It's one of those movies that is breathtakingly perfect in every scene, every line of dialogue.

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2000)

There was an anime festival on as part of the Sydney Olympics arts program; my SO Liz wanted to get a season pass and spend all week watching movies, but we only managed to get tickets for one flick. Fortunately, however, it was an absolutely brilliant one: "My Neighbour Totoro".
If you ever hear about this being shown on the big screen, grab tickets immediately; if not, get it on video. Even if you don't like anime, it doesn't matter. It's one of those movies that is breathtakingly perfect in every scene, every line of dialogue.
It's not your typical anime; no sex, no violence, no giant robots, appropriate for people of any age without being a kiddies movie. Just some wonderfully realised characters, and some astonishingly beautiful animation.

The visual style is very similar to some of Tenchi Muyo (which was probably heavily influenced by My Neighbour Totoro), for those of you familiar with that. It's one of the few where the dubbed version is as good as the subbed, too; the English language voice acting is magnificent.