My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award andKinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year.
The film was released on VHS and laserdisc in the United States by Fox Video in 1993 under the title My Friend Totoro. In 1988, Streamline Pictures produced an exclusive dub for use on transpacific flights by Japan Airlines. Troma Films, under their 50th St. Films banner, distributed the dub of the film co-produced by Jerry Beck. It was released on VHS and DVD byFox Video. Troma's and Fox's rights to this version expired in 2004.
The film was re-released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 7, 2006[1] and byMadman on March 15, 2006.[2] It features a new dub cast. This DVD release is the first version of the film in the United States to include both Japanese and English language tracks, as Fox did not have the rights to the Japanese audio track for their version. The movie and its titular character, Totoro, have become cultural icons. My Neighbor Totoro ranked #41 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[3] A list of the greatest animated films compiled byTerry Gilliam in Time Out ranked the film number 1.[4] A similar list compiled by the editors of Time Out ranked the film number 3.[5]The character made multiple cameo appearances in a number of Studio Ghibli films and video games and is recognized as one of the most popular characters in Japanese animation. Totoro was ranked 24th on IGN's top 25 anime characters.[6]
The film tells the story of the two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.
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