My Neighbor Totoro

Spirited Away is the latest masterpiece by the great Miyazaki. This story has got it ALL! Comedy, action, drama, magic, and even OOZE! I bought it on DVD as soon as soon as I could. And if you enjoy Tonari no Totoro, you will probably enjoy Spirited Away.

This is another great movie by Ghibli, it's got the same wonderful graphics as Totoro and even a step better ;) It's filled with magic and adventures. And of course all those cute animals. This is a must see if you liked Totoro! Check it out this movie even won an Oscar.

Both Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro transport the viewer into the magical world of the main characters which are young courageous girls. The character development in both is quick and realistic while the visuals are surreal and fantastical. The pace in both is similar, art/character design similar (due to both being Ghibli), music fitting, and storyline for both charming and uplifiting. Good for adults and children.

Another of Miyazaki´s wonderful creations. The world that totoro and his friends live in is wonderful, but the world that miyazaki presents to you in this film blows everything else sky high. It has some of the same sorts of details as My neighbor totoro has, the small, living creatures that runs around at the ground and the bigger creatures. All miyazaklis films are "living" in every detail! It is created in the same sort of style as totoro, and if you liked that one you will LOVE this one!

Apart from being another Miyazaki anime (great animation, atmosphere, creativity, and soundtrack), Spirited Away and Totoro share the story of a very young, courageous and above all curious girl that gets "spirited away" into a world that exists beyond the eyes of the adults, populated by strange and stupendous creatures. Both anime also leave you with a sensation of great joy and warmth in your hearth after watching them. At least they did to me.

Both My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away were created by Hayao Miyazaki. They both involve a young girl who gets pulled into a separate world filled with spirits. In both movies the girls set out to help their family and their new spirit friends.

There's the same Miyazaki style in both. The story in Totoro and Spirited Away is quite different, but they have the same style of storytelling and similar graphics.

Totoro is a bit slower and to me it felt more aimed towards younger viewers than Spirited Away, but in both worlds you'll get taken away into a world of imagination where you can discover various magical creatures.

Both anime deal with a very young heroine exploring a completely unknown world with fantastic creatures in it. In each, the heroine must try to save her parents.

Spirited Away is also from Hayou Miyazaki. The main portaginist, Chihiro, encounters strange mystical creatures, but this time they are spirits. It is very spiritual, even more so than Totoro. It is very different in that there are more negative characters, while in Totoro, everybody was positive.

My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away share a wonderful sense of adventure with a touch of magic. Both from Studio Ghibli, the richness of the colours in these films really helps in telling the stories. The main characters in both are all young girls on a journey into the unknown. Along the way they will discover more about the importance of their family, but will also have a wonderful time meeting strange and unusual creatures. Totoro may be aimed at a slightly younger audience (Spirited Away does have a touch of blood in it but nothing too gory) but that should not stop you from enjoying the magical journey offered by both films.

Both are Miyazaki classics and both feature children in unfamiliar surroundings, being helped by mystical and fantastic creatures...

Although I think My Neighbour Totoro is a very special anime Spirited Away is the only (of those I have seen so far) that mathes, to some level at least, so incredibly naturally expressed huge amount of positive energy. None of Holywoodian stuff can do that as during these movies you just get soak threw by positive energy and gentleness.

Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro are both very similar as far as the "suffering" that the Main characters undergo in the movie! You feel the hurt! you feel the pain! and maybe even cry along with them! (tissues needed!) Both movies leave you with a very warm feeling and can definitely lift your spirits if you are feeling down! I'd say save these movies for the times when you feel so hopeless and down that you need something to cheer you up! Definitely a five star rating all the way for both of them!

Both movies are about the fantastic adventures of the heroin(s) while moving through a rough part of their life. Both sport a lovable cast of characters both realistic and fantastic that bring up memories of your own childhood imagination exploring the world around you.

Both of these films are absolute gems in the Ghibli list. A modern day fairy tale that will appeal to children and adults alike. If you like your shows with a good twist of Japanese culture that translates well to English, I think you will enjoy both of these.

The two films have a very similar feeling and animations. Both are very surreal and they have a "feel good" style.

Spirited away is also directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Both of these films deal with the journeys of children and the spirit world, while still touching on adult themes. They are both captivating and incredibly imaginative and also have the same animation style.

If you enjoyed the magic and wonder of this film, you will find the same magic and wonder in Spirited Away.

Both highly autobiographical animes, Grave of the Fireflies (adapted from a novel of wartime childhood) and Totoro (based largely of Miyazaki's own experiences) are very different in feel. It is particularly interesting to see from similar beginnings - mother absent in hospital, and young children left to fend for themselves - how differently the stories turn out. The natural world, that produces the fantastical figure of Totoro to help and protect Satsuki and Mei, proves entirely hostile to Seita and Setsuko in Grave, nor is there the reassurance of a father (however absent) or caring local community. As a final interesting point, these two films were originally shown in theatres as a double release, though seemingly for very different audiences.

Both films are about two young children and take place during roughly the same time period. They were also released at the same time, and on the same bill, in Japan as a double feature. Both films also highlight the importance of family, Totoro in a happy tone and Grave of the Fireflies in a very sad and somber one. If you like one, you'll most likely like the other. And if you're a fan of Hayao Miyazaki's films, you're sure to like both.

Two stories of how children eek to survive in an environment where adults have little influence and little positive to bring to the children's lives. Although Totoro has been viewed as more upbeat and Fireflies as darker, and this may be true to an extent, both tales are in reality stories of lost children and their deepest fears - they just deal with them in different ways. Whereas in Toroto Mai and Satsuki have the magical Totoro to guide them and offer distractions from everyday existence, Setsuko and Seita in Grave of the Fireflies are much closer to the cold reality of life.

Both are also based to some extent on real experiences, helping to give these two Anime an extra dimension, and strongly significant imagery that will remain with you long after you have finished watching them.

Both Pom Poko and Totoro show a sad lesson about how the creatures of the old world (with gods, miracles and magic) leave this world, little by little, because of population growth. None of the grown up humans believe in ancient gods; only pure souls like children can see them and once more believe in them. Sadly they don't have the power to stop the urban development, and when they will grow up they will think about the magic they believed was only a result of a child's imagination.

My Neighbor Totoro and Pom Poko are very similar in many ways; they are both based in nature, involve super sweet animals and creatures and magic, and are about creature and human interactions.

Two very enchanting journeys await the viewers of these films. Leave behind everyday life with all its hustle and bustle, building, working and other concerns, and enter the magical worlds that exist just outside the perception of the human mind. Whether you choose to meet the Tanuki, the magical and very intelligent creatures from Pom Poko, or the Totoro and Catbus from My Neighbor Tototro, you are about to discover that magic and fantasy still exist even in our modern human world.

On first meeting them, you might not know whether to be afraid of these charactes or in awe of them. Yet it soon becomes apparent that these creatures are of good heart and will use their powers in the pursuit of what is right. However, it is not all happiness and fun, as both stories have a more serious side to them - Pom Poko with the building of housing on the Tanuki's spiritual lands, and Totoro with the concerns and worries of moving home, being without a mother, and having to take care of each other as a family. In order to save the day, both Totoro and the Tanuki will have to conjure up something a little special.