Totoro and the Catbus are ready to help you get started on wishing for good luck and happiness even before we get to nengajo season.
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Finished with a Totoro netsuke that combines anime charm with centuries of Japanese tradition.
![New Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful reason to write and draw by hand [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/32_7ab9bf.jpg?w=640 "New Studio Ghibli notebooks are a beautiful reason to write and draw by hand [Photos]")
Ghibli’s partnership with Japanese stationery brand Rollbahn expands to include three more theatrical anime.
![Totoro and other Ghibli anime figure humidifiers return just in time for the dry season [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/10/b.jpg?w=640 "Totoro and other Ghibli anime figure humidifiers return just in time for the dry season [Photos]")
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![Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/4_b1ea82.jpg?w=640 "Studio Ghibli’s Calcifer is ready to light up your home as a magical-looking candle lamp [Photos]")
![Beautiful Studio Ghibli coin/card cases recreate scenes and props from anime classics [Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/09/60.jpg?w=640 "Beautiful Studio Ghibli coin/card cases recreate scenes and props from anime classics [Photos]")
What better place to carry your train pass than inside No Face’s Spirited Away train ride?
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The mysterious god even has a moving mouth, to eat the tasty anime meals on the note pads.
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