My Neighbor Totoro simple introduction and super cute My Neighbor Totoro plush dolls

Plush dolls have wonderful memories in my childhood. 

The plush toys in my house, they are toys and also mark my memories of different ages.

Children of different ages will have different preferences, beloved cartoon characters or movie stories because of different popular cultures of the year. 

There are still a lot of different plush dolls in different toy stores. Of course, it is the favorite animation or cartoon character of today's children. I have grown up and  my favorite animated characters are no longer popular now.

When I was a child, I would like to get plush dolls for cartoon characters. I especially like Japanese animation. Some cartoons in Japan have deep reflections, and they have the meaning of education and reminding the world. Not general entertainment. It's not just cute design and colorful colors. It is carrying a very important message of communication to the public.

I would like to introduce My Neighbor Totoro by Production company Studio Ghibli. Hayao Miyazaki's films, however, are absolutely the most accessible 'anime' that exists. And it's not going far enough to say that he's a great anime director or a great animation director, he is one of the greatest filmmakers ever - and possibly one of the last people who will ever master what we call "2D" animation. it has become clear over the last 20 years that there is nobody in line to replace him, even in Japan where animation is taken seriously as art.

Hayao Miyazaki ,Image sourced from wikipedia

With My Neighbor Totoro, what I consider one of the best films ever made, You may not agree on how good of a movie. Mei's and Satsuki's distress finally reaches its breaking point and nearly causes disaster. Things work out in the end and Mom gets better, but not before everyone's rattled by the experience. Totoro works if you take the fantasy literally, that's what's there for children. For the rest of us it's more of an evocation of the days of childhood where the real world still felt strange and magical and a little dangerous; well, the adult would is still strange and dangerous too - your partner is hospitalized, you're trying to pay the bills, and your kids are waiting in the rain for you at the bus stop and have to hang out with forest animals because they're not getting enough attention from you.

My Neighbor Totoro movie poster , Image sourced from wikipedia

The Totoro's creation and story are inspired by the classic fairy tale "Acorn and Bobcat" by Miyazawa Kenji (どんぐりと山猫/椽子与山猫 by 宮澤賢治).  

The giant Bobcat  was standing still and looked at each other far away.

The small acorns at the feet creaked in a rolling circle, It was the image of the Bobcat in my mind.

"Acorn and Bobcat" Cover  , Image Sourced from :cite.com.tw

"Acorn and Bobcat" 's illustration , Image Sourced from : gkids.cwgv.com.tw

Totoro's design with reference to the image of the Chinchilla lanigera Molina.

 Chinchilla lanigera Molina , Image Sourced from : kknew.cc

On a warm, sunny day, 10-year-old Satsuki and 4-year-old Mei .Kusakabe drive with their father, Tatsuo , along a rural road towards their new home. The girls are excited about the move since it will bring them closer to their mother, Yasuko, who is ill in the hospital (it is implied that she has tuberculosis).

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby. Eventually, Mei and Satsuki's mother returns home, and the sisters play with other children, while Totoro and his friends watch them from afar.

Studio Ghibli Medium Grey Totoro My Neighbor Totoro Plush Doll , image source : CuteWares

Studio Ghibli Small Blue Totoro My Neighbor Plush Doll , image source : CuteWares