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

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I also didn't like that the book was only from Satsuki's point of view; the movie (at least so I think) is just as much about Mei.

My favourite line totally deserves a mention: 'The rice plants were so green it almost made you want to sneeze. She befriends a larger spirit, which identifies itself using a series of roars that she interprets as "Totoro".As is the case with Disney's other English dubs of Miyazaki films, the Disney version of My Neighbor Totoro has a star-heavy cast, including Dakota and Elle Fanning as Satsuki and Mei, Timothy Daly as Mr.

Klady described the film's environment as "obviously aimed at an international audience" but "evinces a disorienting combination of cultures that produces a nowhere land more confused than fascinating". Despite the highlights, Holden wrote "too much of the film, however, is taken up with stiff, mechanical chitchat". The delay was due to long-standing political tensions between China and Japan but many Chinese people had become familiar with Miyazaki's films due to rampant video piracy. 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. The film and its titular character have become cultural icons, and made multiple cameo appearances in other films.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. Mei falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. The soundtrack for My Neighbor Totoro was first released in Japan on May 1, 1988, by Tokuma Shoten, and includes the musical score used in the film, except for five vocal pieces that were performed by Azumi Inoue, including "Stroll", "A Lost Child", and "My Neighbor Totoro". Miyazaki's Animism Abroad: The Reception of Japanese Religious Themes by American and German Audiences.