Tokuma Shoten released My Neighbor Totoro on VHS and LaserDisc in August 1988. [39] Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan (now Walt Disney Japan) reissued the VHS on June 27, 1997, as part of their series Ghibli ga Ippai. [40] Disney released the film on Blu-ray in Japan on 2012. [41] Phillip E. Wegner (March 14, 2010). "An Unfinished Project that was Also a Missed Opportunity: Utopia and Alternate History in Hayao Miyazakis My Neighbor Totoro". English.ufl.edu. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012 . Retrieved August 13, 2012. Totoro takes us into a magical world where he invites the reader to remember what it was like to be a child again with all it's wonder and imagination. It also shows us that in times of need, the person who you can turn to is not quite so far away.

After the rights to the Streamline dub expired in 2004, [42] Walt Disney Home Entertainment re-released the movie on DVD on March 7, 2006, with Disney's newly produced English dub and the original Japanese version. The company reissued My Neighbor Totoro, as well as Castle in the Sky, and Kiki's Delivery Service, with updated cover art highlighting its Studio Ghibli origins, on March 2, 2010, coinciding with the US DVD and Blu-ray debut of Ponyo. My Neighbor Totoro was re-released by Disney on Blu-Ray on May 21, 2013. GKIDS re-issued the film on Blu-ray and DVD on October 17, 2017. [43] RSC to adapt My Neighbour Totoro for London stage premiere this autumn | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022 . Retrieved May 27, 2022.Giardina, Carolyn (August 27, 2008). " 'Neighbor' inspires artists". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved September 30, 2008. [ permanent dead link] [ permanent dead link]

Film critic Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times identified My Neighbor Totoro as one of his "Great Movies", calling it "one of the lovingly hand-crafted works of Hayao Miyazaki". In his review, Ebert said the film "is based on experience, situation and exploration—not on conflict and threat", and added: Statistical Yearbook 2018 (PDF). United Kingdom: British Film Institute (BFI). 2018. pp.97–8. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 28, 2022 . Retrieved April 25, 2022. The decision to re-release all of the Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli productions as a collection of re-mastered DVD editions, including everything from his Lupin III instalment The Castle of Cagliostro to the more recent epic fantasy adventure, Howl's Moving Castle(2004) is a blessing. How did the beloved Studio Ghibli begin to dominate the animation business?". South China Morning Post. March 14, 2021 . Retrieved June 5, 2023. Miyazaki, Hayao (May 28, 1988). フィルムコミック となりのトトロ (1)[ Film Comic My Neighbour Totoro (1)] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 978-4-19-778561-2. Archived from the original on January 13, 2014 . Retrieved January 13, 2014.Animage. October 19, 2010. Archived from the original on October 19, 2010 . Retrieved April 6, 2023. it would never have won its worldwide audience just because of its warm heart. It is also rich with human comedy in the way it observes the two remarkably convincing, lifelike little girls... It is a little sad, a little scary, a little surprising and a little informative, just like life itself. It depends on a situation instead of a plot, and suggests that the wonder of life and the resources of imagination supply all the adventure you need. [63] Miyazaki stated that the story was initially intended to be set in 1955, however, the team was not thorough in the research and instead worked on a setting "in the recent past". [6] :33 The film was originally set to be an hour long but during production it grew to respond to the social context, including the reason for the move and the father's occupation. [6] :54 Eight animators worked on the film, which was completed in eight months. [11] Klady, Leonard (May 6, 1993). "My Neighbor Totoro". Variety. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009 . Retrieved September 30, 2008.