UNIQLO and Studio Ghibli will be launching a third UT collection as part of a collaboration that started in February 2022. The new collection will feature 14 designs, which feature art that expresses emblematic Ghibli works, along with works by Thai artist Kanyada Phata who worked for previous collaborations, and Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki.
The collection will officially arrive in the Philippines starting July 4, 2025. Adult shirts will come in 6 styles while sweatshirts will have 5 options with prices starting at PhP 790 and PhP 1,490, respectively. Sizes XS, XXL, and 3XL are exclusively on uniqlo.com and on the UNIQLO app.
They will be also offering kids t-shirts in 5 styles starting at PhP 490 with sizes ranging from 110 to 169.
Thai artist Kanyada Phatan’s work From Pak Thong Chai is serialized in the monthly booklet Neppu published by Studio Ghibli in Japan, where she contributes a photo and poem each month. She is the author of The Tale of Ghibli Museum, and co-author of Goro, Where did you Come from, Where are you Going? and Words of Wisdom I Heard from Ghibli’s Suzuki About Work (both published in Japan). In 2022, she published KANYADA, a collection of photographs of the beautiful scenery of Pak Thong Chai, Thailand.
Toshio Suzuki was born in 1948 and graduated from Keio University Faculty of Letters, and joined Tokuma Shoten Publishing. After working on the weekly magazine Asahi Geino he participated in the launch of the monthly animation magazine Animage. While serving as deputy editor and editor-in-chief, he was involved in the production of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki works, including Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), Grave of the Fireflies (1988), and My Neighbor Totoro (1988). Suzuki participated in the establishment of Studio Ghibli in 1985 and has been a key member of the studio since 1989. He has produced almost all theatrical works, including Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, The Boy and the Heron, released in 2023, which won Best Animated Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. He is currently Executive Director and Producer at Studio Ghibli.
