The latest job ad calling for animators to help create Miyazaki’s next anime feature film has drawn attention for all the wrong reasons.
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No Face is hungry for coins and when he looks this animated eating them, we can’t stop feeding him!
Says Hayao Miyazaki’s fabled anime studio has dismissed roughly 200 animators during its cool-down period.
From elegant gardens to stoic shrines and museums of fine art, Tokyo is full of places to stimulate the mind, soothe the soul, and please the senses.
You don’t need Hayao Miyazaki-level drawing skills or magical powers, as long as you’ve got some basic office/school supplies.
The special release takes us through the love story of Cassis and Arles, a romance the animator has been developing for ten years.
Special exhibition looks back on the amazing depictions of food in Studio Ghibli’s anime films.
The wind-up toys feature adorable movements designed to bring a smile to everybody’s faces.
Now you can enjoy the flavours of some well-known characters from the acclaimed animation studio.
Annual tradition is more beautiful than ever this year.
Southern city’s lunar New Year celebration is even more ethereally beautiful when viewed from the rails.
This isn’t the first time atmospheric anime cosplay has been reported in the country either.
Studio Ghibli co-founder seems to have had a profound reason for character’s prodigious bust.
Surprisingly, the male stars of Howl’s Moving Castle and Spirited Away don’t top the list, according to this survey.
American website’s number-crunching puts Makoto Shinkai’s hit ahead of anything from Studio Ghibli.
Cute characters from Studio Ghibli, Pokémon and even viral videos have been emerging from the Japanese snow this winter.
Fans of the acclaimed anime studio are swooning over this bag full of cute Ghibli merchandise that costs just 25 bucks!
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