My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

The catbus is here and we’re off to explore the (friendly) haunted forest!

This week we’re worshipping the ancient woodland spirit and face of Studio Ghibli — our good, personal friend, Totoro!

But heads up, Adam and Dom have completely different takes on this one, so if you’re looking for a real Siskel & Ebert type disagreement, this is the episode for you.

Next week, we take to the skies with KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989). Join the conversation on our Discord at https://discord.com/invite/RssDc3brsx and get more Eye of the Duck on our Patreon show, After Hours https://www.patreon.com/EyeoftheDuckPod

References:

• Special Features
  • Behind the Microphone
  • Creating My Neighbor Totoro
  • Creating the Characters
  • The “Totoro” Experience
• Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation by Helen McCarthy
• Starting Point by Hayao Miyazaki
• Grave of the Fireflies (BFI Film Classics) by Alex Dudok de Wit
• The Art of My Neighbor Totoro: A Film by Hayao Miyazaki
• Studio Ghibli: An Industrial History by Rayna Denison
• Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man by Steve Alpert
• The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Japanese Animation Master by Gael Berton
• Miyazakiworld by Susan Napier
• Totoro’s Limited Animation Team
• Guillermo Del Toro - 2013 Studio Ghibli Masterclass - TIFF

Credits: 

Eye of the Duck is created, hosted, and produced by Dom Nero and Adam Volerich.

This episode was edited by Michael Gaspari.

This episode was researched by Parth Marathe.

Our logo was designed by Francesca Volerich. You can purchase her work at francescavolerich.com/shop

The "Adam's Blu-Ray Corner" theme was produced by Chase Sterling.

Assistant programming and digital production by Nik Long.

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