The official Studio Ghibli Line stamps for The Boy and the Heron were released on 2 June and can be purchased from the sticker shop within the app for 250 yen (US$1.55).
As a result, the company called upon The Boy and the Heron’s animation director, Yu Honda, to create a series of 40 different stamps featuring the feathered characters from the film.
Joining the parakeets in this hand-drawn collection are other feathered characters like the Parakeet King, the Noble Pelican and the Grey Heron.
Studio Ghibli’s latest animated feature film, The Boy and the Heron, is a deep and meaningful work that can be read on many levels, but providing some much-needed colour to the narrative are the brightly hued parakeets.