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My Neighbor Totoro received widespread acclaim from film critics. [52] [53] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "My Neighbor Totoro is a heartwarming, sentimental masterpiece that captures the simple grace of childhood."
In 1950s Japan, [1] two girls, Satsuki and Mei, whose mother has been hospitalised with tuberculosis, [2] relocate to a village in the countryside. [3] Their new house, in which they live with their professor father, [2] Tatsuo, [4] is haunted with soot spirits, susuwatari, [3] and they encounter Totoro, a "forest spirit who looks like the result of an experimental breeding programme involving ...
My Neighbor Totoro: Toru Hara Japan: April 16, 1988 86 minutes 94% [2] Grave of the Fireflies: Isao Takahata Michio Mamiya 88 minutes 100% [3] 1989 Kiki's Delivery Service: Hayao Miyazaki Joe Hisaishi Japan: July 29, 1989 103 minutes 98% [4] 1991 Only Yesterday: Isao Takahata Toshio Suzuki: Masaru Hoshi Japan: July 20, 1991 English dub premiere ...
Some of his most widely known works are his animated films created during his time with Studio Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), The Wind Rises (2013) and The Boy and the Heron (2023). [1]
In 2022, Hisaishi worked on the Royal Shakespeare Company theatre production of My Neighbour Totoro. [29] On March 30, 2023, Hisaishi signed an exclusive recording agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, even though he released several recordings on the label previously. [30]
“My Neighbor Totoro,” a stage adaptation of Miyazaki Hayao‘s beloved 1988 Studio Ghibli film, is set to return to London’s Barbican Theatre this fall. The production is a collaboration ...
Mei and the Kittenbus (めいとこねこバス, Mei to Konekobasu) is a 2002 thirteen-minute sequel to My Neighbor Totoro, written and directed by Miyazaki. [14] Chika Sakamoto, who voiced Mei in Totoro, returned to voice Mei in this short. Miyazaki himself did the voice of the Neko Ba-chan as well as Totoro.
Catbus (ネコバス, Nekobasu) (referred to in the film as ねこのバス, Neko basu) is a fictional supporting character in the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is a large, grinning, twelve-legged cat with a large bushy tail and a hollow body that serves as a bus, with windows and seats covered with fur.