Talk:My Neighbor Totoro/Archive 1

message: About Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies: It is well-known that the two films were produced and screened together, but has anyone else noticed that they are in many aspects mirror images of each other? There are many elements in Totoro that are mirrored in Grave of the Fireflies in a negative form, most notably the black "dust bunnies" echoing the fireflies/firebombs. Both films are broadly about siblings separated from their parents, the younger one running around and the older trying to care. There is also the postman (Totoro)/policeman (Fireflies) connection, and more. I would really like to discuss this with somebody.
--Black Phoenix 06:39, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not cite it? Brutannica 10:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Grave

message: There has been some talk going around suggesting that Totoro is a chinchilla. Can anyone verify or address this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.232.253 (talk • contribs)  December 2004
is that some kind of corollary to the Chewbacca Defense? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Binkymagnus (talk • contribs)  24 December 2005
Totoro is a totoro, i've heard it refered to as a mouse and an owl...and on numerous occations a cat, but i think he is just a thing on his own. Fitandhappy
:The Totoro seem take on different animal aspects depending on what they are doing. They are clearly owl like when they are sitting at the top of the tree (they even make hooting noises using some kind of wind instrument) but they are very much like rabbits on the ground (the small white one disapears down a hole when being chased) and the large totoro seems quite like a bear when it is asleep or tired. --DanielRigal 18:40, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There really is an animal related to totoro, i think it is a combination of mouse and hamster... i only know it chinese name is 龙猫 (long mao), but i could not find an article for it... Ragnaroknike 14:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: What is totoro?

message: Should the differences with voice actors between the Fox and Disney release be noted? JEmfinger 21:28, August 27, 2005 (UTC)  COMMENT: similar to this, differences between the Japanese and American DVDs should be noted, in particular that the Japanese version has, but the other lacks: 1) extras DVD 2) English literal subtitles (different from English subtitles). Santaduck 08:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Voice actors

message: Where in the movie are the smaller totoros named? Nareek 18:42, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think they're only mentioned in books and promotional materials, not in the movie. TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's what I thought--I did a search through the transcripts and couldn't find them in dialogue. Nareek 00:42, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought perhaps that Mei might have used those words when she's first describing the Totoros to Satsuke and her father since the dialogue in the Fox dub is suggestive of that, but the more literal Japanese translation shows that she only says "so big" accompanying her gestures until she gets to Ō-Totoro. And even then I'm not too sure what word she's using. I obviously have to get the Disney release and watch it subtitled...TCC (talk) (contribs) 00:56, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Totoro names 

message: Can someone find an actual Totoro movie poster for the infobox?  The one currently on display is notorious for being a prototype with a different female protagonist (instead of two).Rebochan 07:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: At least in Finland they just used that poster, despite the proto-Mei. Maybe there simply isn't another one...? --Bakuryuu (talk) 07:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Totoro Poster

message: Doesn't the tune that the Totoros play on the ocarinas sound scarily like the theme tune?--Totoro Fan99 17:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is the theme song. :) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 20:25, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Totoro's Ocarina 

message: Back when I was a little nipper, My Neighbour Totoro was one of my favorite films, despite the fact that I couldn't understand it, as it was Cantonese dub. I point this out as I found out when I watched the English and Japanese versions that it was only the Cantonese version where the Totoros (sp?) actually speak (the medium one being high pitched, the smaller doesn't speak and the big'un is er, very loud)
I'm not going to add that to the article as
a) I appear to have lost the video, and may have been an illegal redub anyway
b) I need someone else to corroborate my findings
--Jayau1234 21:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, they do talk.  Well, a little bit. I have a real dubbed copy and they just kind of chant...something quite insignificant but adds to the "cuteness" of the characters. —++ hippi ippi ++ 15:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cantonese Version 

message: In Japanese: バス停にトトロ現る！　大瀬戸の山道さんが制作. In English: Totoro Statue Erected at Bus Stop in Southern Japan. >(^_^)<  ···日本穣? · Talk to Nihonjoe 02:15, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Interesting recent sighting