My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
starring: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto
directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
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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
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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- I love this movie!
I am studying Japanese for work so we got this movie and several of the other Ghibli movies as well.Totoro is one of my favorites.Just to give you an understanding of my perspective, I generally don't like Anime but I like Ghibli.
In Totoro, I don't like the English voice overs very much but I think that is probably largely because I got used to hearing the Japanese version.It seems like they have a lot of uneccesary dialogue in the English version.Our small kids (1.5 and 3 ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie!
Our whole family loves this movie!The characters faces are so animated and they make my kids (ages 4 1/2 and 7) laugh!The movie talks about ghosts and magical creatures, but they don't scare my kids who are commonly scared of little things.I think they do a great job with the voices also!The family cares so much about each other and is a great model for kids.I'd definitely recommend this movie!Another great movie to check out like this one is "Kiki's Delivery Service."We love that one ... Read More
Rating: - BEST CHILDRENS MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!
A BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE STORY,FULL OF LOVE , MAGIC AND FAMILY..AND NO CHEESE!!!YOU WILL BE SING THE OPENING SONG WTH YOU'RE KIDS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS ,LIKE I HAVE .NOW I AM SINGING IT TO MY GRANDSON.BEWARE OF THE NEW VERSION WITH THE NEW VOICES,JUST NOT THE SAME AT ALL!!WE LOVE TOTORO!!!
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- O.K. but not the best translation
We'd rented a different version of this movie at the library and had enjoyed the translation of the movie and the voices and language used. My kids and I were disappointed by the "disney-fication" of the version we purchased.A lot of the dialogue had been substantially changed, or dumbed down, and the movie lost a lot of its original charm.
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- Buyer Beware - NOT the same video as original!
This is one of our all-time favorite movies.My kids grew up with the original VHS version.The three stars were given because this is NOT the same version that we remembered and although we love the movie, we hate this version.This version has different voices, some different music and even different spoken lines in some places. We were very disappointed with these changes.After doing some research, we realized our mistake.This DVD version is different because it was put out by Disney whereas ... Read More
- I love this movie!I am studying Japanese for work so we got this movie and several of the other Ghibli movies as well.Totoro is one of my favorites.Just to give you an understanding of my perspective, I generally don't like Anime but I like Ghibli.
In Totoro, I don't like the English voice overs very much but I think that is probably largely because I got used to hearing the Japanese version.It seems like they have a lot of uneccesary dialogue in the English version.Our small kids (1.5 and 3 ... Read More
- Great movie!Our whole family loves this movie!The characters faces are so animated and they make my kids (ages 4 1/2 and 7) laugh!The movie talks about ghosts and magical creatures, but they don't scare my kids who are commonly scared of little things.I think they do a great job with the voices also!The family cares so much about each other and is a great model for kids.I'd definitely recommend this movie!Another great movie to check out like this one is "Kiki's Delivery Service."We love that one ... Read More
- BEST CHILDRENS MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!A BEAUTIFUL SIMPLE STORY,FULL OF LOVE , MAGIC AND FAMILY..AND NO CHEESE!!!YOU WILL BE SING THE OPENING SONG WTH YOU'RE KIDS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS ,LIKE I HAVE .NOW I AM SINGING IT TO MY GRANDSON.BEWARE OF THE NEW VERSION WITH THE NEW VOICES,JUST NOT THE SAME AT ALL!!WE LOVE TOTORO!!!
- O.K. but not the best translationWe'd rented a different version of this movie at the library and had enjoyed the translation of the movie and the voices and language used. My kids and I were disappointed by the "disney-fication" of the version we purchased.A lot of the dialogue had been substantially changed, or dumbed down, and the movie lost a lot of its original charm.
- Buyer Beware - NOT the same video as original!This is one of our all-time favorite movies.My kids grew up with the original VHS version.The three stars were given because this is NOT the same version that we remembered and although we love the movie, we hate this version.This version has different voices, some different music and even different spoken lines in some places. We were very disappointed with these changes.After doing some research, we realized our mistake.This DVD version is different because it was put out by Disney whereas ... Read More
