NTV aired My Neighbor Totoro, and 5ch’s live-viewing thread quickly filled up with movie trivia and behind-the-scenes tidbits.
Standouts included the behind-the-scenes story of how the sisters Satsuki and Mei were a last-minute addition due to production circumstances, plus comments from viewers who, rewatching as adults, felt a pang noticing how Satsuki handles cooking and housework for all three family members like a “young carer” (a child shouldering adult caregiving duties). The thread also touched on how viewing experiences differ by generation.
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Guess I'll rewatch My Neighbor Toro-Toro (playful typo for Totoro) for the first time in ages
I love the scene where Mei eats the marbles, and the one where she cries "But that's our rice!"
Kokoro!
Oh, your name is Kokoro!
Ko-koro
Oh, your name is Kokoro!
Ko-koro
Satsuki (Japanese for "May") and Mei (sounds like the English "May") — their parents had a funny sense of humor
>>11
Totoro's heroine was originally just one girl, but Totoro's runtime got extended to match Grave of the Fireflies, whose length had grown for production reasons — so they hastily added a second character, making them sisters to fill the extra time
Totoro's heroine was originally just one girl, but Totoro's runtime got extended to match Grave of the Fireflies, whose length had grown for production reasons — so they hastily added a second character, making them sisters to fill the extra time
They start out fighting,
but by the end they're calling each other "Satsuki~" and "Kan-chan~"
Stay tuned for how their little romance turns out
but by the end they're calling each other "Satsuki~" and "Kan-chan~"
Stay tuned for how their little romance turns out
It's not really fighting — it's that classic boyish thing of teasing a girl you like as a clumsy way of showing affection
Though quite a few older folks have never actually seen it
>>19
I'm 47 now, and my whole class watched it in school, and so did the grades below mine
But a lot of people 50 and older probably never saw it
I'm 47 now, and my whole class watched it in school, and so did the grades below mine
But a lot of people 50 and older probably never saw it
I've loved this movie since I was a kid, but the older I get, the more Satsuki's young-carer situation makes me tear up out of pity
Making breakfast and lunchboxes for all three of them, dealing with Mei throwing a tantrum and showing up at her elementary school — Satsuki's just too pitiful, I can't handle it
Making breakfast and lunchboxes for all three of them, dealing with Mei throwing a tantrum and showing up at her elementary school — Satsuki's just too pitiful, I can't handle it
>>22
To balance that out,
she suddenly bursts into tears partway through the film,
and they even have the mother say "Satsuki has it rough"
To balance that out,
she suddenly bursts into tears partway through the film,
and they even have the mother say "Satsuki has it rough"
A bath scene ("NY," thread shorthand for nyūyoku/bathing) like this probably wouldn't fly nowadays
>>43
I think it actually caused controversy overseas, or got cut
Apparently in other countries fathers and daughters don't bathe together
I think it actually caused controversy overseas, or got cut
Apparently in other countries fathers and daughters don't bathe together
That granny's probably around 50
going by how people used to age back then
going by how people used to age back then
>>46
Yeah, that's right (*-ω-)
She's definitely in her 50s (o^∀^o)
Yeah, that's right (*-ω-)
She's definitely in her 50s (o^∀^o)
>>48
It's a Japanese-style squat toilet!
It's a Japanese-style squat toilet!
>>50
What of it?! (*｀ω´*)
What of it?! (*｀ω´*)
Satsuki's basically Conan at this point (Miyazaki's Future Boy Conan)
>>51
Isn't that more like Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service?
Isn't that more like Kiki from Kiki's Delivery Service?
[Miyazaki] really likes putting kids to work, huh
>>52
I can still understand Pazu working out of necessity like in Castle in the Sky,
but seeing Satsuki forced to do all this work is heartbreaking
She has a father, and probably grandparents too — why make the kid do it?
I can still understand Pazu working out of necessity like in Castle in the Sky,
but seeing Satsuki forced to do all this work is heartbreaking
She has a father, and probably grandparents too — why make the kid do it?
Yaaay! (‘０’)
>>55
( ‘д‘⊂彡☆))Д´) *WHACK*
( ‘д‘⊂彡☆))Д´) *WHACK*
>>60
Guess even someone with a jaded heart like you watches Totoro?! (ノ｀Д´)ノ彡┻━┻ (table-flip kaomoji)
Guess even someone with a jaded heart like you watches Totoro?! (ノ｀Д´)ノ彡┻━┻ (table-flip kaomoji)
Sleeping on that belly looks like the dream, doesn't it
>>63
I wanna lie down on Totoro's belly toooo! Toooo! Toooo! Toooo! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ
I wanna lie down on Totoro's belly toooo! Toooo! Toooo! Toooo! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ
Kanta's spirit of self-sacrifice is so noble! So noble! So noble! So noble! (≧ω≦。)
>>74
( ‘д‘⊂彡☆))Д´) *WHACK*
( ‘д‘⊂彡☆))Д´) *WHACK*
Good evening🌙
This is Ayana Murakoshi
Watching My Neighbor Totoro right now^⦿ – ⦿^
Just got to the scene where Mei meets Totoro👀
Seriously! Mei! So cute♡♡
This is Ayana Murakoshi
Watching My Neighbor Totoro right now^⦿ – ⦿^
Just got to the scene where Mei meets Totoro👀
Seriously! Mei! So cute♡♡
>>83
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
Mu-ra-ko-shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ shi♪ゞ(^o^ゝ)≡(/^_^)/"
>>84
"My Sludgy Neighbor" (a mocking pun on the title) is on streaming anytime, you can watch it whenever
"My Sludgy Neighbor" (a mocking pun on the title) is on streaming anytime, you can watch it whenever
>>87
Watching it together with everyone is what makes it good( =＾ω＾)
Watching it together with everyone is what makes it good( =＾ω＾)
>>89
Can I… go take a dump real quick?
Can I… go take a dump real quick?
They didn't air Grave of the Fireflies this year, huh
>>106
They aired it last year for the first time in a while though(o´･ω･`o）
They aired it last year for the first time in a while though(o´･ω･`o）
"My Neighbor Totoro"
right now
I love this Ghibli picture quality
https://ameblo.jp/rosychronicle/entry-12976406930.html
right now
I love this Ghibli picture quality
https://ameblo.jp/rosychronicle/entry-12976406930.html
>>113
Yaaay! (‘０’)
I got to watch Totoro together with Hasumi-chan! Yaay! Yaay! Yaay! Yaay!ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ
Yaaay! (‘０’)
I got to watch Totoro together with Hasumi-chan! Yaay! Yaay! Yaay! Yaay!ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “■ My Neighbor Totoro, NTV, 21:00~.”
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