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JAPAN · 1988
My Neighbor Totoro
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Synopsis
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.
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When I think of the films that influenced me as an animator, 'My Neighbor Totoro' is certainly one of them. Its gentle depiction of nature and innocent adventures showed me a path for animation that wasn't about action, but about feeling and atmosphere.
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