My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

April 16, 1988 (Japan)
May 7, 1993 (United States) (Streamline Pictures)
October 23, 2005 (United States) (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)

My Neighbor Totoro is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli.

Storyline

Two young girls, 10-year-old Satsuki and her 4-year-old sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover that the nearby forest is inhabited by magical creatures called Totoros (pronounced toe-toe-ro). They soon befriend these Totoros, and have several magical adventures.

Also See

• Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)

Sound Effects Used

NOTE: This is the only Studio Ghibli film to use some cartoony H-B sound effects.

• SKYWALKER, WIND - HEAVY WIND WHISTLING
• Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK (Heard twice.)
• Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01 (Heard twice.)
• Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID (Heard twice.)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Heard once when one of Totoro's servants run on-screen.)

Image Gallery

• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)/Image Gallery