Tonari no Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro

Tonari no Totoro

となりのトトロ

Score⭐ 8.25
Rank#342
Popularity#142

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TypeMovie
Episodes1
StatusFinished Airing
AiredApr 16, 1988
Duration1 hr 26 min
RatingG - All Ages

Synopsis

In 1950s Japan, Tatsuo Kusakabe relocates himself and his two daughters, Satsuki and Mei, to the countryside to be closer to their mother, who is hospitalized due to long-term illness. As the girls grow acquainted with rural life, Mei encounters a small, bunny-like creature in the yard one day. Chasing it into the forest, she finds "Totoro"—a giant, mystical forest spirit whom she soon befriends. Before long, Satsuki too meets Totoro, and the two girls suddenly find their lives filled with magical adventures in nature and fantastical creatures of the woods. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

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Additional Information

SourceOriginal
ProducersTokuma Shoten, Streamline Pictures
LicensorsDisney Platform Distribution, GKIDS
StudiosStudio Ghibli

Background

In 1988, Tonari no Totoro won the Best Film and Ofuji Noburo awards in the Mainichi Film Awards, the Special Award in the 31st Blue Ribbon Awards, the Grand Prix in the Animage Anime Awards, and the Best Film and Reader's Choice Award: Best Japanese Film awards in the Kinema Junpo Awards.