How: Netflix Rental
Grade: A+
Thoughts: It took me too long to watch this.
Satasuki and Mei move to the countryside with their father while their mother is in the hospital recovering from some mystery illness. Mei {the younger} goes off exploring and finds a large tree god Totoro sleeping under the nearby Camphor tree.
At first her sister doesn't quite believe her, but one night while waiting for their father's bus back from work Totoro bounds up and stands beside them.
There's really not much to the movie, it shows them dealing with their mother not being there and taking care of one another while their father is at work. The little boy down the road seems to have a bit of a crush on Satasuki, but tries to hide it.
The end event is Mei attempting to get into town by herself to see her sick mother who was supposed to be coming home for the weekend, but fell sick once more and had to stay at the hospital. The entire country town is looking for Mei, Satasuki rushing all around to look for her until she finally goes to Totoro for help.
Catbus {a giant cat/bus}aids Satasuki in finding her sister and then brings the two girls to the hospital window to see that their mother was "okay".
The movie is sweet and actually quite short, very much aimed towards little kids... but hey.. it was enjoyable. More so then many longer animated movies.
