My Neighbour Totoro

Directed by our most favourite Hayao Miyazaki.

The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. The film won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film in 1988.

The film captivates with its lovely and simple story, artwork and happenings. At the end we feel calm and rested as we do after watching most Miyazaki films. We find them to be suggestive rather than seductive.

Roger Ebert says:
"My Neighbor Totoro is based on experience, situation and exploration—not on conflict and threat," and described its appeal: "...it would never have won its worldwide audience just because of its warm heart. It is also rich with human comedy in the way it observes the two remarkably convincing, lifelike little girls... It is a little sad, a little scary, a little surprising and a little informative, just like life itself. It depends on a situation instead of a plot, and suggests that the wonder of life and the resources of imagination supply all the adventure you need."