My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ)

-Hey Dad, want the caramel? -Thanks. How you doing back there?

-Fine. -Are you tired? Oop!

-Mmm-mmm. -We're almost there.

Mei, hide.

Whoops. I thought that was a policeman.

Hi!

Hello there. Are your parents around? We're your new neighbors.

Great. Thanks.

Hello! Hi, we're the Kusakabes! We're moving in down the street.

Why don't you and your family stop by?

Sure. Good to meet you.

Uh!

Hey, thanks a lot.

This is it, girls.

-Wait up! -Here you go.

Mei, look at this bridge.

A bridge?

There's a fish! Oh, look! There's another one!

So, how do you like the new place?

Dad, it's perfect.

Look at this. A tunnel of trees.

Oh, wow! Look!

Dad, hurry!

Wow! It's creepy.

Creepy!

-It looks like it could be haunted. -What, haunted?

Whoa.

Whoa.

Look. It's rotten.

-It's collapsing! -It's collapsing!

-Mei, look at that. -Huh?

Look.

-Wow! It's huge, isn't it? -Ah-choo!

Dad, what's that big tree?

Uh, that's a camphor tree.

-A camphor tree. -Camphor tree!

Don't forget to take your shoes off, girls.

Huh?

Whoa!

An acorn.

Let me see.

Another one!

Here's one.

Out of the way, Mei. I can't close the door with you there.

Acorns.

Dad, acorns are falling from the ceiling.

Falling from the ceiling.

Hmm.

Maybe squirrels live here.

-Squirrels? -Squirrels?

I think rats eat acorns. Maybe they're rats.

-No! Squirrels are better! -Ew!

Mister, where do you want your radio?

Oh, right, the radio. In here's good, I guess.

-Satsuki, open the back of the house? -Okay.

-Can you find the back door? -Of course!

Come on!

Hey, wait for me!

Well, hurry it up, then.

-Let's go. -Hmph!

-The bath. -Yep.

I think they're gone.

Hey, you found the bath.

Something's running around in here.

-More squirrels? - I don't think so.

They're not bugs or mice. They were black and they were all over the place.

Hmm. Let's have a look.

-Ah. -So”?

It's probably just some soot gremlins.

What do you mean, "gremlins"? Like the ones in my book?

Well, it could be ghosts,

but ghosts don't usually like to come out on nice days like this.

Normally, you can't see soot gremlins, but once in a while,

when you go from bright places to dark ones, you catch a glimpse.

So that's it.

Come out, come out...

Wherever you are!

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Hey, I need your help. It looks like somebody's hidden

the stairs to the top of the house.

What?

Can you find the stairs and open the windows up there?

Yeah!

Walt for me!

Nope.

The toilet!

Not here.

-Nothing here. -Nothing here.

-Nope. -Nope.

Ahh!

Nope.

Nope. Hey!

Mei, I found the stairs.

It's pitch-black.

Maybe it's the soot gremlins.

An acorn.

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Hmph.

Ahh!

We know you're in here, soot gremlins.

Come on out.

Hey!

Huh?

(GRUNTS) Okay, lift.

Dad, come here! There's definitely something weird in this house!

That's great.

I've always wanted to live in a haunted house ever since I was a little boy.

Oh!

Ahh!

I caught one! Satsuki, look!

-Ah! -Oof!

Hi.

Mei?

Oh.

Whoa. Hey!

What a ball of energy!

This is our neighbor. She takes care of this house.

She said you can call her "Granny" if you'd like.

I'm Satsuki, and that's Mei. Nice to meet you.

Well, it's nice to meet you, too.

What nice manners you have.

I'm sorry I didn't have time

to clean up more before you got here.

No, it's fine.

We've been busy in the rice fields,

but I did manage to keep the place well-dusted, as you can see.

Mei, your hands are filthy. What on earth did you do?

I caught a soot gremlin, but he got away.

Ahh! Your feet!

Mine are black, too!

Ah...

You've got soot sprites in your house.

Soot sprites? The black puff balls? About this big?

They scurry everywhere when you enter a room?

That's right.

They live in old, empty houses

and run all over the place, covering everything with dirt.

I used to be able to see them when I was your age.

So you've seen them, too. That's very interesting.

So they're a kind of ghost, then?

Don't worry, dear. They're nothing to be afraid of.

If they decide you're nice people, they won't harm you,

and after a while, they'll just go away.

I bet they're up in the rafters right now,

having a talk about whether or not they should move out.

-Hear that? They're gonna move out. - I don't want them to leave.

What if a huge one came chasing after you?

So what? I'm not afraid.

Right. Then you can go to the bathroom

alone in the middle of the night.