A Studio Ghibli POP! Line

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 05, 2018 5:14 pm

Hey All,

So who thinks it would be a good idea to a have Studio Ghibli line of POP! and if so which Studio Ghibli Film do you think they should start with? Any specific characters that you guys would want first?

Postby **justin** » Sat May 05, 2018 5:49 pm

10" Totoro

Postby **MiniPop** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:06 pm

I would love a studio ghibli line of pops! I'd love to see Totoro, Ponyo, soot sprites, chirio, haku and kamaji from spirited away, kiki's delivery service....there are so many they can choose to make.

Postby **MiniPop** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:07 pm

MiniPop wrote:I would love a studio ghibli line of pops! I'd love to see Totoro, Ponyo, soot sprites, chihiro, haku and kamaji from spirited away, kiki's delivery service....there are so many they can choose to make.

Postby **drehill** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:33 pm

I don’t think Funko can get the license because they stylize characters in their own way, and Studio Ghibli is fiercely protective of their IP. Companies that have successfully acquired the rights depict the Studio’s characters true to original concept.

That being said, I’d buy a Catbus & Totoro for sure if it ever happened.

Postby **Brycifer666** » Sat May 05, 2018 6:41 pm

I want the forest spirit deer from Princess Mononoke and a looot from Spirited Away

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 05, 2018 8:33 pm

justin wrote:10" Totoro

Omg this sounded like sweet music to my ears. lol

way to perfect call out.

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 05, 2018 8:35 pm

MiniPop wrote:I would love a studio ghibli line of pops! I'd love to see Totoro, Ponyo, soot sprites, chirio, haku and kamaji from spirited away, kiki's delivery service....there are so many they can choose to make.

Would you appoint Totoro to be the first to come out in the collection?

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 05, 2018 8:36 pm

drehill wrote:I don’t think Funko can get the license because they stylize characters in their own way, and Studio Ghibli is fiercely protective of their IP. Companies that have successfully acquired the rights depict the Studio’s characters true to original concept.

That being said, I’d buy a Catbus & Totoro for sure if it ever happened.

omg a Catbus and Totoro Pop would be life!!!!! -> I think that it would be possible I just think that Studio Ghibli would want to approve the design of the POP before it was released. I definitely think that it could happen because Studio Ghibli has licensed their products before to different companies.

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 05, 2018 8:37 pm

Brycifer666 wrote:I want the forest spirit deer from Princess Mononoke and a looot from Spirited Away

I think that the forest spirit deer would be the illest 6 inch pop on the market. I would love it to have a Hot Topic Exclusive sticker as well lol

-> and if they made it glow in the dark life would be too perfect. I think there is a lot of potential for Spirited Away but my NUMBER ONE POP request from Spirited Away would be No Face.

Postby **MiniPop** » Sat May 05, 2018 8:54 pm

PopPChulo wrote:
MiniPop wrote:I would love a studio ghibli line of pops! I'd love to see Totoro, Ponyo, soot sprites, chirio, haku and kamaji from spirited away, kiki's delivery service....there are so many they can choose to make.

Would you appoint Totoro to be the first to come out in the collection?

I think so. He is one of the more well known and popular studio ghibli characters. Even people who don't know a lot of the other movies know about Totoro.

Postby **Yassiefay4** » Sat May 05, 2018 9:00 pm

Omg!! This would be awesome! Spirited Away, Howls Moving Castle, Ponyo, Secert World of Arrietty.. Oh man there's so many good ones!!

Postby **Annie_May13** » Sat May 05, 2018 11:02 pm

I want Kiki with Jiji! I mean, any of them would be awesome and I hope one day they can get licenses for them but that’s my favorite movie

Postby **LujaKulu** » Sun May 06, 2018 10:52 am

Kiki w/ Jiji, Yubaba, No-Face, Ashitaka, Nausicaa w/ Teto, Sophie Hatter (young), Sophie Hatter (old), the Witch of the Waste, and Howl (black hair) are the pops I'd like to see happen one day.

I'm actually not crazy about Howl's Moving Castle (the movie), but I love the book and Ghibli's designs for Sophie/Howl are pretty close to what I imagined.

Postby **MadLove** » Sun May 06, 2018 11:01 am

Been on my dream pop list since I started collecting lol

Totoro with bitty Totoros all the way. That movie practically raised me. Could even have an open mouth chase version.

Postby **Loki437** » Sun May 06, 2018 11:11 am

Forest spirit. Catbus. So many great icons. Doubt that would be a license they could land though. Still, a very cool thought!

Postby **PopPChulo** » Wed May 09, 2018 2:54 am

I need the white dragon from Spirited Away as a sdcc or nycc GITD exclusive and life would be conplete. Can you imagine that along with a gitd no face

Postby **Hachiman** » Sat May 26, 2018 1:08 am

Haku from Spirited Away
San from Princess Mononoke
Sophie from Howl's Moving Castle
Kushana from Nausicaä

Plus of course, the Totaro already suggested.

Postby **PopPChulo** » Sat May 26, 2018 1:12 am

I think totorp would be the first one if anything.

Postby **tugzy23** » Sat May 26, 2018 1:45 am

My wallet will cry if this line existed.

Postby **Becalena** » Thu May 31, 2018 9:11 pm

MiniPop wrote:I would love a studio ghibli line of pops! I'd love to see Totoro, Ponyo, soot sprites, chirio, haku and kamaji from spirited away, kiki's delivery service....there are so many they can choose to make.

Soot sprites and totoro yes!! Flocked too

Postby **djwu** » Thu May 31, 2018 9:16 pm

justin wrote:10" Totoro

flocked but basically this.

Postby **isnotacrayon** » Thu May 31, 2018 11:45 pm

I need all of these. I would buy them all.
Most of all, I'd want Calcifer, Howl (with a black hair variant), and Sophie (with a silver hair variant).
Also No-Face, Kamaji, and the Radish Spirit from Spirited Away, and Yubaba of course.
Ponyo in multiple forms with variants.
The forest spirit from Princess Mononoke, plus the Princess herself.
Totoro is a given.
Some minis from Arietty?

Postby **HiMyNameIsSean** » Thu May 31, 2018 11:47 pm

I know this has been talked about for years as people’s want list. And I’d be 100% down for This!!!! So many amazing pops could be made!

Postby **brown** » Thu May 31, 2018 11:50 pm

isnotacrayon wrote:I need all of these. I would buy them all.
Most of all, I'd want Calcifer, Howl (with a black hair variant), and Sophie (with a silver hair variant).
Also No-Face, Kamaji, and the Radish Spirit from Spirited Away, and Yubaba of course.
Ponyo in multiple forms with variants.
The forest spirit from Princess Mononoke, plus the Princess herself.
Totoro is a given.
Some minis from Arietty?

Great list! I'd buy everything on it

Postby **Lord Bacon** » Thu May 31, 2018 11:52 pm

Lots of people have mentioned this before and I completely agree that they would make a great line of Pops!

Postby **NCDS** » Thu May 31, 2018 11:54 pm

I had to look up what this was and I was shocked at how many great films they have done. Definitely need the forest spirit and Totoro.

Postby **isnotacrayon** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:11 am

NCDS wrote:I had to look up what this was and I was shocked at how many great films they have done. Definitely need the forest spirit and Totoro.

I missed a lot of these movies when I was a kid, so I've been slowly re-educating myself. I've seen the big ones now (Totoro, Mononoke, Kiki, Ponyo, Howl, Laputa, Spirited Away), and now I'm working on some of the lesser known or more recent films. They all completely hold up as an adult watching them.

Postby **NCDS** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:13 am

isnotacrayon wrote:
NCDS wrote:I had to look up what this was and I was shocked at how many great films they have done. Definitely need the forest spirit and Totoro.

I missed a lot of these movies when I was a kid, so I've been slowly re-educating myself. I've seen the big ones now (Totoro, Mononoke, Kiki, Ponyo, Howl, Laputa, Spirited Away), and now I'm working on some of the lesser known or more recent films. They all completely hold up as an adult watching them.

What are some of the lesser known ones that you would recommend?

Postby **isnotacrayon** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:27 am

NCDS wrote:
isnotacrayon wrote:
NCDS wrote:I had to look up what this was and I was shocked at how many great films they have done. Definitely need the forest spirit and Totoro.

I missed a lot of these movies when I was a kid, so I've been slowly re-educating myself. I've seen the big ones now (Totoro, Mononoke, Kiki, Ponyo, Howl, Laputa, Spirited Away), and now I'm working on some of the lesser known or more recent films. They all completely hold up as an adult watching them.

What are some of the lesser known ones that you would recommend?

The Cat Returns was really sweet and a lot of fun. I also enjoyed Only Yesterday, though it's definitely geared towards an older demographic instead of young children like Totoro and Ponyo are.
The Secret World of Arietty was cute, especially if you grew up reading The Borrowers, but it wasn't especially memorable.

Postby **NCDS** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:38 am

isnotacrayon wrote:
NCDS wrote:
isnotacrayon wrote:I missed a lot of these movies when I was a kid, so I've been slowly re-educating myself. I've seen the big ones now (Totoro, Mononoke, Kiki, Ponyo, Howl, Laputa, Spirited Away), and now I'm working on some of the lesser known or more recent films. They all completely hold up as an adult watching them.

What are some of the lesser known ones that you would recommend?

The Cat Returns was really sweet and a lot of fun. I also enjoyed Only Yesterday, though it's definitely geared towards an older demographic instead of young children like Totoro and Ponyo are.
The Secret World of Arietty was cute, especially if you grew up reading The Borrowers, but it wasn't especially memorable.

I liked The Secret World of Arietty , I'll check the other two out. Thanks!

Postby **jedik6** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:43 am

I'd die for a Howls line. It's my favorite. I am still keeping hope that maybe one day, Funko and Miyazakis team can agree design wise

Postby **Tynett** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 12:50 am

These would be super cute very similar to the Nino Kuni art style I think.

Postby **superkawaii** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:10 am

I don't think my heart could handle it if they made Grave of the Fireflies.. I bawled like a babyyyyy :sad2:

Postby **comic book guy** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:17 am

A large Totoro pop would be pretty epic! I would love a Ponyo pop too!

Postby **Hachiman** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:53 am

Needs a Haku from Spirited Away.

Both human and dragon form!

Postby **djwu** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 1:57 am

superkawaii wrote:I don't think my heart could handle it if they made Grave of the Fireflies.. I bawled like a babyyyyy

yeah.. that is one pop i don't think i could ever get..

Postby **akagalar** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:06 am

I think this would be such a popular line that Funko would definitely make it if they could.
Hopefully someday they will get the license.

Postby **Lexi** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:10 am

jedik6 wrote:I'd die for a Howls line. It's my favorite. I am still keeping hope that maybe one day, Funko and Miyazakis team can agree design wise

That would be awesome, hopefully it will happen, sooner rather than later.

Postby **djwu** » Fri Jun 01, 2018 2:21 am

akagalar wrote:I think this would be such a popular line that Funko would definitely make it if they could.
Hopefully someday they will get the license.

Yeah that would be nice and maybe dangerous for our wallets haha

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