My Neighbour Totoro

Its movie night once again, this week is a real classic for Studio Ghibli and is the staple for their logo... you guessed it My Neighbour Totoro.

My Neighbor Totoro  is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki . The film tells the story of the two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in rural Japan.

Heres our characters:

Satsuki Kusakabe:

She is the eldest daughter and tends to be found caring for her sister Mei in the absence of her mother who is in the hospital. She is very energetic and even though still in the youth of childhood she is quite mature for her age.






Mei Kusakabe:

She is 4-years-old and Satsuki's little sister. She has a tendency to copy what her older sister does and is quite the adventurer.
She also appears in the short film and sequel, Mei and the Kittenbus.





Totoro:

Totoro is a forest spirit that lives in the largest camphor tree in a small village. 
He is massive and has almost a cat like appearance, he is grey with a cream belly. He is one of Studio Ghibli's most iconic characters and has been widely received world wide making appearances in Toy Story 3 and Dragon Pickles and Philoctetes Team Up: Featuring Howard the Duck.



The film starts with the Family moving into their new house, a bit old and dusty but it looks like it will hold up in the wind. The neighbor from next door visits and explains to the girls that the house has soot sprites living in it. The house has a lot of land and is home to the giant camphor tree where Totoro lives.

The art work on this tree is amazing especially considering this film is almost 30 years old!

A few days after moving in Mei is in the garden and notices something moving, she follows a trail of acorns and find what appears to be a little Totoro.

She follows them to the tree and finds Totoro where she falls asleep and when she wakes shes back at the tree and her Father and Sister are looking for her.

The next day its rainign so they decide to wait for their dad at the bus stop, this is one of the most iconic scenese of this film. Its what the film is most famous for as it was the poster for the Japanese film and has had many pardoys mafde with other anime . 

The artwork of the rain here is also nicely done

Without telling the whole story from start to finish ill end it here, It's a definite 5 wet Totoro's out of 5.

*All writing in blue is taken from Wikipedia and all images belong to their perspective owners