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

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Tetsuya Endo noted numerous animation techniques were used in the film. For example, ripples were designed with "two colors of high-lighting and shading" and the rain for My Neighbor Totoro was "scratched in the cels" and superimposed for it to convey a soft feel. [6] :156 The animators stated one month was taken to create the tadpoles, which included four colors; the water for it was also blurred. [6] :154 Music [ edit ] A main-belt asteroid that was discovered on December 31, 1994, was named 10160 Totoro. [88] In 2013, Eoperipatus totoro, a species of velvet worm that was discovered in Vietnam, was named after Totoro. Following the request of the paper's authors, the species was named for the character because he "uses a many-legged animal as a vehicle, which according to the collectors resembles a velvet worm". [89] Media [ edit ] Books [ edit ] Mei and the Kittenbus ( めいとこねこバス, Mei to Konekobasu) is a thirteen-minute sequel to My Neighbor Totoro that was written and directed by Miyazaki. [101] Chika Sakamoto, who voiced Mei in Totoro, returned to voice Mei in this short. Hayao Miyazaki voiced Granny Cat ( Neko Baa-chan) and Totoro. The sequel focuses on the character Mei Kusakabe from the original film and her one-night adventures with Kittenbus, the offspring of Catbus, and other cat-oriented vehicles. [102] The sequel was first released in Japan in 2003 and is regularly shown at Ghibli Museum [103] but has not been released on home video. Manichi Film Awards (in Japanese). March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 . Retrieved April 26, 2023. According to the environmental journal Ambio, My Neighbor Totoro "has served as a powerful force to focus the positive feelings that the Japanese people have for satoyama and traditional village life". The film's central character Totoro was used as a mascot by the Japanese campaign "Totoro Hometown Fund Campaign", which aimed to preserve areas of satoyama in Saitama Prefecture. [84] The fund, started in 1990 after the film's release, held an auction in August 2008 at Pixar Animation Studios to sell over 210 original paintings, illustrations, and sculptures inspired by My Neighbor Totoro. [85]

Music is a central part of the drama with a live band on a raised platform and a terrific singer, Ai Ninomiya, who intermittently enters the action. There are long, hypnotic dialogue-free scenes filled with musical and visual storytelling which are meditative and magical.In the UK, the film's Studio Ghibli anniversary release appeared on the annual lists of ten-best-selling foreign language films on home video for five consecutive years, ranking number seven in 2015, [48] number six in 2016 [49] and 2017, [50] number one in 2018, [51] and number two in 2019 below Spirited Away. [52] Reception [ edit ] 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. Nov 20 From the U.S. to Japan, You Can Control the Life-Size Moving Gundam from the Comfort of Your Own Home In 2001, Japanese magazine Animage ranked My Neighbor Totoro 45th in its list of 100 Best Anime Productions of All Time. [57] My Neighbor Totoro was voted the highest-ranking animated film on Sight & Sound 's critics' poll of all-time greatest films, and joint 154th overall. [2] In 2022, the magazine ranked the film as the joint-72nd-greatest film overall, being one of two animated films included in the list. [58] [59] My Neighbor Totoro was ranked third on the list of "Greatest Japanese Animated Films of All Time" by film magazine Kinema Junpo in 2009, 41st in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010, second on a similar Empire list of best children's films, and number one in the greatest animated films in Time Out; a similar list by the editors ranked the film in third place. [3] [60] [61] [62]

Totoro is a forest spirit that shows himself to the girls. He is the cutest thing ever! Along with the mini totoros, soot spirits and cat bus. In 1989, US-based company Streamline Pictures produced an exclusive English language dub of My Neighbor Totoro for use as an in-flight movie on Japan Airlines flights. [26] In April 1993, Troma Films, under its label 50th St. Films, distributed the dub of the film as a theatrical release. [27] The songs for the Streamline version of My Neighbor Totoro were sung by Cassie Byram. [28]

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Under the direction of Phelim McDermott, it is not an exact replica. There is a different imagination at work here, but it is just as enchanting and perhaps more emotionally impactful. Setelah membaca Totoro, saya jd pengen nonton animasinya. Untungnya buku ini ada ilustrasinya shg saya tidak kesulitan membayangkan sebesar apa Totoro, cat-bus yg sesuai namanya, bus ajaib berbentuk kucing dan kucingnya hidup. Dibandingkan fantasinya, porsi slice of life-nya lebih besar. Wild, Stephi. "World Premiere of MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO Stage Adaptation Breaks Barbican Box Office Record". Broadway World. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022 . Retrieved May 22, 2022. Johnston, Trevor. "My Neighbour Totoro". Time Out Worldwide. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022 . Retrieved March 4, 2022. My Neighbor Totoro Film Comic, Vol. 2". Viz Media. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021 . Retrieved January 24, 2020.

a b "Toy Story 3 Art Director Married to Hayao Miyazaki's Niece – Interest". Anime News Network. October 18, 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012 . Retrieved August 13, 2012. The house lights will remain slightly raised to during the performance to ensure your safety if you need to move about. Shaw, Andrea (1996). Seen That, Now What?: The Ultimate Guide to Finding the Video You Really Want to Watch. Simon and Schuster. p.48. ISBN 978-0-684-80011-0.The movie succeeds because there is no conventional plot. Miyazaki had the vision and intuition to divine the proper balance between story and sensation, to tell his tale without really saying anything at all. It’s what makes Totoro one of his greatest achievements. Mei and the Kittenbus,' the Cutest Miyazaki Sequel No One Has Ever Seen". Animation World Network . Retrieved February 26, 2023. Animage Top-100 Anime Listing". Anime News Network. January 15, 2001. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019 . Retrieved March 10, 2013. Time Out's 50 greatest animated films, with added commentary by Terry Gilliam. Archived from the original October 9, 2009 My Neighbor Totoro received numerous awards, including the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize, the Mainichi Film Award, and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year. The film is considered as one of the top animation films, ranking 41st in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films of World Cinema" in 2010 and the number-one animated film on the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll of all-time greatest films. [2] [3] The film and its titular character have become cultural icons, and made multiple cameo appearances in other films. Totoro also serves as the mascot for Studio Ghibli and is recognized as one of the most popular characters in Japanese animation.

The performers are briefed about Relaxed performances and know that you may need to move around and make noise.After working on 3000 Miles in Search of a Mother, Miyazaki wanted to make a "delightful, wonderful film" that would be set in Japan with the idea to "entertain and touch its viewers, but stay with them long after they have left the theaters". [6] Initially, Miyazaki had the main characters Totoro, Mei, Tatsuo, and Kanta. [6] :8 The director based Mei on his niece, [8] and Totoros as "serene, carefree creatures" that were "supposedly the forest keeper, but that's only a half-baked idea, a rough approximation". [6] :5,103 Cronk, Jordan (May 31, 2013). "Review: Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro on Disney Blu-ray". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2022 . Retrieved March 3, 2022. 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] My Neighbor Totoro' gets London stage play adaptation produced by Ghibli composer Joe Hisaishi". news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022 . Retrieved May 20, 2022. Adachi, Reito (2012). A Study of Japanese Animation as Translation: A Descriptive Analysis of Hayao Miyazaki and Other Anime Dubbed Into English. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61233-948-1.