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Miyazaki’s Ponyo Earns 10 Billion Ticket Sales

Miyazaki’s Ponyo Earns 10 Billion Ticket Sales

After 5 weeks of topping the box office sales, Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff has raked in over 10 billion yen in ticket sales and attacted more than more than 8.4 million viewers to the theaters.

Miyazaki’s Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), and Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) earned their first 10 billion yen in [...]

Ponyo On The Cliff Scores At Box Office

Ponyo On The Cliff Scores At Box Office

Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film - Ponyo On The Cliff opened on 19th July with a record on 481 screens across Japan. The movie went on to rake in 15 billion yen which was close to the Japan’s record-holder Spirited Away’s 30.4 billion yen.

This new film is about goldfish princess named Ponyo who wants to become [...]

Totoro Cream Puffs

Totoro Cream Puffs

This is just so awesome and cute that I gotta have them!!

These cute cream puffs are made by a  small shop “Shirohige no shou cream kobo” in a quiet residential neighborhood of Tokyo.
It is the only shop officially recognized by Studio Ghibli and sells one type of product only: Totoro cream puff.

It is so popular [...]

Hayao Miyazaki’s “Gake no Ue no Ponyo” Scheduled In July

Hayao Miyazaki’s “Gake no Ue no Ponyo” Scheduled In July

According to the latest announcement on the Gake no Ue no Ponyo official blog, the film has been scheduled to be released in theaters on July 19th.

For those that are unaware, Gake no Ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ) is the latest work to be written and directed by Miyazaki. It will also be his eighth film [...]