Hard to explain how good this is

Rating: 10/10 (25 September 2006)

I've seen quite a few anime, but this is the first one that I really loved. Hard to explain, not much of a plot because it's the subtleties in this film that make it so great, and if you told anyone about them, it kinda sounds lame. And even though it's very very very cute, it also deals with heavier issues e.g. the mother issue, but it's believable, even though it has a strong fantasy element And while Monsters Inc is good because it makes monsters less scary for kids, I think this film is better, because the monsters in this film are not scary, and wonderful, but that sound that the big Totoro makes was a classic monster sound. It scared the crap out of my dogs. :-)
Better than Spirited Away in my opinion.