Trailer for newest Studio Ghibli film, From up on Poppy Hill, directed by Gorō Miyazaki. Film was released last month on July 16.

Looks quite good. Read more here at Tokyo Kawaii Etc.

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Sweet stopmo called “6566/6566 Bad Apple” - watch & see:

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Hottest video to sweep the Interwebs these last couple of days… stop motion Mario done by kids with Post-it notes!

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Recently Studio Ghibli created a series of commercials for Nisshin Seifun Group. Here’s one:

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Independently produced and impressive short anime film.

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Check out the trailer for this Slovenian Irish-made Samurai movie… yes, not Japanese but certainly Japanese in content. Scheduled for 2010, about “a scorned geisha who creates a magical cup made of tears that causes any man who drinks from it to fall into a permanent sleep” and blah blah just watch it already.

The Cup [...]

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…well, really for kids but why not use animated tigers?

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Google is in the business of creating (cute) videos for Google Maps in Japan to illustrate that some things will be removed from Street View (yes, in response to the controversy).

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I guess this anime series about a lucky turd-shaped fairy is becoming quite popular in Japan.

At least according to the PinkTentacle.com post about it. Thanks PT!

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Too pretty to pass up… a short film featuring Yuki 7 directed by Stephane Coedel & Kevin Dart.

“A Kiss From Tokyo” Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel on Vimeo.
Click on the video links for more info the book “Seductive Espionage, the world of Yuki 7″.

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