My Neighbor Totoro was first released in Japanese theaters as a double-feature with the Studio Ghibli film Grave of the Fireflies. It was an odd juxtaposition of a simple, lighthearted children's story with a heart-wrenching, tragic children's story. But what both films had in common were they showed the genius of Studio Ghibli.
There are no exploding spaceships, no smart-alecky talking animals, no slick computer-generated animations in this film. The animation is simple, the story is simple, and the result is timeless. It's a great film to watch if you're a kid, or if you're a grown up who longs to remember what it was like to be a kid again.
My Best Buy number: 2752186735
My Best Buy number: 2752186735
What's great about it: Simple and classic animation for the young and eternally young