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vinceguidry
Try that here and city regulators will be all over your ass, smh.
p_j_w
I love that this happened on Miyazaki Prefecture.
WarOnPrivacy
This is awesomeness happening because copyright can't sabotage it.

sidebar: The opposite of this awesomeness is counterproductive absurdity. The latter is what copyright always devolves to when it is insufficiently restrained.

Neywiny
Not to defend anti-creativity, but it's my understanding that at least in the US you have to defend your copyright and go after violations or I guess a real serious violation could say "but this other person did it and had no consequences so that's unfair"
spectre3d
You’re thinking of trademark law, not copyright.
jacquesclouseau
this is so incredibly cute.

i swear tourists better not ruin this

dartharva
It's made of concrete, which now that I think about it must have been the obvious choice, but I can't help but feel a bit disappointed that it's not soft and fluffy like in the movie.
layer8
Now they need to make a cat bus to stop there.
spandrew
A future where Miyazaki prefecture become littered with grandparent-fueled Ghibli characters and quickly become overrun with tourists...

Or kids at this specific stop are treated to a moment of joy while waiting for their train to come...

Time will tell...

johnisgood
Okay, it looks nice and it is great that they are doing this, but what if it rains, and where do I sit, on the floor?
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allenu
If you're in Seattle, there's also a large statue of the robot from Laputa: Castle in the Sky here. It's standing on the front lawn of a house in the Ballard neighborhood. I had recently seen the movie when I first encountered it, so it was a fun find.
sleepybrett
Try to do that in america and some bureaucrat will have a crew demolish it within a week.
chris_wot
Man, if only they would create a working cat bus....
ygritte
Fantastic, I love it. We should all be doing things like that.