Studio Ghibli New Tab

Still from a Studio Ghibli movie as the Chrome new tab background!

Studio Ghibli New Tab - Beautiful Movie Backgrounds

"Studio Ghibli New Tab" is a Chrome extension that changes your new tab background to one of over 1,000 still shots from 27 beloved Studio Ghibli films. Images are sourced from the Studio Ghibli website, ensuring high quality. Users can customize settings through an options page, allowing them to hide or show the search bar, Google App Launcher, browsing history search, top site quick-links, and choose whether to include stills from CGI films, tailoring the experience to their preferences.

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Extension stats

By: zakw.dev

Users: 7,000+

Rating: 4.77

(13)

Version: 1.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-08-27)

Creation date: 2022-12-31

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Overrides new tab: Yes

Permissions:

topSites
favicon
history

Size: 210.94K

Email: za*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 12,403 ▲ 79

Other rankings

#622 in Just for Fun ▲ 2 #105 in film keyword 8 ▲ 2 #283 in new tab keyword 47 ▲ 12

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Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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This extension sets the Chrome new tab background to one of over 1,000 still shots from one of 27 Studio Ghibli movies.

All images are retrieved from the Studio Ghibli website (https://www.ghibli.jp/).

The extension can be personalized by the options page (chrome://extensions/?options=fmdejajfcfdnbbanalgjibhcgbhihphd), accessed normally through the browser extension settings. The user-customizable features are: displaying or hiding the search bar, displaying or hiding the Google App Launcher, searching through browsing history, displaying quick-links to user's top sites, and opting-in or -out of stills from CGI films.

User reviews

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Pros

Creative, new Studio Ghibli picture each time you open a new tab.
Gorgeous visuals and fast performance.
Works perfectly for most users.

Cons

Removes Chrome's profile/app selector buttons.
Obstructive Google search bar in the center of the tab.
Lack of customization options for excluding specific movies/shows.

Most mentioned

Love for the concept and visuals.
Issues with the removal of certain Chrome features.
Desire for more customization options.

User reviews

Concept très sympa, malheureusement l'extension me retire ma barre de favoris, j'ai donc dû la désactiver :/

chloe tsnr, 2024-11-07

works perfect!

kate jones, 2024-09-05

Very nice, would love the option to move or remove the Google search bar in the center of the tab as I just use the url bar anyways and it can sometimes obfuscate the image. Thanks!