Studio Ghibli did a great job making a movie that is interesting, and the art is beautiful. You also get to follow along with what happens with their mother. Throughout the movie, you see how Mei and Satsuke both get help from the spirits and become friends with them. He woke up, and when Mei asked his name, he said “To-to-ro!” Totoro helps lead Mei back home.
After entering the roots, she fell down a hole and landed on a big spirit who was sleeping. They ended up in the center of the roots of the tree, where only spirits can enter. She found acorns and followed the trail to find a small spirit, but the spirit ran away. One day, Mei’s father was doing work at home while she was playing in the backyard. It’s rumored to have great spiritual energy. He explains the tree is called the Camphor tree and is the mother of the forest. One hot afternoon, the dad takes the girls on a little trip to go see the big tree that is in the center of the forest.
The Soot Spirits are the first of many different spirits the girls meet. This explains why Mei has black dust on her hands. She explains that there are spirits living inside the house called “Soot Spirits,” and they turn into dust when they are caught. Nanny sees that the girls have black dust on their feet and that they created a trail of it through the house. Satsuke gets scared and runs down the stairs while Mei tries to catch one of the creatures. When they got to the attic, they found a black little ball running across the floors and walls. The girls went to explore the house and to find the attic. She told them all to call her Nanny and that she wanted to help the family in any way they needed. When they first arrive at the new house, the neighbor comes over to greet them all. Their father moves them to a countryside home to be near the hospital where their mother is recovering from an illness. The movie follows sisters Satsuke, who is 10 years old, and Mei, who is 4 years old. The movie is very family-friendly and doesn’t have a “bad guy” character. The most known movie from Studio Ghibli is “My neighbor Totoro,” which was released in 1988. The films were only available on DVD until HBO Max launched on May 27, 2020, and announced that Studio Ghibli movies would be available for anyone with an HBO max subscription. Hayao Miyazaki works hard with a team of other artists to make their movies with a very distinct animation style. Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation studio that works on many feature films and short films.