

It also received the Special Award at the Blue Ribbon Awards in the same year. It won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize and the Mainichi Film Award and Kinema Junpo Award for Best Film in 1988. My Neighbor Totoro received critical acclaim and has amassed a worldwide cult following in the years after its release.

It stars the voice actors Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, and Hitoshi Takagi. The film, which is set Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, tells the story of a professor's two young daughters ( Satsuki and Mei) and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in post-war rural Japan.

It premiered alongside Grave of the Fireflies as a double-feature on April 16, 1988. ¥588 million My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro) is an animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Toru Hara and animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten.
