Joy is here, with an array of our favourite characters, and vehicles, from famous Ghibli films.
soot sprites
Neither Japan nor the U.S. are the first countries to get the first collaboration between the anime studio and fashion brand.
My Neighbor Totoro is without a doubt one of the world’s most-loved Hayao Miyazaki’s films. The movie is filled with memorable characters, from the big guy himself down to the littlest soot sprites. Their design may be simple—black furry balls with big, white eyes—but that doesn’t make them any less cute.
But what if you took them from two-dimensional to 3D computer animation? Absolute adorableness!
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