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| name = My Neighbor Totoro
 
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| story =
 
| story =
 
| based on =
 
| based on =
| narrator =
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| narrator = [[Lisa Michelson]] (Streamline dub)<br>[[Dakota Fanning]] (Disney dub)
| starring = Chika Sakamoto<br>
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| starring = Chika Sakamoto<br>Noriko Hidaka<br>Hitoshi Takagi
Noriko Hidaka<br>
 
Hitoshi Takagi
 
 
| music = [[Joe Hisaishi]]
 
| music = [[Joe Hisaishi]]
 
| cinematography = Hisao Shirai
 
| cinematography = Hisao Shirai
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| gross = $6.1 million
 
| gross = $6.1 million
 
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'''''My Neighbor Totoro''''' (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and produced by [[Studio Ghibli]]. It follows the story of two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. Films has World Premiere on Japan 16 July 1988 same day as [[Grave of the Fireflies]]. The Disney dubbing was released on 23 October 2005 and later Cinema by [[GKIDS]] during 2017.
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'''''My Neighbor Totoro''''' (となりのトトロ, ''Tonari no Totoro'') is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by [[Hayao Miyazaki]] and produced by [[Studio Ghibli]]. It follows the story of two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. Films has World Premiere on Japan 16 July 1988 same day as [[Grave of the Fireflies]]. The Disney dub was released on 23 October 2005 and later in select cinemas by [[GKIDS]] during 2017.
   
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
In 1958 Japan, university professor [[Tatsuo Kusakabe]] and his two daughters, [[Satsuki]] and [[Mei]], move into an old house to be closer to the hospital where their mother [[Yasuko Kusakabe|Yasuko]] is recovering from a long-term illness. Satsuki and Mei find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called [[Sootballs]] - small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places. When the girls become comfortable in their new house and laugh with their father, the soot spirits leave the house to drift away on the wind. It is implied that they are going to find another empty house- their natural habitat.
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In 1950s Japan, university professor [[Tatsuo Kusakabe]] and his two daughters, [[Satsuki]] and [[Mei]], move into an old house to be closer to the hospital where their mother [[Yasuko Kusakabe|Yasuko]] is recovering from a long-term illness. Satsuki and Mei find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called [[Sootballs]] - small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places. When the girls become comfortable in their new house and laugh with their father, the soot spirits leave the house to drift away on the wind. It is implied that they are going to find another empty house- their natural habitat.
   
[[File:Järnaborna_känner_Mei_från_Totoro.jpg|thumb|Mei follow a Little totoro|291x291px]]
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[[File:Järnaborna_känner_Mei_från_Totoro.jpg|thumb|Mei following a little Totoro|291x291px]]
One day, [[Mei]] sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass and follows the ears under the house. She discovers two small magical creatures who lead her through a briar patch and into the hollow of a large [[Camphor Tree|camphor tree]]. She meets and befriends a [[Totoro|larger version]] of the same kind of spirit, which identifies itself by a series of roars that she interprets as ''Totoro''. She falls asleep atop the large totoro, but when Satsuki finds her, she is on the ground in a dense briar clearing. Despite her many attempts, Mei is unable to show her family Totoro's tree. Her father comforts her by telling her that this is the ''keeper of the forest,'' and that Totoro will reveal himself when he wants to.
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One day, [[Mei]] sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass and follows the ears under the house. She discovers two small magical creatures who lead her through a briar patch and into the hollow of a large [[Camphor Tree|camphor tree]]. She meets and befriends a [[Totoro|larger version]] of the same kind of spirit, which identifies itself by a series of roars that she interprets as ''Totoro''. She falls asleep atop the large Totoro, but when Satsuki finds her, she is on the ground in a dense briar clearing. Despite her many attempts, Mei is unable to show her family Totoro's tree. Her father comforts her by telling her that this is the ''keeper of the forest,'' and that Totoro will reveal himself when he wants to.
   
[[File:Totoro_newsite21.jpg|thumb|The Girls waiting their father along with Totoro|296x296px]]
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[[File:Totoro wallpaper - black.jpg|thumb|The girls waiting for their father along with Totoro|296x296px]]
One rainy day, the girls are waiting for father's bus and grow worried when he does not arrive on the bus they expect him on. As they wait, Mei eventually falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. He only has a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, so Satsuki offers him the umbrella she had taken along for the father. Totoro is delighted as both the shelter and the sounds made upon it by falling raindrops. In return, he gives her a bundle of nuts and seeds. A [[Catbus|bus-shaped giant cat]] halts at the stop, and Totoro boards it, taking the umbrella. Shortly after, their father's bus arrives.
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One rainy day, the girls are waiting for father's bus and grow worried when he does not arrive on the bus they expect him on. As they wait, Mei eventually falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. He only has a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, so Satsuki offers him the umbrella she had taken along for the father. Totoro is delighted as both the shelter and the sounds made upon it by falling raindrops. In return, he gives her a bundle of nuts and seeds. A bus-shaped giant cat (known as the [[Catbus]]) halts at the stop, and Totoro boards it, taking the umbrella. Shortly after, their father's bus arrives.
   
 
The girls plant the seeds. A few days later, they awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his two miniature colleagues engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout and then grow and combine into an enormous tree. Totoro takes his colleagues and the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have indeed sprouted.
 
The girls plant the seeds. A few days later, they awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his two miniature colleagues engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout and then grow and combine into an enormous tree. Totoro takes his colleagues and the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have indeed sprouted.
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! Character name
 
! Character name
 
! Japanese voice actor
 
! Japanese voice actor
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! English voice actor
! English voice actor<br /><small>([[Tokuma Shoten|Tokuma]]/[[Streamline Pictures|Streamline]]/Fox/50th Street Films, 1993)</small>
 
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([[Streamline Pictures|Streamline]], 1990)
! English voice actor<br /><small>([[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], 2005)</small>
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! English voice actor<br /><small>([[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]/[[GKIDS]], 2005)</small>
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Satsuki Kusakabe]]''' || [[Noriko Hidaka]] || [[Lisa Michelson]] || [[Dakota Fanning]]
 
|'''[[Satsuki Kusakabe]]''' || [[Noriko Hidaka]] || [[Lisa Michelson]] || [[Dakota Fanning]]
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|'''[[Yasuko Kusakabe]]''' || [[Sumi Shimamoto]] || [[Alexandra Kenworthy]] || [[Lea Salonga]]
 
|'''[[Yasuko Kusakabe]]''' || [[Sumi Shimamoto]] || [[Alexandra Kenworthy]] || [[Lea Salonga]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Totoro (Character)|Totoro]]''' || [[Hitoshi Takagi]] || Unknown || rowspan="2" | [[Frank Welker]]
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|'''[[Totoro]]''' || [[Hitoshi Takagi]] || Unknown || rowspan="2" | [[Frank Welker]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Catbus]]''' || [[Naoki Tatsuta]] || [[Carl Macek]]
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|'''[[Catbus]]''' || [[Naoki Tatsuta]] || [[Carl Macek]] (uncredited)
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Granny]]/Nanny''' || [[Tanie Kitabayashi]] || [[Natalie Core]] || [[Pat Carroll]]
 
|'''[[Granny]]/Nanny''' || [[Tanie Kitabayashi]] || [[Natalie Core]] || [[Pat Carroll]]
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|'''[[Kanta|Kanta Okagi]]''' || [[Toshiyuki Amagasa]] || [[Kenneth Hartman]] || [[Paul Butcher]]
 
|'''[[Kanta|Kanta Okagi]]''' || [[Toshiyuki Amagasa]] || [[Kenneth Hartman]] || [[Paul Butcher]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Michiko]]''' || [[Chie Kojiro]] || [[Brianne Siddall]] || Unknown
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|'''[[Michiko]]''' || [[Chie Kojiro]] || [[Brianne Siddall]] (uncredited) || Ashley Rose Orr
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Kanta's Mother]]''' || [[Yuko Maruyama]] || [[Melanie MacQueen]] || [[Kath Soucie]]
 
|'''[[Kanta's Mother]]''' || [[Yuko Maruyama]] || [[Melanie MacQueen]] || [[Kath Soucie]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Kanta's Father]]''' || [[Masashi Hirose]] || [[Steve Kramer]] || rowspan="2" | Unknown
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|'''[[Kanta's Father]]''' || [[Masashi Hirose]] || [[Steve Kramer]] || [[David Midthunder]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Otoko]]''' || [[Daiki Nakamura]] || [[Kerrigan Mahan]]
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|'''[[Otoko]]''' || [[Daiki Nakamura]] || [[Kerrigan Mahan]] (uncredited) || [[Matt Adler]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[Ryōko]]''' || [[Yuko Mizutani]] || [[Lara Cody]] || [[Bridget Hoffman]]
 
|'''[[Ryōko]]''' || [[Yuko Mizutani]] || [[Lara Cody]] || [[Bridget Hoffman]]
 
|-
 
|-
|'''[[Miss Hara]]''' || [[Machiko Washio]] || [[Edie Mirman]] || [[Tress MacNeille]]
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|'''[[Miss Hara]]''' || [[Machiko Washio]] || rowspan="2" | [[Edie Mirman]] (uncredited) || [[Tress MacNeille]] (uncredited)
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|-
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|'''[[Unnamed Humans (My Neighbor Totoro)|Kanta's Aunt]]''' || [[Reiko Suzuki]] || [[Russi Taylor]]
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|-
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|'''Kusakari-a man''' || [[Shigeru Chiba]] || [[Gregory Snegoff|Greg Snegoff]] || Newell Alexander
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|-
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|'''Postal Messenger''' || [[Tomohiro Nishimura]] || [[Doug Stone]] || [[Robert Clotworthy]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
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==Release==
 
==Release==
*'''16 April 1988''' Original is released in Japanese theatres alongside with ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]''
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*'''16 April 1988''' - The movie is released in Japanese theaters along with ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]] ''as a double-bill.
*'''3 August 1988''' Original VHS release
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*'''3 August 1988''' - The Movie is released onto VHS in Japan by Tokuma Shoten.
*'''Spring 1993''' The English dub from Streamline Pictures is released in theatres.
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*'''Spring 1993''' - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released in theaters.
*'''Summer 1994''' The Streamline Pictures dub is released on VHS by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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*'''Summer 1994''' - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released on VHS in the United States by Fox Video.
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*'''27 June 1997''' - The Movie is re-released onto VHS in Japan by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan as part of their Ghibli ga Ippai series.
*'''27 June 1997''' Newer VHS release
 
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*'''Autumn 2001''' - BVHE Japan releases the movie onto DVD in Japan, including both the original Japanese and Streamline Pictures dubs.
*'''Autumn 2001''' DVD release
 
*'''2002''' The Streamline Pictures dub is released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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*'''2002''' - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
 
*'''2005''' Fox's rights to the English dub expire, with Disney taking the rights.
 
*'''2005''' Fox's rights to the English dub expire, with Disney taking the rights.
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*'''2006''' - The Movie is re-released on DVD in the US by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, featuring an all-new dub produced by Disney as well as the original Japanese voice track.
*'''2006''' The Disney dub is released on DVD.
 
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*2012 - Walt Disney Studios Japan releases the film to Blu-Ray in Japan, Complete with an all new remastering of the film.
*'''2013''' The Disney Dub is released on Blu-ray.
 
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*'''2013''' - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment releases the film to Blu-Ray in the US.
*'''Summer 2014''' DVD release by Japan
 
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*'''Summer 2014''' - Walt Disney Studios Japan re-releases the DVD in Japan, using the HD master.
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*October 2017 - GKIDS/Shout! Factory reissues the movie onto DVD and Blu-Ray in the US.
   
 
== Media ==
 
== Media ==
 
*See [[/Media/]]
 
*See [[/Media/]]
   
==Gallery==
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== Soundtrack ==
*See also [[My Neighbor Totoro/Gallery]]
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*See [[/Soundtrack/]]
<gallery>
 
Mi Vecino Totoro.jpg
 
My Neighbor Totoro - Swedish Poster.jpg
 
My Neighbors Totoro - American DVD.jpg
 
Totoro - Japanese DVD cover.jpg
 
My Neighbor Totoro VHS Japanese.jpg
 
Totoro - Plush Toy.jpg|Totoro plush inch 20 by [[Sun Arrow]]
 
</gallery>
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* My Neighbor Totoro has release on cinema as same day as ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]''.
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* My Neighbor Totoro was released in cinemas on the same day as ''[[Grave of the Fireflies]]''.
* Greg Snegnoff, who provided the voice of the Professor in the Streamline dub, was married to Lisa Michelson (Satsuki).
 
* In the Disney dub, the sisters, [[Dakota Fanning]] and [[Elle Fanning]] were voiced by real-life sisters.
 
 
* This is the only Studio Ghibli film that used Hanna-Barbera sound effects. This was mainly used for the actions of Totoro and his servants.
 
* This is the only Studio Ghibli film that used Hanna-Barbera sound effects. This was mainly used for the actions of Totoro and his servants.
   
 
== External links ==
 
*[http://www.ghibli.jp/works/#totoro My Neighbor Totoro] Official Website
 
*{{wp|My Neighbor Totoro}}
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/ My Neighbor Totoro] on ''IMDb''
 
*[https://movies.disney.com/my-neighbor-totoro My Neighbor Totoro] on Disney
 
*[https://gkids.com/films/my-neighbor-totoro/ My Neighbor Totoro] on GKIDS
 
*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_neighbor_totoro/ My Neighbor Totoro] on Rotten Tomatoes
   
 
{{Films|collapsed}}
 
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{{Hayao Miyazaki|collapsed}}
== External Links ==
 
*[http://www.ghibli.jp/works/#totoro {{PAGENAME}}] Official Website
 
*{{wmf|My Neighbor Totoro}}
 
*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/ {{PAGENAME}}] on ''IMDb''
 
*[https://movies.disney.com/my-neighbor-totoro {{PAGENAME}}] on Disney
 
*[https://gkids.com/films/my-neighbor-totoro/ {{PAGENAME}}] on GKIDS
 
*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_neighbor_totoro/ {{PAGENAME}}] on Rotten Tomatoes
 
{{Films}}
 
   
 
[[it: Il mio vicino Totoro]]
 
[[it: Il mio vicino Totoro]]

Revision as of 12:50, 9 January 2020

Overview
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My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. It follows the story of two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. Films has World Premiere on Japan 16 July 1988 same day as Grave of the Fireflies. The Disney dub was released on 23 October 2005 and later in select cinemas by GKIDS during 2017.

Plot

In 1950s Japan, university professor Tatsuo Kusakabe and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, move into an old house to be closer to the hospital where their mother Yasuko is recovering from a long-term illness. Satsuki and Mei find that the house is inhabited by tiny animated dust creatures called Sootballs - small, dark, dust-like house spirits seen when moving from light to dark places. When the girls become comfortable in their new house and laugh with their father, the soot spirits leave the house to drift away on the wind. It is implied that they are going to find another empty house- their natural habitat.

File:Järnaborna känner Mei från Totoro.jpg

Mei following a little Totoro

One day, Mei sees two white, rabbit-like ears in the grass and follows the ears under the house. She discovers two small magical creatures who lead her through a briar patch and into the hollow of a large camphor tree. She meets and befriends a larger version of the same kind of spirit, which identifies itself by a series of roars that she interprets as Totoro. She falls asleep atop the large Totoro, but when Satsuki finds her, she is on the ground in a dense briar clearing. Despite her many attempts, Mei is unable to show her family Totoro's tree. Her father comforts her by telling her that this is the keeper of the forest, and that Totoro will reveal himself when he wants to.

Totoro wallpaper - black

The girls waiting for their father along with Totoro

One rainy day, the girls are waiting for father's bus and grow worried when he does not arrive on the bus they expect him on. As they wait, Mei eventually falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. He only has a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, so Satsuki offers him the umbrella she had taken along for the father. Totoro is delighted as both the shelter and the sounds made upon it by falling raindrops. In return, he gives her a bundle of nuts and seeds. A bus-shaped giant cat (known as the Catbus) halts at the stop, and Totoro boards it, taking the umbrella. Shortly after, their father's bus arrives.

The girls plant the seeds. A few days later, they awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his two miniature colleagues engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted nuts and seeds. The girls join in, whereupon the seeds sprout and then grow and combine into an enormous tree. Totoro takes his colleagues and the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. In the morning, the tree is gone, but the seeds have indeed sprouted.

The girls find out that a planned visit by Yasuko has to be postponed because of a setback in her treatment. Satsuki' disappointed and worries tells Mei the bad news, which Mei does not take well. This leads into an argument between the two, ending in Satsuki angrily yelling at Mei and stomping off. Mei decides to walk to the hospital to bring some fresh corn to her mother.

Mei's disappearance prompts Satsuki and the neighbors to search for her. Eventually, Satsuki returns in desperation to the camphor tree and pleads for Totoro's help. Delighted to be of assistance, he summons the Catbus, which carries her to where the lost Mei sits. Having rescued her, the Catbus then whisks her and Satsuki over the countryside to see their mother in the hospital. The girls perch in a tree outside of the hospital, overhearing a conversation between their parents and discovering that she has been kept in hospital by a minor cold and is otherwise doing well. They secretly leave the ear of corn on the windowsill, where it is discovered by the parents, and return home on the Catbus. When the Catbus departs, it disappears from the girls' sight

In the end credits, Mei and Satsuki's mother returns home, and the sisters play with other children, with Totoro and his friends as unseen observers.

Cast

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Character name Japanese voice actor English voice actor

(Streamline, 1990)

English voice actor
(Disney/GKIDS, 2005)
Satsuki Kusakabe Noriko Hidaka Lisa Michelson Dakota Fanning
Mei Kusakabe Chika Sakamoto Cheryl Chase Elle Fanning
Tatsuo Kusakabe Shigesato Itoi Greg Snegoff Tim Daly
Yasuko Kusakabe Sumi Shimamoto Alexandra Kenworthy Lea Salonga
Totoro Hitoshi Takagi Unknown Frank Welker
Catbus Naoki Tatsuta Carl Macek (uncredited)
Granny/Nanny Tanie Kitabayashi Natalie Core Pat Carroll
Kanta Okagi Toshiyuki Amagasa Kenneth Hartman Paul Butcher
Michiko Chie Kojiro Brianne Siddall (uncredited) Ashley Rose Orr
Kanta's Mother Yuko Maruyama Melanie MacQueen Kath Soucie
Kanta's Father Masashi Hirose Steve Kramer David Midthunder
Otoko Daiki Nakamura Kerrigan Mahan (uncredited) Matt Adler
Ryōko Yuko Mizutani Lara Cody Bridget Hoffman
Miss Hara Machiko Washio Edie Mirman (uncredited) Tress MacNeille (uncredited)
Kanta's Aunt Reiko Suzuki Russi Taylor
Kusakari-a man Shigeru Chiba Greg Snegoff Newell Alexander
Postal Messenger Tomohiro Nishimura Doug Stone Robert Clotworthy

Sequel

Mei and the Kittenbus (Mei to Konekobasu) is a thirteen minute sequel to My Neighbor Totoro which is shown exclusively at the Ghibli Museum. It focuses on Mei and her adventure with the Kittenbus.

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Release

  • 16 April 1988 - The movie is released in Japanese theaters along with Grave of the Fireflies as a double-bill.
  • 3 August 1988 - The Movie is released onto VHS in Japan by Tokuma Shoten.
  • Spring 1993 - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released in theaters.
  • Summer 1994 - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released on VHS in the United States by Fox Video.
  • 27 June 1997 - The Movie is re-released onto VHS in Japan by Buena Vista Home Entertainment Japan as part of their Ghibli ga Ippai series.
  • Autumn 2001 - BVHE Japan releases the movie onto DVD in Japan, including both the original Japanese and Streamline Pictures dubs.
  • 2002 - The Streamline Pictures English dub is released on DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
  • 2005 Fox's rights to the English dub expire, with Disney taking the rights.
  • 2006 - The Movie is re-released on DVD in the US by Walt Disney Home Entertainment, featuring an all-new dub produced by Disney as well as the original Japanese voice track.
  • 2012 - Walt Disney Studios Japan releases the film to Blu-Ray in Japan, Complete with an all new remastering of the film.
  • 2013 - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment releases the film to Blu-Ray in the US.
  • Summer 2014 - Walt Disney Studios Japan re-releases the DVD in Japan, using the HD master.
  • October 2017 - GKIDS/Shout! Factory reissues the movie onto DVD and Blu-Ray in the US.

Media

Soundtrack

  • See Soundtrack

Trivia

  • My Neighbor Totoro was released in cinemas on the same day as Grave of the Fireflies.
  • This is the only Studio Ghibli film that used Hanna-Barbera sound effects. This was mainly used for the actions of Totoro and his servants.

External links