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APPAREL
Studio Ghibli embroidered cap
Totoro without being Totoro-shouty. A small, subtle embroidery. You can wear it to dinner; you can wear it to a convention. Rare trick.
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Japanese gifts for anime fans
Adult-taste gifts for people who still love Ghibli
The anime gift aisle is 90% plastic garbage. The 10% that isn't tends to be the craft side of the same world: the stationery the artists use, the architecture from the films, the subtle references that signal the fandom without shouting it.
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Manga bookends — cast iron pagoda
Heavy, cold, architectural. For the friend whose manga pile has become a structural problem. Two pagodas, one shelf saved.
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£38
STATIONERY
Copic Ciao marker set of 12
The marker every manga artist starts with. The set of twelve is all you need; the set of seventy-two is a gateway drug.
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£5
STATIONERY
Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen
The brush pen calligraphers actually reach for. Two for under a fiver, and the soft tip is forgiving enough for beginners.
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£6
STATIONERY
Iwako puzzle erasers
Japanese stationery's silliest export. Novelty erasers that pull apart into pieces. A kid will lose their mind; so will adults.
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