weeks after the Pokémon footbath opened.
![Furby is now a sexy anime girl figure[Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/1_b21e21.jpg?w=640 "Furby is now a sexy anime girl figure[Photos]")
30 years after the releases of Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, travelers in Japan can ride on the Red, Green, and Blue Pokémon Jets.
Believe it! The Hollywood Naruto is finally ready to look for its live-action ninja stars.
![Uniqlo looks back to the very start of Pokémon with new black-and-white pixel art T-shirts[Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/0_c18d33.jpg?w=640 "Uniqlo looks back to the very start of Pokémon with new black-and-white pixel art T-shirts[Pics]")
The original Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue were in black and white, so these Uniqlo tees are too.
![Japan now has a Pokémon airport that features every species of Flying-type ever[Video]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/07/1_8ad1a1.jpg?w=640 "Japan now has a Pokémon airport that features every species of Flying-type ever[Video]")
Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport wants to help bring travelers to a part of Japan that could use more visitors.
A Night in the Valley of Witches makes its screening debut, and Hayao Miyazaki’s first-ever art exhibition created for Ghibli’s theme park, three years in the making, opens too.
Studio Ghibli pseudo-literature isn’t for reading, but is still something fans will want on their shelf.
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