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My Neighbor Totoro

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となりのトトロ

AnimeMovieFinished AiringG - All Ages
StudioStudio Ghibli
1 Episodes
1 hr 26 min
8.25
1,168,339 MAL members
9,304 favorites
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AdventureAward WinningSupernatural

In 1950s Japan, Tatsuo Kusakabe relocates himself and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, to the countryside to be closer to their mother, who is hospitalized due to long-term illness. As the girls grow acquainted with rural life, Mei encounters a small, bunny-like creature in the yard one day. Chasing it into the forest, she finds "Totoro"—a giant, mystical forest spirit whom she soon befriends. Before long, Satsuki too meets Totoro, and the two girls suddenly find their lives filled with magical adventures in nature and fantastical creatures of the woods. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Background

In 1988, Tonari no Totoro won the Best Film and Ofuji Noburo awards in the Mainichi Film Awards, the Special Award in the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, the Grand Prix in the Animage Anime Awards, and the Best Film and Reader's Choice Award: Best Japanese Film awards in the Kinema Junpo Awards.

Characters & Voice Cast

TotoroMainVA:Takagi, HitoshiJapanese/Welker, FrankEnglish/Jilka, GerhardGerman+2
Kusakabe, MeiMainVA:Sakamoto, ChikaJapanese/Fanning, ElleEnglish/Molnár, IlonaHungarian+7
Kusakabe, SatsukiMainVA:Hidaka, NorikoJapanese/Fanning, DakotaEnglish/Ciampa, LetiziaItalian+11
Bus ConductorSupportingVA:Hiramatsu, AkikoJapanese/Cody, LaraEnglish/Soucie, KathEnglish
Farm vehicle driving manSupportingVA:Nakamura, DaikiJapanese/Mahan, KerriganEnglish/Adler, MattEnglish+3
FarmerSupportingVA:Chiba, ShigeruJapanese/Kramer, SteveEnglish/Renaday, PeterEnglish
Girl ASupportingVA:Ootani, IkueJapanese
Girl BSupportingVA:TarakoJapanese
Hospitalized PatientSupportingVA:Ishida, MitsukoJapanese
Kanta's FatherSupportingVA:Hirose, MasashiJapanese/Kramer, SteveEnglish/Midthunder, DavidEnglish+4
Kanta's MotherSupportingVA:Maruyama, HirokoJapanese/MacQueen, MelanieEnglish/Soucie, KathEnglish+4
Kanta's GrandmotherSupportingVA:Kitabayashi, TanieJapanese/Core, NatalieEnglish/Bosisio, LiùItalian+6
Kusakabe, YasukoSupportingVA:Shimamoto, SumiJapanese/Salonga, LeaEnglish/Stichler, ChristineGerman+6
Kusakabe, TatsuoSupportingVA:Itoi, ShigesatoJapanese/Daly, TimothyEnglish/Snegoff, GregEnglish+11
Makkuro-KurosukeSupporting
MichikoSupportingVA:Koujiro, ChieJapanese/Siddall, BrianneEnglish/Boiron, MarineFrench+4

Staff & Creators

Miyazaki, HayaoDirector, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator
Endou, TetsuyaEpisode Director
Otoubo, MárciaScript
Endou, MasaakiKey Animation
Futaki, MakikoKey Animation
Hisaishi, JoeMusic
Kanada, YoshinoriOriginal Character Design, Key Animation
Kaneko, HidetoshiBackground Art
Kimura, ShinjiBackground Art
Kondou, KatsuyaKey Animation
Matsui, RiwakoIn-Between Animation
Matsuoka, SatoshiBackground Art

Production

Studios
Studio Ghibli
Producers
Tokuma ShotenStreamline Pictures
Licensors
Disney Platform DistributionGKIDS

MAL Community Activity

Watching15,533
Completed1,015,691
On Hold3,815
Dropped1,871
Plan To Watch131,396
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Theme Songs

Openings
  • "Sanpo (さんぽ; Stroll)" by Azumi Inoue
Endings
  • "Tonari no Totoro (となりのトトロ; My Neighbor Totoro)" by Azumi Inoue

Details

AiredApr 16, 1988
MAL Rank#382
Popularity#145

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