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Totoro summons the Catbus, which carries Satsuki to Mei's location, and the sisters reunite. In desperation, Satsuki pleads for Totoro's help. Mei's disappearance prompts Satsuki and the neighbors to search for her. She leaves for the hospital to take fresh corn to their mother, but gets lost on the way. The girls discover that a planned visit by their mother has been postponed because of a setback in her treatment. In the morning, the tree is gone but the seeds have sprouted. Totoro takes the girls for a ride on a magical flying top. They join in, causing the seeds to grow into an enormous tree. A few days after planting the seeds, the girls awaken at midnight to find Totoro and his fellow spirits engaged in a ceremonial dance around the planted seeds. A giant, bus-shaped cat arrives Totoro boards it and leaves. Delighted, he gives her a bundle of nuts and seeds in return. Totoro has only a leaf on his head for protection against the rain, prompting Satsuki to offer her umbrella to him.

Mei falls asleep on Satsuki's back and Totoro appears beside them, allowing Satsuki to see him for the first time. The girls wait for Tatsuo's bus, which is late. Tatsuo comforts her, saying Totoro will reveal himself when he wants to. Despite many attempts, Mei cannot show her family Totoro's tree. She falls asleep atop Totoro but when Satsuki finds her, she is on the ground. Mei thinks Totoro is the troll from her illustrated book Three Billy Goats Gruff.

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She befriends a larger spirit, which identifies itself using a series of roars that she interprets as 'Totoro'. Mei discovers two small spirits that lead her into the hollow of a large camphor tree. The susuwatari leave to find another empty house. The house is inhabited by small, dark, dust-like house spirits called susuwatari, that can be seen when moving from bright places to dark ones. In 1950s Japan, university professor Tatsuo Kusakabe and his daughters Satsuki and Mei (approximately ten and four years old, respectively) move into an old house close to the hospital where the girls' mother, Yasuko, is recovering from a long-term illness. Totoro also serves as the mascot for Studio Ghibli and is recognized as one of the most popular characters in Japanese animation.

The film and its titular character have become cultural icons, and made multiple cameo appearances in other films. The film is considered as one of the top animation films, ranking 41st in Empire magazine's 'The 100 Best Films of World Cinema' in 2010 and the number-one animated film on the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll of all-time greatest films. It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year. My Neighbor Totoro received numerous awards, including the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize, the Mainichi Film Award, and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. My Neighbor Totoro received worldwide critical acclaim, and has grossed over $41 million worldwide at the box office as of September 2019 the film also grossed significantly more from home video sales and merchandise. The film explores themes such as animism, Shinto symbology, environmentalism and the joys of rural living. This DVD release is the first version of the film in the US to include both Japanese and English language tracks. The rights to this dub expired in 2004, so Walt Disney Home Entertainment re-released the film on Mawith a new dub cast. This dub was released in 1993 to United States theaters, and the following year on VHS and LaserDisc in the US by Fox Video in 1994, and on DVD in 2002. Films banner, distributed the dub of the film. In 1989, Streamline Pictures produced an English-language dub for exclusive use on transpacific flights of Japan Airlines. The film stars voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi, and tells the story of a professor's young daughters Satsuki and Mei, and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan. My Neighbor Totoro ( Japanese: となりのトトロ, Hepburn: Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten.