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Amazon Sales - My Neighbor Totoro
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $21.06
Your Save: $ 8.93 ( 30% )
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Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Starring: Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto
Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788834035
Format: Animated
ISBN: 0788834037
Label: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-03-07
Running Time: 86
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1988
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Great movie, terrible dub
Comment: The English language soundtrack for this movie is dull and uninspired. Even though I don't understand much Japanese, the movie is much more fun in the original with subtitles, because of the energy of the voices. It begins with the title: in Japanese it's "Tonari no Totoro," which is alliterative and poetic, where the English "My Neighbor Totoro" is literally faithful but utterly boring.
This seems to have been released in the US mainly for anime lovers and fans of the original. If the US distributor (Disney it appears) were to commission a "remake" of the dub, with a better translation, music, and voice talent, they could have a real "Finding Nemo" like hit on their hands.
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Summary: A classic Miyazaki Hayao story
Comment: "My Neighbor Totoro" is one of those movies that you watch...and watch...and watch again. Miyazaki Hayao has once again opened the portals to imagination and given us a wonderful, heart-warming story that children and adults will find entertaining, if not thought provoking. If you've never watched a Miyazaki Hayao movie before, this is the one to start with!
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Summary: Sucked
Comment: I love My Neighbor Totoro, but this one that disney put out really sucked, They changed the voices, took out a lot of lines, and just all around messed it up. i have the orginal tape that streamline put out back in the early 90's and have pretty much grown up with the movie and i love it. its just really hard to see everything that was good about the movie changed so much. It took always all that we love about the anime. All my friends who watched this dvd said the same thing.
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Summary: A tradition passed on ...
Comment: I remember watching this movie when it frist came out and simply being at awe with it. No bad guys ... little girls and fuzzy monsters ... come one, how can that beat Akira? Well, it just does. It's been my favorite move for years and now it's my daughter's favorite movie too.
I think the thing that gets me the most is Myazaki's treatment of the parents. When the children tell them of ghosts and monsters, there's instant belief ... no pats on the head followed by "silly girls" ... the father plays along and encourages them with kindness and understanding ... awesome.
The artwork is not Disney and it's not Pixar or Dreamworks ... its just simply amazing and warm. makes you want to just jump into the movie and play along.
Get this movie for your kids, get this movie for yourself, you wont be disappointed.
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Summary: The Best Kind of Neighbor
Comment: I have never seen the movie before so can't judge what it was like in other releases. In the DVD I bought, I had widescreen, dialog in English and Japanese and two disks. One for the regular film and the other was the entire soundtrack with story boarded pictures. I found the dialog in English beautiful and well done. The picture and the care the film had in transferring it over into DVD was marvelous. A man and his two daughters move to the country in a new house while the mother is hospitalized. They meet two very nice neighbors but the girls become attached to forest spirits who seem to take care of them when their parents are unavailable. Beautiful moving story with lots of hope.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Critically acclaimed as one of the most delightful and charming family films ever, MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is a stunning animated treat full of magical adventure from Hayao Miyazaki. Follow the adventures of Satsuki and her four-year-old sister Mei when they move into a new home in the countryside. To their delight, they discover that their new neighbor is a mysterious forest spirit called Totoro, who can be seen only through the eyes of a child. Totoro introduces them to extraordinary characters -- including a cat that doubles as a bus! -- and takes them on an incredible journey. Full of wonder and heart, this spectacular 2-disc set features the voice talents of Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning. MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO is a magical experience for the whole family! © 1988 Nibariki • G
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