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SoraNews24
3 days ago
- Entertainment
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Totoro Mini Pouches are enormously cute【Photos】
Big Mini and Medium Mini Ghibli pouches are like little functional plushies. In laymen conversations, the name 'Totoro' tends to get tossed around to refer to this guy. But as educated anime zoologists know, the gray forest spirit indicated by the arrow in the above image is just one of three distinct Totoros. Technically, he's the 'Big Totoro,' not to be confused with the blue 'Medium Totoro' or white 'Small Totoro.' So it is, arguably, just a bit confusing that Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku is now offering a 'Big Totoro Mini Pouch,' but any extra effort our brains need to parse that description is more than offset by the joy the design gives our hearts. The zippered pouch is part of what Donguri Kyowakoku calls its wazakka line, with wazakka loosely translating to 'Japanese-style housewares and accessories.' The rustic, course-touch fabric is meant to evoke traditional Japanese textiles, and the designers say the pouch is especially well-suited to stuffing in the sleeve of your kimono to store important stuff as you head out to a summer festival, though with it looking this adorable, there's never really a bad time to use it. And don't worry, they made sure to include the Big Totoro's tail too. Of course, the Big Totoro Mini Pouch name implies the exitance of other-size Totoro Mini Pouches, and sure enough, there's one for the Medium Totoro too! Though the big gray guy is the most famous Totoro, you could argue that the Medium Totoro is the more appropriate muse for a pouch, since in the anime he's often depicted carrying around a sack of acorns, though that isn't part of the pouch's design. Despite their 'Big' and 'Medium' names, though, both Mini Pouches are identically sized, at 10 centimeters (3.9 inches) in height and 90 centimeters across. They're also priced the same, at 1,980 yen (US$13.65) and share the same style of leafy zipper pull. Both the Big and Medium Totoro Mini Pouches are available now thanks to a restock, but oddly enough there doesn't seem to be a Small Totoro Mini Pouch available. Maybe it's coming soon, but for the time being the Big Totoro pouch can be ordered through the Donguri Kyowakoku online shop here, and the Medium one here. Source: Donguri Kyowakoku Top image: Donguri Kyowakoku Insert images: Studio Ghibli (edited by SoraNews24), Donguri Kyowakoku (1, 2) ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
SoraNews24
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Studio Ghibli now sells Totoro bubble blowers at its anime merchandise store in Japan
My Bubble Totoro, complete with an instructional video on how to use them. The star of Studio Ghibli's 1988 anime feature My Neighbour Totoro is a gentle grey giant that goes by the name 'Totoro', but he's not the only Totoro to appear in the film. There's a small, white, mouthless-and-armless variety, known as '小トトロ' ('Shou Totoro' or 'Small Totoro'), a blue medium-sized one called '中トトロ' ('Chuu Totoro' or 'Medium Totoro'), and, of course, the star character, the only one to have whiskers, which is called '大トトロ' ('Oo Totoro' or 'Big Totoro'). Those characteristics help us to correctly identify Totoros in the wild, and they come in handy when looking at the 'しゃぼん玉セット' ('Shabondama Set'), currently being sold at Ghibli merchandise chain Donguri Kyowakoku. ▼ 'Shabondama' is the Japanese word for 'soap bubbles'. The set comes with two Totoros — one of which is obviously the Small Totoro — but the dark grey colour of the accompanying character in the promotional photos might be mistaken for the large Totoro at first glance. Look closer, though, and you'll notice the absence of whiskers, confirming that this really is the '中トトロ', as printed below the character. In the sunlight of the great outdoors, however, we can see that the Medium Totoro does have its distinctive blue shade, and when lined up against the Totoro bubble blower, the difference is clearly visible. The Medium and Small Totoro Soap Bubble Set comes with a tray, two bottles of soap bubble liquid, and two bubble blowers, with the smaller Totoro measuring 4 x 7 x 6.5 centimetres (1.57 x 2.76 x 2.56 inches) and the medium measuring 5 x 7.5 x 8 centimetres. The soap blowers provide endless hours of entertainment for people of all ages, and they're easy enough for children to use, as shown in the accompanying video below. While the large Totoro bubble blower set isn't currently available, the Medium-and-Small set can be purchased at Donguri Kyowakoku stores and online, thanks to a recent restock, priced at 1,980 yen (US$13.87). Source: Donguri Kyowakoku Featured image: YouTube/どんぐり共和国そらのうえ店 Insert images: Donguri Kyowakoku ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
