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My Neighbor Totoro

Hitoshi Takagi (Actor), Noriko Hidaka (Actor), Hayao Miyazaki (Director) | Rated: G (General Audience) | Format: DVD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (302 customer reviews)

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Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki made this gorgeous, delightful feature about two young sisters who move to rural Japan and start having magical advenures with a giant, friendly forest spirit called Totoro. The enchantment spreads as the girls are introduced to such wonders as a "cat bus" (a big bus that looks like a cat), but the film is also just as winning for the ordinary things Miyazaki captures: meeting neighbors, getting to know a new house from the perspective of excited children, etc. Little kids love this movie, and adults can easily appreciate it, too. Voices have been dubbed into English. --Tom Keogh

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My Neighbor Totoro is that rare delight, a family film that appeals to children and adults alike. While their mother is in the hospital, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei move into an old-fashioned house in the country with their professor father. At the foot of an enormous camphor tree, Mei discovers the nest of King Totoro, a giant forest spirit who resembles an enormous bunny rabbit. Mei and Satsuki learn that Totoro makes the trees grow, and when he flies over the countryside or roars in his thunderous voice, the winds blow. Totoro becomes the protector of the two sisters, watching over them when they wait for their father, and carrying them over the forests on an enchanted journey. When the children worry about their mother, Totoro sends them to visit her via a Catbus, a magical, multilegged creature with a grin the Cheshire Cat might envy.

Unlike many cartoon children, Satsuki and Mei are neither smart-alecky nor cloyingly saccharine. They are credible kids: bright, energetic, silly, helpful, and occasionally impatient. Filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki makes the viewer believe the two sisters love each other in a way no American feature has ever achieved. My Neighbor Totoro is enormously popular in Japan, and some of the character merchandise has begun to appear in America. The film has also inspired a Japanese environmental group to buy a Totoro Forest preserve in the Saitama Prefecture, where Miyazaki's film is set. --Charles Solomon

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fantastic Animation -- Unforgivable Treatment Feb 21 2003
Format:DVD
My Neighbor Totoro is one of the greatest animated films ever produced (for children or otherwise). It is a film that devoted fans such as myself love sharing with children and friends (I even teach it in my Children's Literature class.)
----The delicacy of Hayao Miyazaki's tale of two young girls who must cope with the stresses of moving to a new house, neighborhood and school--while their mother is kept in a hospital for a problem they do not understand!--is extraordinarily well-told through delightful and surprising events and beautiful animation. That the girls need the friendship and support of their father, the neighbors and the Totoros (friendly nature spirits) is subtly presented and then heroically answered through Miyazaki's unforgettable imagery.
---But you'll have to trust me on that because a good portion of that imagery has been butchered away through the pan-and-scan process. Not only have the producers of this DVD version cut away much of the visuals but they have also left off the Japanese language track and given us a rather pale transfer.
----English speaking kids deserve to see this better-than-Disney film. They deserve to view the widescreen version and they deserve the option of hearing the dubbed version (if they cannot yet read) OR hearing it in it's original language while reading subtitles. A quality production would offer these things and more.
----This DVD offers a Masterpiece, but a badly Mistreated one----
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful Film! But DVD presentation upsetting... Jan 16 2003
Format:DVD
I love this film, and the english dub is actually quite good. If you have not seen the film, watch it! BUT.. I believe Fox has misjudged its audience and created a DVD that I find lacking. Sure, its animated and made for children but I'm in my mid 20's and do not have any children and could not wait to get this DVD. I was EXTREMELY disappointed to find that there was no original Japanese language track on this DVD.

I know this sounds like previous reviews but I was so disappointed about the missing Japanese track that I had to add my voice here.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Terrible DVD of a great film Dec 7 2002
Format:DVD
Aaaargh. Being a Studio Ghibli fan, I had preordered this
from Amazon as there are few of the Studio Ghibli films
available on DVD.

Unfortunately, what the Amazon listing doesn't make
clear is just how technically bad this DVD release is.

It is a hacked-down 4:3 version, with only a 2-channel
English audio track (no Japanese or other audio). There
isn't even a subtitle track (not even english for the
hard of hearing).

The video and sound quality isn't good either. Also, don't

expect any extras relevant to the film.

As the other reviews (obviously from other editions)
say, this is a great film. However, this is not a DVD
to get.

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Most recent customer reviews
good stuff
Intriguing. Interesting story. I watched it once and I can say that I enjoyed it. Not the greatest movie or anything but at least it will keep you entertained and thats all that... Read more
Published 3 months ago by AAMIR N SHAH
Great
Great animation movie.
The world that only kids can see, feel catches children's attention.
When my nephew was very little, she'd been watching repeatedly.
Published 3 months ago by US pri
Miyazaki: gentle genius
Director Miyazaki's charmer crosses cultural and ethnic boundaries with grace and has universal appeal. Read more
Published 5 months ago by charlie1406000
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Published 12 months ago by Steven Aldersley
Wonderful family entertainment
I've owned this movie for at least 10 year and my children and I have watched it over and over as they have grown. I have just bought extra copies for my young nieces. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Blu man
Miss the old version
I love this movie - particularly the artwork and animation. But I do not like the new voice over. Many of the cute sayings have changed and the voices are not as cute as the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by HloKitty
This deserves three stars. The movie, not the dvd.
I give this three stars. Personally, I speak english and don't care much about subtitles and letterbox yadda yadda. This review is in referrence to the movie itself. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jamieren
Spirits of the forest
Nobody captures the magic of childhood and bottles it into movie form quite like Hayao Miyazaki -- and one steller example of this is "My Neighbor Totoro," an enchanting little... Read more
Published on May 16 2010 by E. A Solinas
A loveable classic
In this age of wall-to-wall product placement, it's nice that films like this are still in distribution. Good solid story, exquisite visuals. Read more
Published on April 15 2010 by S. Latendresse
Captures
This show captures childhood like no other animated show. The animation, music, and special attention to detail makes this show whimsical for a lack of better words. Read more
Published on Mar 6 2010 by User1
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