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My Neighbour Totoro

‘となりのトトロ’

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Year: 1988
Country: Japan
Type: Feature
Form: Animation

Satsuki, Mei, and their dad move to an old house in the counryside, to be close to the hospital where their mum is recovering from long-term illness. They soon discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by magical spirits of the forest.

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Image description: Two children, Satsuki and Mei, and Totoro, a large furry creature with grey fur and beige belly with grey arrows on his chest, stand at a bus stop in the rain. Mei is on Satsuki’s back, both under a red umbrella. Totoro has only a leaf on his head to protect him from the rain. Behind them is a dark forest, they are lit by streetlights.