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My Neighbor Totoro

Film · 1988 · Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli

Two sisters move to the countryside with their father and discover gentle forest spirits living nearby.

Type

Film

Released

1988

Director

Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli

Length

86 min · One sitting

Original title

となりのトトロ

Rated

MPA G

Critics' average

86/100 across 5 published scores

Genres

Animation · Anime · Fairy tale · Slice of life · Fantasy

What it feels like

Nature & ecology · Everyday life & routine · Kindness & community · Coming of age · Comforting · Whimsical · Sense of wonder

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Connected stories

• Explores similar questions to Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Spirited Away (2001)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
• Also in Studio Ghibli Feature Films: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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