For anime fans, September isn’t just back-to-school season — in Japan, it’s the start of planner and calendar season, when big brands and franchises release their offerings for 2026 and allow fans to start planning out the next year ahead. The same is true of the iconic Studio Ghibli.

The anime studio has now unveiled its two new annual calendars, including a massive wall calendar that uses stills from fan-favorite anime movie classic My Neighbor Totoro, as well as a smaller offering that celebrates numerous works from the studio. Called an ‘Art Frame‘ calendar, the latter product allows buyers to customize their calendar and then, once the year is done, to frame the art itself.

Studio Ghibli Unveils Its Stunning New Anime Movie Calendars for 2026

The Totoro calendar features various stills from across the film, including Mei and Satsuki with Totoro and the Catbus from the film’s ending, the ocarina scene and of course, plenty of Totoro himself. The cover is of the nighttime flight in which Totoro takes the girl’s to float through the sky while holding an umbrella. Meanwhile, the Art Frame calendar is smaller in size but offers a wider range of choices for favorite pieces for each month, including Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Kiki’s Delivery Service and more. Changing each piece is as simple as sliding them in and out of the art frame that comprises the top half off the calendar. The calendars will be available in Donguri Republic and the studio’s physical stores in Japan, as well as online. The B3-sized Totoro calendar retails for 1,980 yen (~US$13.50), while the Art Frame Calendar is 3,300 yen (~US$22.25).

Planners, such as the studio’s annual diaries/schedule books, and calendars, are big business in Japan. Calendars typically begin to be released in August with planners following in September. Studio Ghibli has been offering these calendars for years, which just shows how popular they are. Their other calendar options include dioramas, as well as ‘forever’ calendars featuring characters like Kiki or Totoro, where the date, month and day can be manually changed. However, paper calendars remain an important part of Japan’s planning-ahead mindset and tend to be extremely popular every year, with Studio Ghibli’s offerings regularly selling out fast.