My Neighbor Totoro
Fantasy
Animation
Family
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Discussed in these episodes
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45 "My Neighbor Totoro"
Can you believe Myke hasn’t seen a Miyazaki movie before?
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144 Hangin' With the Totes
“My Neighbor Totoro” is an animated classic in which nothing much happens, but we love it anyway. We discuss how the movie is all about children’s fears of change, ponder the differences between subtitled and dubbed versions, and contemplate corn as a cure for tuberculosis. CREEPY!