Studio Ghibli is one of those sources of joy that still remains for those of us who continue to love traditional (we can say) Japanese animation, the one that television classics inoculated us with in our blood in the 70s and 80s of the last century and that allowed the founding of a company that remains active despite the fact that almost 40 years have passed since its foundation, on June 15, 1985.
The world’s largest collection
The fact is that the organization behind the famous Guinness Book of Records has awarded a new distinction, this time to a young French woman named Eloise Von Velvetwhich has proven to have at home what is the largest collection of merchandising products from Studio Ghibli movies and productions in the world, with more than 1,300 different pieces that, as you can see from the images, cover practically any type object: toys, stuffed animals, figurines, etc.
The French, in any case, has been on social networks for some time bragging about achievements and conquests and if you want to see a little more how extensive the collection is, on his official Instagram he offers small brushstrokes of each new acquisition he makes, or returns to the present old pieces that he already had for a long time. In addition, the organization of the Guinness Book of Records has uploaded a video to its official website in which you can glimpse a part of everything that Eloise Von Velvet keeps within the four walls of her house.
On its shelves you can see references to practically any Japanese film, such as my neighbor totoro, princess mononoke, Spirited Away, Haru in the cat kingdom or the always remembered, by anthology, Howl’s Moving Castle (don’t you listen to the chords of Joe Hisaishi’s soundtrack right now?), so if you have followed the path of the Japanese, you will surely you are going to recognize some character of those that marked you when seeing some of these animated wonders.
Objects with sentimental value
Of all the objects he owns, he recognizes that some have more than just economic valueas is the case with the statue of Jiji, from the movie Kiki: Home Deliveries. A friend gave it to him when her cat passed away and, since then, it has become a good therapy to look at it from time to time to remember him and crack a smile.
We must remember that, in the same way that Eloise has won the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of merchandising products based on Studio Ghibli films, the Japanese also hold another milestone in the same book, such as being “The Foreign Language Animation Studio [no inglés] most successful”. And they still have a movie in production that we hope will arrive soon (How do you live?), from the hand of one of its most renowned magicians: Hayao Miyazaki.
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