010 My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, 1988)

Wait in the rain and board the next catbus to the wonderful world of Hayao Miyazaki! We discuss My Neighbor Totoro, childhood, the melancholy of mortality, stillness, bus balls, trolley systems, and mispronounce Japanese words!

 

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. The film—which stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi—tells the story of a professor's two young daughters (Satsuki and Mei) and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.

An hour and a half of beautiful Studio Ghibli Piano Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LEmer7wwHI