When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.
- Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations
Hitoshi Takagi
- Totoro
- (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
- Satsuki
- (voice)
Chika Sakamoto
- Mei
- (voice)
Tanie Kitabayashi
- Granny
- (voice)
Machiko Washio
- School teacher
- (voice)
Masashi Hirose
- Kanta's Father
- (voice)
Toshiyuki Amagasa
- Kanta
- (voice)
Shigeru Chiba
- Kusakari-Otoko
- (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
- Cat Bus
- (voice)
- …
Tarako
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Chie Kôjiro
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- (as Chie Koujiro)
Daiki Nakamura
- Man on Tractor
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film is partially autobiographical. When Hayao Miyazaki and his brothers were children, his mother suffered from spinal tuberculosis for nine years and spent much of her time hospitalized. It is implied, yet never revealed in the film, that Satsuki and Mei's mother also suffers from tuberculosis, as she was hospitalized in a sanatorium (a specialized hospital for tuberculosis patients and usually located in the countryside), which caused the whole family to move to the countryside. He once said the film would have been too painful for him to make if the two protagonists were boys instead of girls.
- GoofsWhen Mei is walking around with corn, a goat walks up and bears its large teeth. The goat shows a full set of upper and lower teeth. This is a mistake as goats do not have upper teeth.
- 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.
- Crazy creditsDrawings in the closing credits show the mother returning home in a taxi and having a bath with Satsuki and Mei. There is also the appearance of a baby dressed in blue, perhaps a younger sibling (brother?) for the girls.
- Alternate versionsThe humorous line spoken at the start of the film, "Come out! Come out! Or we'll pull your eyeballs out!" had the latter phrase removed in the Streamline Pictures English dub. It was deemed to be "Inpolitically correct" by the company.
- ConnectionsEdited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
Featured review
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.
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.
- ww_sketcher
- Apr 4, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Mi vecino Totoro
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,700,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,250,213
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $539,245
- Sep 30, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $30,318,580
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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