MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO NOVEL (My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel)

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Mei's older, more serious preteen sister. She looks up to her, often imitating what she does. She even follows her to school, and sits in her class to the amusement of Satsuki's classmates. 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] Johnston, Trevor. "My Neighbour Totoro". Time Out Worldwide. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022 . Retrieved March 4, 2022. Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro) (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018 . Retrieved February 10, 2019. In 2023, the film was re-released in 970 United States locations as part of celebrations to mark the 35th anniversary of its first theatrical release, [36] with showings in both Japanese with English subtitles and with the English dub. [37] [38] Home media [ edit ]

a b "My Neighbor Totoro". Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on June 5, 2017 . Retrieved July 15, 2017. Only one young girl, rather than two sisters, is depicted in several of Miyazaki's initial conceptual watercolor paintings, as well as on the theatrical release poster and on later home-video releases. According to Miyazaki; "If she was a little girl who plays around in the yard, she wouldn't be meeting her father at a bus stop, so we had to come up with two girls instead. And that was difficult." [6] :11 Miyazaki said the film's opening sequence was not storyboarded; "The sequence was determined through permutations and combinations determined by the time sheets. Each element was made individually and combined in the time sheets..." [6] :27 The ending sequence depicts the mother's return home and the signs of her return to good health by playing with Satsuki and Mei outside. [6] :149 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. My Neighbor Totoro - Studio Ghibli Collection". Madman Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 30, 2014 . Retrieved November 9, 2015. 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:

Kinema Junpo Top 10 Animated Films". Nishikata Film Review. Archived from the original on May 21, 2021 . Retrieved May 21, 2021. In 1971, he moved to A Pro with Isao Takahata, then to Nippon Animation in 1973, where he was heavily involved in the World Masterpiece Theater TV animation series for the next five years. In 1978, he directed his first TV series, Conan, The Boy in Future, then moved to Tokyo Movie Shinsha in 1979 to direct his first movie, the classic Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro. Miyazaki, Hayao (May 28, 1988). フィルムコミック となりのトトロ (4)[ Film Comic My Neighbour Totoro (4)] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Tokuma Shoten. ISBN 978-4-19-778564-3. 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. a b "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema – 41. My Neighbor Totoro". Empire. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved November 8, 2015. Miyazaki, Hayao; Kubo, Tsugiko (October 1, 2013). My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel. Illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki. Viz Media, Imprint: Studio Ghibli Library. ISBN 978-1-4215-6120-2. Archived from the original on August 12, 2017. These five Studio Ghibli films really should be released in China". South China Morning Post. December 17, 2018. Archived from the original on June 25, 2019 . Retrieved June 15, 2019. i love all of the creations and adaptations of Hayao Miyazaki, he is a genius...i collected all of the anime by studio Ghibli(now owned by Disney) because of Miyazaki sensei.Miyazaki additionally uses Totoro as a part of his logo for Studio Ghibli. [1] Totoro also makes a cameo appearance in the Pixar film Toy Story 3 (2010) [86] but was not included in Toy Story 4 due to licensing problems. [87] Toy Story 3 's art director Daisuke Tsutsumi is married to Miyazaki's niece, who inspired the character Mei in My Neighbor Totoro. [8] Eoperipatus totoro – a velvet worm from Vietnam Granny takes a shine to Mei, who sees her as the grandchild she never had. She is patient with Mei, knowing that her mother is indisposed at the hospital. She is terrified of Granny's farm animals. China's No. 2 Film This Weekend Was Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro' ". Variety. December 17, 2018. Archived from the original on December 19, 2019 . Retrieved December 17, 2018.