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Academy award winning animator and a Ghibli artist who works at Lawson part-time join forces to pay homage to the konbini.
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Movies like Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and My Neighbour Totoro feature in the exclusive new collection.
Bringing one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most legendary anime films to life is a tall order, but they just might have pulled it off.
First costumed photos for upcoming adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark film show princess protagonist and her anime arc antagonist.
For the first time ever, you can watch My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away without physical media, but one important movie is being left out.
Unexpected post-typhoon scene in Japan is so beautiful it looks like something from a movie.
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Wrap up against the chill with Soot Sprites, Totoro, Jiji, Howl’s fire demon, and a snuggly Catbus.
”This guy’s got some mad game” says our reviewer, who watched the Hayao Miyazaki classic for the first time at the age of 30.
Everything on these figures moves, from the eyes to the legs to the segments of the shell!
The legendary anime director’s sketchbook serves as the inspiration for a new exhibit on how the museum was created.
Pikachu and Ash also watch over the crops, which were once destroyed by the tsunami in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
Actor Shichinosuke Nakamura to portray warrior princess in story arcs Studio Ghibli anime-only fans have never seen.
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