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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Tonari no Totoro (original title)

86 min  -  Animation | Adventure | Family  -   16 April 1988 (Japan)
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When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wonderous forest spirits who live nearby.

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki
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Cast

Credited cast:
Toshiyuki Amagasa Toshiyuki Amagasa ...
Kanta (voice)
Paul Butcher Paul Butcher ...
Kanta (voice: English version)
Pat Carroll Pat Carroll ...
Nanny (voice: English version)
Cheryl Chase Cheryl Chase ...
Mei (Troma version) (voice: English version)
Shigeru Chiba Shigeru Chiba ...
Kusakari-Otoko (voice)
Lara Cody Lara Cody ...
Farm Girl (Troma version) (voice: English version)
Natalie Core Natalie Core ...
Nanny (Troma version) (voice: English version)
Tim Daly Tim Daly ...
Professor Kusakabe (voice: English version) (as Timothy Daly)
Dakota Fanning Dakota Fanning ...
Satsuki (2005 Disney version) (voice: English version)
Elle Fanning Elle Fanning ...
Mei Kusakabe (2005 Disney version) (voice: English version)
Kenneth Hartman Kenneth Hartman ...
Kanta (Troma version) (voice: English version)
Noriko Hidaka Noriko Hidaka ...
Satsuki (voice)
Akiko Hiramatsu Akiko Hiramatsu ...
(voice)
Masashi Hirose Masashi Hirose ...
Kanta no otôsan (voice)
Shigesato Itoi Shigesato Itoi ...
Tatsuo Kusakabe (voice)
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Storyline

Two young girls, Satsuke and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuke and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures. Written by Christopher E. Meadows <cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu>  

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Girl | Spirit | Forest Spirit | Japan | Bath  | See more »

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Mi vecino Totoro See more »

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Sound Mix:

Dolby (Stereo)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The forest creatures and title characters of this movie got their name when Mei, the little girl who first sees them in the film, mispronounces the word "troll". At one point in the original Japanese language version, when Satsuki first finds Mei sleeping in the grove behind their house, Mei tells her sister she saw a "totoro". Satsuki replies, "Totoro, do you mean troll, from the storybook?" and Mei nods in agreement. This aspect of the story was left out of the 1993 Fox English version, probably because the difference between ""to-ro-ru" (the Japanese pronunciation of "troll") and "to-to-ro" would have been lost on English-speaking audiences. The quote is included in the 2006 Disney English version. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: When Satsuki and Mei are waiting for the bus in the rain, the bus stop sign reads 'Maezawa-gyo' in some scenes while in other scenes the sign reads 'Shichikokuyama-gyo'. See more »

Quotes

Mei Kusakabe: To-to-ro? You're Totoro!... I bet you're Totoro...
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Crazy Credits

The ending sequence has animation of Totoro and some of the characters from the film walking. See more »


Soundtracks

"Tonari no Totoro"
("My Neighbor Totoro")
Lyrics by Hayao Miyazaki
Composed by Joe Hisaishi See more »