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Hayao Miyazaki (writer)
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Cute addition to Totoro
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(Credited cast) | Hayao Miyazaki | ... | Neko Bâchan |
 | Chika Sakamoto | ... | Mei |
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Mei and the Kitten Bus (International: English title)
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'Satsuki' makes a small cameo in this short film.
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Spin off from Tonari no Totoro (1988)
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I had the pleasure of visiting the Studio Ghibli Museum this past April (2009) and saw this wonderful short by Miyazaki. It's only shown at the Museum, so to see it you'll have to visit Tokyo and make sure you make a reservation months in advance.
This 20 minute short takes place in the world of Totoro, though it is unclear whether events are occurring in the same time frame as Totoro, or after wards. In the film, Mei is visited by a "Kitten Bus" (Koneku Basu), that seems to be the child of the cat bus from Totoro. The kitten bus takes her on adventure to meet what turns out to be a very large family of cat buses including a grandfather bus. Really not much more to it than that. Totoro makes an appearance, and Mei goes home.
Like all Miyazaki films, the beauty and wonder is in the drawing and the characterization of children, specifically Mei. Her wonder at meeting the cat bus family is a sheer delight to watch and I found myself as delighted and filled with wonder as she is in the film. No animator (or possibly any film maker) today understands children like Miyazaki and it shines through in this film.
If you can get to Tokyo, its worth the trip to the western suburbs.
In Japanese without subtitles, but they're really not necessary.