DVD details for
Tonari no Totoro (1988) More at IMDbPro »

(Japan, 1988) Hayao Miyazaki’s magical family film is a darling story of two young sisters befriended by a forest spirits (among them a friendly, perhaps imaginary, giant blue hedgehog who introduces them to the wonders of nature) one magical summer. While the fantasy and whimsy captures the playful imagination of children, a powerful undercurrent of emotional crisis grounds their experience: their infirm mother is recuperating from some unexplained illness in a local hospital. Previously available only in an English dubbed version, this new 2-disc edition features both the original Japanese soundtrack and a newly dubbed English language soundtrack featuring the voices of Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning as the sisters, Lea Salonga and Timothy Daly.