kevin87 wrote:This has been talked about a couple times, but I don't think the license will be possible, seems like Ghibli is pretty protective of their properties.
There was a couple pictures a few years ago, presumably from a Funko employee, that showed a bunch of concept art for Pops they wish they could do and Totoro and Catbus and some other Ghibli stuff was there. Some of them (like CatDog and some Nick stuff) eventually happened. I don't have them but I've reposted them on here before I think if somebody wants to find them.
Are they? When I go into Box Lunch and they have a ton of licensed Ghibli Merch. From calendars, shirts, statues, pen cases, and all kinds of Ghibli knick knacks. I don't think Vynl is too much of a stretch from the existing merch.
Hell, when I was in Kyoto our tour guide took us to a store full of officially licensed Ghibli stuff. Wall to wall Totoros, Kikis, Castles, etc.