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My Neighbor Totoro

1988 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Movie anime_film Q39571
My Neighbor Totoro
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Summary

My Neighbor Totoro is an anime film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of anime film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,241 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Mainichi Film Awards[3], Ōfuji Noburō Award[4], Blue Ribbon Awards[5], Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year[6]
  • Instance of: animated film[7], film[8]
  • Director: Hayao Miyazaki[9]
  • Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki[10]
  • Composer: Joe Hisaishi[11]
  • Genre: fantasy film[12], drama anime and manga[13], fantasy anime and manga[14], children's film[15], supernatural anime[16]
  • Producer: Tōru Hara[17]
  • Part of the series: Studio Ghibli Feature Films[18]
  • Production company: Studio Ghibli[19]
  • Director of photography: Hisao Shirai[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Japanese[21]
  • Commons category: My Neighbor Totoro[22]
  • Soundtrack release: My Neighbor Totoro[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 93%[25], 8.4/10[26], 4.234/5[27], 87/100[28], 8.1/10[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: Japan[31]
  • Publication date: April 16, 1988[32], July 13, 1990[33], January 1, 1988[34]
  • Characters: Totoro[35], Catbus[36], Mei Kusakabe[37], Satsuki Kusakabe[38]
  • Voice actor: Noriko Hidaka[39], Hitoshi Takagi[40], Chika Sakamoto[41], Sumi Shimamoto[42], Naoki Tatsuta[43], Tanie Kitabayashi[44], Shigesato Itoi[45], Shigeru Chiba[46], Ikue Ōtani[47]
  • Distributed by: 20th Century Studios[48], HBO Max[49]
  • Narrative location: Matsugō[50]
  • Official website: http://movies.disney.com/my-neighbor-totoro[51], https://www.ghibli.jp/works/totoro/[52]
  • Topic's main category: Category:My Neighbor Totoro[53]
  • Main subject: childhood[54], spirit of nature[55], sibling relationship[56]

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Cultural Impact

Things named for My Neighbor Totoro include Eoperipatus totoro[57], a taxon[58].

Why It Matters

My Neighbor Totoro has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

Entities named for it include Eoperipatus totoro[57], a taxon[58].

FAQs

What awards did My Neighbor Totoro receive?

Honors received include Mainichi Film Awards[3], Ōfuji Noburō Award[4], Blue Ribbon Awards[5], and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film of the Year[6].

Related Entities

film Hayao Miyazaki Japan Joe Hisaishi

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kobis film id → 19880001
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  3. 7w ago · Sawol · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14759 → t913
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  7. 18w ago · Camillu87 · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  8. 23w ago · Mcampany · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → Joe Hisaishi
    Film editor → Takeshi Seyama
    Executive producer → Yasuyoshi Tokuma
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