Amazon.com video review:
Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki made this gorgeous,
delightful feature about two young sisters who move to rural Japan and
start having magical advenures with a giant, friendly forest spirit
called Totoro. The enchantment spreads as the girls are introduced to
such wonders as a "cat bus" (a big bus that looks like a cat), but the
film is also just as winning for the ordinary things Miyazaki
captures: meeting neighbors, getting to know a new house from the
perspective of excited children, etc. Little kids love this movie, and
adults can easily appreciate it, too. Voices have been dubbed into
English. --Tom Keogh