blog session 4: my neighbor totoro

totoro or my neighbor totoro is a japanese animated film created and directed by hayao miyazaki and produced by ghibli studio, realeased on 1988. totoro is a supernatural being from forests, something like an nature spirit, a children protector. the film tells a fantasy story where two sisters, mei and satsuki, move to countryside by her father, who works as profesor in the university of tokyo. everyday satsuki and mei go to wait her dad in bus stop, beside bus stop sign. one of that days, when it's raining, girls meet totoro in bus stop, who was waiting for his buscat or nekobasu to go home. meanwhile, her mother is suffering a disease in hospital, so they visit her to know how she's getting better. the two children wish her mother go home soon, but the medical announcement says she has to stay in caution view. because this last, it happened a misunderstanding where mei, the younger sister, go away to fields looking for her mom. satsuki decides looking for her sister, so she calls totoro for help. totoro sends catbus and satsuki get in to find mei. finally, mei appeares, then her mom recovers health and get back home. i think my neighbor totoro is one of the most important animated film in history. miyazaki's works characterized for treat fantasy and imagination in childhood. that's what i like and that's what make totoro one of my favorite films. i got a totoro tattoo over my right arm, in fact.