What is Totoro?

Totoro He is the protagonist of the popular animated movie My neighbor Totoro, produced by Studio Ghibli, a study of Japanese films that cinephiles consider the best studio of animated films in the world.

 

My neighbor Totoro It is one of the best known animated films, which although at first it was not very successful, now it is considered A classic. A little one recap For those who do not know the film: it is about two girls, Satsuki and Mei, that when moving to the field with their family they come into contact with Totoro, a Forest spirit that will guide them through the wonderful world of the forest and their hidden wonders.

 

But what is Totoro? Not even its director is clear, "I think he lives on acorns. It is supposedly the protector of the forest, but it is only a half cooking idea, an approach." Physically it looks like a mixture of several animals; Rabbit, cat and buho -for what flies. Although the theory that is most handled is that Totoro is actually A troll. Yes, a friendly and achuchable troll. Why is this saying? There are several keys, attentive.

 

The first is that the name "Totoro" is actually a Modification of the word "Torōru", which means troll in Japanese. It could be that Mei, one of the sisters, when he meets Totoro, called him precisely by referring to the mythological creature, but as she is a girl girl, she pronounces it badly.

 

There is also a part of the film in which the mother is shown by reading a story to the two girls. On the cover, we know that this story is about The three goats male gruff, a Norwegian fairy tale in which three goats They cross a bridge under which a Troll who wants to eat them. Only on the cover of the book, in the movie, replace the troll By an image of Totoro This is a more than enough evidence to confirm what was already suspected initially.

 

 

 

 

Trol, spirit, animal, totoro can be many things, what we are clear is that it is the Symbol of our childhood.

 

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