Alternative TitlesEnglish: My Neighbor Totoro Synonyms: My Neighbour Totoro Japanese: となりのトトロ
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 16, 1988
Duration:
1 hr. 26 min. Rating:
PG - Children
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both are great movies by Hayao Miyazaki :3 with a touch of magic and peculiar creatures :]
Both Miyazaki films I think the animation in both are amazing. Just like Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle is a moving a passionate Anime experience.
Both are fantastical, dream-like, magical, captivating stories of Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.
Both by Studio Ghilbli and fab
Another great movie from Miyazaki. I own both. :3
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Both are movies from Hayao Miyazaki, and both are feelgood movies with a touching story and ending.
Both designed for the young anime fan. Ok to show to under 12's.
Studio Ghibli films are all Excellent!
They are both Hayao Miyazaki's movies, they have both super-duper cute characters with a nice story.
both from Mizayaki Hayao's Ghibli Studio,
both story & art have warm and 'cuteness',
ah, I just think anyone who love one of these will love the other,,
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Both have families moving into an old vacant house in rural areas. They have funny and childishness moments that have supernatural aspects to it. Not to mention both are movies and have absolutely wonderful and beautiful animation.
Fantasy feel. Parent moving out to an old home in the countryside with their two young children (very similar scenes here).
Both movies have a beautiful mix of slice of life and fantasy with a heavy focus on a single (or acting as a single) parent caring for two adventerous children in a rural mountain village.
Ookami Kodomo can definitely be compared to Miyazaki's works and feels to me like a modern-day Totoro.
Both concern the coming of age theme in it and the characters' move to the country to live in a traditional japanese house that is hidden away from neighbors. Also Young Yuki reminded me a lot of Mei, both having very similar personalities. I got the same heart warming feeling watching both of these movies
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Both are Studio Ghibli classics that revolve around a young girl going on a strange and magical adventure.
Another Miyazaki film that involves children and their hardships. I really love both of these. :3
Both directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli). Both involve female main characters and both are light hearted and truly amazing.
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The other day, I was reading an article about Miyazaki. If I'm recalling correctly, it was mentioned how a member of his staff had argued with him during the production of Spirited Away about how its heroine should've acted more hesitant and fearful when confronted with monsters. I'm mentioning this because I think this disagreement touches upon my biggest gripe with Miyazaki's 'kiddy flicks': they lack a relatable human edge that would've allowed me to become involved. For example, I was re-watching Laputa a week or so back and it struck me how, in real life, a girl would be left SOMEWHAT traumatised by falling from an airship and being pursued by a group of military nasties. But, in Miyazaki's world, everyone is all happy-happy, smiley-smiley, and while that might work when viewed through children's eyes, it doesn't cut it with me.
And this brings me to Momo. If memory serves, the person that disagreed with Miyazaki during Spirited Away also worked on Momo. Maybe that's a coincidence and is entirely irrelevant but, regardless, Momo is a lot closer to my ideal take on the 'girl meets magical creatures after moving to the middle of nowhere' premise. To be human is to be troubled and troubled is an apt way to describe Momo's titular heroine. She avoids social contact, rarely displays emotion, is uptight, unhappy to find herself relocated and deeply regrets the last words she aimed at her father before his death. Her struggles with life also went hand-in-hand with her reaction to finding herself housed with monsters; first running as far away as possible before attacking them when confronted. And, for me, her realistic behaviour both better relates to modern life than Ghibli's older, more child friendly offerings and works better as a consequence.
As for Totoro and why I'm linking it to Momo: it shares the most similar premise out of Miyazaki's films.
Both movies have children moving to a new home, one in the countryside and the other on a secluded island, with the similar scenery of quiet everyday human life alongside nature. Both movies have supernatural elements that only the children are able to see and interact with.
They use nearly the same motif, starting with a child's secret adventure with the supernatural characters in home town, and eventually focus back on family relationships. Together with the beautiful scenes and nature rich background, both movies left good memories for the audience.
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Both are peaceful stories exploring the relationship between humans and the supernatural
For some reason I kept thinking of Totoro when I watched this series. Both have great artwork, and unique characters. There are some very Miyazaki-esque characters in Natsume Yuujinchou - and both the movie and the series have good stories. I'd really recommend both these for someone wishing to experience something a bit more unique from an anime
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A pre-Ghibli movie. Follows Mimiko and her encounters with the panda PapaPanda and his son Panny.
As Mimiko is left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip, she meets a little panda and his father. And they soon decide to become a heartwarming family.
A cute and warming story, and have similar art and scenes.
Easy to see this is where totoro came from.
The general for these two films is presence of extraordinary lovely protagonist. Both of them are laconic, but only having looked on these creations, feel happiness presence.
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Both animes have Mushis and have no violence, but a deep history.
1. It has the same innocent child-like feel to it.
2. Filled with strange creatures.
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In both "Miyori no Mori" and "My Neighbor Totoro" there is a child who wanders into the forest and meets the spirits in there.
Both movies involve the relationship between humans and forest spirits, and both have a good dose of environmentalism built in to the plot.
Also, both are aimed at younger audiences.
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Both have strange big monster and unique story
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I can honestly see a lot of parallels between the characters Photon and Totoro. Photon the show is cute, funny, entertaining and criminally under-rated. The series is only 6 episodes long, and suffers a pseudo-plot bomb in the last episode (which is twice as long as normal), but that doesn't make it bad, it just feels a bit rushed at the end. Overall, it's only 6 epis, you're the kind of person with a myanimelist account. You can spare the time to partake in Photon.
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They are both innocent and fanciful and leave a nice feel good mood. Though Girl Who Leapt Through Time is meant for an older audience and can be quite sad at times.
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Both master movies by Hayao Miyazaki. Both beautifully done. Full of adventure though odd porco rosso is, it's wonderful.
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Both are centered around a female protagonist on a mystical adventure. They also share similar characteristics in their humor, style, and overall outlook on life.
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Both are very similar slow-paced anime movies where a girl finds a friend Youkai (or forest spirit), although Hotarubi has sadder ending.
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Both heart warming storys done by Ghibli. The storys great and the art is amazing :)
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Both are about children which strive to be happy and loose parents - though in the GOTF it's much more tragical, girls in MNT are worried about their mother too. Both let you enter the world of kids, which is a good and interesting thing. And both have deeper meanings and very nice visual part.
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This is a films about the wonder of being a child and experiencing something incredible which adults can't see but recognize nonetheless.
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Both about rather specific animals, both made by Ghibli
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Both by Studio Ghibli. A lot of the same nature-typed themes are involved. Both were a joy to watch
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Well I can't quite say that the atmosphere is the same, but the setting is.
In both anime's young children come across some to say magical creatures, in this case Kappa and Totoro :)
With Kappa a young boy plays all day, and after having trouble with the press and stuff so some weird and sad things happen later on ... with Totoro some or less is the same the difference is that Totoro is been find by a girl ... but in Kappa and in Totoro their family is also involved ... nether the less you don't want to miss out either one if you liked the other :)
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The children and stories in both have a similar feel. A great amount of creativity is present in both.
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Bother are very nice,and very good at fantasizing the fantasy.
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Why you ask? Yes, they are too defferent - but the character design, the similar atmosphere...
Whats more the two sisters - Satsuki and Mei(My Neighbor Totoro) / Kyoko and Yuuko(Dennou Coil) - are alike.
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Both of series is "anime-cartoons" for small kids
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Like Animal Crossing, My Neighbor Totoro is centered around an independent young girl (actually, 2) seeking adventure and finding it in a handful of cute and loveable creatures, in this case, a giant bunny-like tree spirit called Totoro.
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totoro has a similar relaxened atmosphere like kino has, thogh kino's much better...
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Made by the same director coupled with a very similar taste of storytelling makes this movie a must-watch for anyone who enjoyed Princess Mononoke.
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Both are sweet stories about young girls and cute monsters.
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