7 Funny Things About My Neighbor Totoro Animated Movies

7 Funny Things About My Neighbor Totoro Animated Movies

The films of Ghibli's studio and Hayao Miyazaki's work are identical to famous quality animations around the world. And it can be said that one of his most popular characters is Totoro from the movie My Neighbor Totoro. It's easy to see why many people love this big and adorable character. Totoro is funny, fluffy and he will take you to a fantastic adventure and introduce you to his other friends namely, Catbus, Totoro blue and Totoro white.

My Neighbor Totoro tells of two daughters, Satsuki and his sister named Mei. They move to a house in the countryside with their father to be closer to their mother being hospitalized. One day May found a small creature that collected acorns, and followed them until he found a jumbo-sized creature that settled in the forest near their home. The big and adorable creature is called Totoro.

My Neighbor Totoro presents a story that is not only amazing but also many sides that describe a touching story. Here are some facts about this movie that you deserve to see:

1 . One of the most significant things shown in the movie My Neighbor Totoro is the absence of a mother figure in their home, as she experiences an unspecified illness. Nevertheless the father figure described as a loving and patient. May takes on the responsibilities of handling homework while his father works, showing that he is a persistent child.

 2 . The film is partly the autobiography of the creator, Hayao Miyazaki. When Hayao Miyazaki and her siblings were still children, her mother suffered spinal cord tuberculosis for nine years, and spent much of her time in the hospital. It is implied, but never revealed in the film, that Satsuki's mother and May also suffer from tuberculosis. Hayao Miyazaki once said that this movie would be too painful for her to be made if the two main characters were a boy instead of a girl.

 3 . Tororo's own identity is not so explained in the movie. Tororo's name is also a name from May based on the characters in the book that he read Tororu, which means Troll. There is an indication that Tororo is a guardian of the forest, because 2 small Tororo collects acorns, and at the beginning of the movie there is also a small Tororo opening animation that drops the seeds of a tree. Tororo also gave a packet of seeds to Sastsuki while at the bus stop, as a token of thanks for the umbrella he gave.

4 . Tororo's character often appears as a cameo in various films in the production of Ghibli studio and also various video games, even he appeared briefly in the movie Toy Story 3. Tororo is also the mascot of the studio Ghibli

5 . Mei in Japanese has the meaning of new plants begin to grow, while mei-mei means sister in Chinese

 6 . Tororo is a popular character in Japan, but at the time of My Neighbor Totoro's first movie in theaters in 1988 the performance was not very satisfactory. Tororo's popularity just started to appear when the Tororo doll began to be marketed two years later.

 7 . The popularity of Tororo Character that has its own characteristics and captivate the fans also inspire the naming of the findings of several researchers. An asteroid discovered in 1994 was named 10160 Totoro. One of the new velvet worm species found in Vietnam in 2013 is called Eoperipatus totoro, because of its shape similar to Cat Bus in the movie My Neighbor Totoro.