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Tonari no Totoro
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User Rating:
8.1/10   24,778 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Hayao Miyazaki (written by)
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Release Date:
16 April 1988 (Japan) more
Plot:
When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
5 wins & 1 nomination more
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(31 articles)
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Totoro is a Winner more (199 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Noriko Hidaka ... Satsuki (voice)
Chika Sakamoto ... Mei (voice)
Shigesato Itoi ... Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
Sumi Shimamoto ... Yasuko Kusakabe (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi ... Kanta no obâsan (voice)
Hitoshi Takagi ... Totoro (voice)
Yûko Maruyama ... Kanta no okâsan (voice)
Machiko Washio ... Teacher (voice)
Reiko Suzuki ... Furoi on'na no hito (voice)
Masashi Hirose ... Kanta no otôsan (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa ... Kanta (voice)
Shigeru Chiba ... Kusakari-Otoko (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta ... (voice)
Tarako ... (voice)
Tomohiro Nishimura ... (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My Neighbor Totoro (USA)
My Neighbour Totoro (UK)
I geitonia tou dasous: Oi peripeteies tou Totoro (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Il mio vicino Totoro (Italy) [it]
Komsum Totoro (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Mój sasiad Totoro (Poland) [pl]
Magiska äventyr med Totoro (Sweden) (TV title) [sv]
Mein Nachbar Totoro (Germany) (TV title) [de]
Meu Amigo Totoro (Brazil) [pt]
Mi vecino Totoro (Argentina) [es]
Min granne Totoro (Sweden) [sv]
Min nabo Totoro (Denmark) (TV title) [da]
Mon voisin Totoro (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Näkymätön ystävä (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Naapurini Totoro (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
When the Catbus's destination indicator switches to the hospital, the last kanji character is miswritten, with one of its parts backward and another upside down. The headlight-mouse next to it does a double-take. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Mei and Satsuki are running back home from school because of the rain, Mei trips and there is mud on her skirt. After a few scenes, her skirt does not have the mud. more
Quotes:
Tatsuo Kusakabe: Trees and people used to be good friends. I saw that tree and decided to buy the house. Hope Mom likes it too. Okay, let's pay our respects then get home for lunch. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in South Park: Imaginationland (2008) (V) more

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33 out of 34 people found the following comment useful.
Totoro is a Winner, 5 April 2005
9/10
Author: Andrzej Banas from Canada

Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro is a film that should be able to put a smile on any viewers face, and without a doubt, it'll take you on one of the most whimsical and fantastic journey's ever.

My Neighbor Totoro is a story that definitely something children can relate with, as i watched this with someone, they immediately paused the film and asked if this reminded me of being 4 years old again. This film really connects with people. But it's far from a quality nostalgia piece, it's well animated, beautiful, avoids cliché stereotypes (from both typical of the Anime genre and Children's Fantasy films), and is beautifully filmed (see scenes such as the girls waiting for the bus with Totoro and the scene where the magic nuts and seeds grow with the help of Totoro).

Even the English dub done by Fox isn't as bad everyone states. I've seen the Japanese version, and i'd have to say it's a mixed-bag between having Mei's voice sounds a bit too bratty for the English version, or having the Father's voice sound a bit awkward and perhaps not as caring in the Japanese version. Disney is said to be releasing a re-dub in mid-to-late 2005, so perhaps that will even out the controversy.

This film may not reach the heights of other Anime classics (mainly it's double bill with Grave of the Fireflies, or Miyazaki's other masterpieces Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away), however this will definitely be high on any film lovers list, and is definitely a high water mark of it's genre.

A solid 9/10, This film is next to impossible to watch without it pushing a smile out of your face.

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