Mondo Doing Studio Ghibli Poster Series Starting With 'My Neighbor Totoro' By Olly Moss

Mondo Doing Studio Ghibli Poster Series Starting With ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ By Olly Moss

AnOlly Mossprint release has becomean event of epic proportions. Linesaround the block, thousands of people manically mashing their F5 buttons, angry tweets from people who weren’t able to buy one. Moss is one of the most popular artists working today and, if you read /Film regularly, you’re aware ofhis incredible talents.Mondohas now put those talents to work on an even more exciting announcement. The poster boutique will start releasing posters for the gorgeous and influential films ofStudio Ghibliand the first poster, by Moss, is forHayao Miyazaki’s classicMy Neighbor Totoro.Totoro, along with many other Miyazaki and Ghibli films, are getting 35mm re-releases in theaters soon.

Check out Moss' new poster, find out how to get one and read more about Mondo’s latest.

Here are Moss’My Neighbor Totoroposters. The pinkish one, with English writing, is the regular and the green one, with Japanese writing, is the variant.

These are both 20 x 36 inch screenprints. The regular has an edition of 400 and costs $50 and the variant is an edition of 150 and costs $90. The madness begins sometime on Friday Dec. 16 when these beauties go on sale. Follow@MondoNewson Twitter for the announcement.

The release coincides with the beginning of the Ghibli retrospective at the IFC Center in New York City which runs Friday through Thursday, January 12. Fifteen classic films have had new 35mm prints struck and will travel to Los Angeles, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle and more after New York. More informationcan be found here.

And best of all, all proceeds from this print sale will go to the non-profit organization theGhetto Film School, “an organization of educators and students who share a love for storytelling and filmmaking.”

AfterTotoro, Mondo’s next release will be forPorco Rosso, which screened atButt-Numb-A-Thonand is amazing.

Are you going to try for this poster? Which artists/film pairings do you hope to see with this new license?