My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Figures
Locations
- The rural landscape (satoyama)
Form & technique
- The film's entire narrative world
- The non-diegetic musical score by Joe Hisaishi
Tropes
- Totoro and the Camphor Tree
- Mei and Satsuki's encounters with supernatural beings
- Scenes of inactivity (e.g., waiting for the bus)
- Satsuki's character arc
- The Catbus (Nekobasu)