MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO NOVEL (My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel)

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Latecomer and re-admittance points will be relaxed to allow people to leave and re-enter the auditorium more freely. Her character is often more cynical and level-headed than her younger sister, and therefore she is the perfect representation for an adult audience who may need to put aside their own sense of scepticism when approaching a film that is so shameless magical. In 2013, Viz released a hardcover light novel that was written by Tsugiko Kubo and illustrated by Hayao Miyazaki. Totoro takes us into a magical world where he invites the reader to remember what it was like to be a child again with all it's wonder and imagination. Stephen Holden of The New York Times described the 1993 translation as "very visually handsome", and said the film is "very charming" when "dispensing enchantment".

The cable television network Turner Classic Movies (TCM) held the television premiere of Disney's new English dub on January 2006, as part of the network's tribute to Hayao Miyazaki. The Financial Times recognized the character's appeal, commenting Totoro "is more genuinely loved than Mickey Mouse could hope to be in his wildest—not nearly so beautifully illustrated—fantasies".Adjoining bars and toilets will be socially-distanced and reserved exclusively for those who have requested socially-distanced seating. The rights to this dub expired in 2004, so Walt Disney Home Entertainment re-released the film on March 7, 2006 with a new dub cast.

The story is fantastical, with Miyazaki allowing the action to unfold gently; bringing the girls (and us the audience) into the world of Totoro slowly. There is nice artwork for sure, though in its reduced size it's not as grand as the film or even video would be.I noticed early on that the text is organized rather oddly around the set-in images, sometimes starting lower down on the page than where the eye lands and carrying sentences over the page, which leads to occasional confusion.