Studio Ghibli releases new Panda! Go, Panda! goods for New Year

Placing an anime twist on the normal Japanese celebration, with lovely character particulars.

Studio Ghibli is world-famous for its animated characteristic movies, however a few of the related works that pre-date the studio’s founding are likely to fly beneath the radar, and Panda Kopanda, or Panda! Go, Panda! is one in every of them. Written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by Isao Takahata, two greats who based Studio Ghibli with buddy and producer Toshio Suzuki in 1985, Panda Kopanda was launched in 1972, so though not formally a Ghibli work, the studio remains to be in a position to lay declare to it, shining a highlight on the characters now and again, prefer it’s doing now, with a bumper assortment of products launched simply in time for New Yr.

Whether or not you’re a fan of the movie or just love pandas, it is a vary that’ll steal your coronary heart with its cuteness. Not solely does it characteristic the principle characters of Papa Panda and its child Pan-chan or “Panny” (Panda Kopanda actually means “Panda Child Panda”), it provides them particular celebratory particulars that let you use them as New Yr’s decorations.

The red-and-white squares that dangle off ropes worn by every panda, as an illustration, resemble gohei, a sacred paper that sits beneath the kagami mochi New Yr’s cake ornament.

The plump, white physique of the panda makes it look much like the two-tiered kagami mochi rice cake ornament, and that resemblance is highlighted in every design, with an orange citrus finishing the look.

There are two plushies within the vary, with Papa Panda measuring 97 millimetres (3.8 inches) in peak and priced at 2,200 yen (US$14.37).

▼ The child panda measures 70 millimetres in peak and is priced at 1,980 yen.

Every plushie comes with a removable keychain, so you may both maintain them at house or take them out and about in your travels.

Becoming a member of the plush pandas are a duo of drawstring pouches, that are able to be full of all of your favorite issues.

▼ You possibly can even stuff your plushies into them for double the cuteness!

▼ The Papa Panda Drawstring Pouch is priced at 1,980 yen.

▼ The Child Panda Drawstring Pouch is priced at 1,760 yen.

Rounding out the five-piece assortment is maybe the cutest merchandise of all.

▼ The Pan-chan Plush Measuring Tape (1,870 yen).

Merely pull on the panda’s ear and the measuring tape reveals itself, able to measure something as much as two metres (78 inches) lengthy.

▼ With a contraption this cute, you’ll wish to measure something and all the things!

This lovely assortment of Panda Kopanda items shall be obtainable at Donguri Kyowakoku shops and on-line from 10 a..m. on 14 December.

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