Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

What Is It?

The YouTube video Did We Misunderstand Totoro? by the YouTube channel Wisecrack:

Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

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The secret tragedy of Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro has brought joy to the masses since its release in 1986. But surprisingly, it was initially supposed to be screened alongside Studio Ghibli’s most depressing film ever: Grave of the Fireflies. Can watching the two films side by side teach us anything, and will doing so change the meaning of Totoro? Let’s find out in this Wisecrack Edition: Did We Misunderstand Totoro?

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Written by Amanda Scherker and Tom Whyman
Hosted by Michael Burns
Directed by Michael Luxemburg
Edited by Kim Su Labby
Produced by Olivia Redden and Griffin Davis

Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound

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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-Hime)

Source: IMDb

What is it?

The 1997 Japanese-animated epic fantasy movie Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-Hime).

Trailer

Princess Mononoke: Old Man Yells At Anime (ANIME ABANDON)

Princess Mononoke: Old Man Yells At Anime (ANIME ABANDON)

What Is It?

The YouTube video Princess Mononoke: Old Man Yells At Anime (ANIME ABANDON) by the YouTube channel BennettTheSage.

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NiNoKuni (Ni No Kuni)

Source: IMDb

What is it?

The 2019 Japanese action adventure anime (animated) movie NiNoKuni.

Porco Rosso (Kurenai No Buta)

Porco Rosso (1992)

What is it?

The Japanese anime (animated) comedy adventure movie Porco Rosso.

Porco Rosso – Trailer

What is it about?

This is how Rotten Tomatoes describes this animated movie:

Master animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this tale about a former World War I flying ace who is also a pig.

Slouching toward middle age, Porco Rosso makes his living by flying about in his bright red bi-plane and fighting sky bandits who prey on cruise ships sailing the Adriatic.

When he’s not engaging in dogfights, this porcine pilot lives on a deserted island retreat.

Porco Rosso was once a strapping young man, but after his entire squadron was wiped out, he was mysteriously transformed into a pig.

Rosso is defeated in a dogfight against a dashing American rival, who has been hired by the dastardly bandits.

With his plane damaged, he finds a repair hangar near Milan run by an aging mechanic named Piccolo, and his spunky granddaughter Fio.

Initially skeptical of her mechanical prowess, Rosso is amazed when she and a legion of local women fix his plane. Soon, Porco Rosso is ready to battle his rival.

~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi