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WRITTEN BY: James Ulmer
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, February 1, 1993
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

TROMA PICKS UP JAPANESE TOON
by James Ulmer

     A division of the Tokuma Group, the giant Japanese publisher, has
pacted with maverick New York film company Troma Inc. for Troma to
distribute the Japanese animated feature hit "My Neighbor Totoro" in
North America.
     The deal with Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co. is one of the first such
mainstream distribution deals struck by Troma, which has been known for
producing such exploitation capers as the "Toxic Avenger" and "Class of
Nuke 'Em High" film series.
     Troma's 50th Street Films, its distribution arm for specialized
films, will release the movie first in key cities such as New York, Los
Angeles and Chicago, beginning in the spring.  About 200 prints will be
made--an unusually large number for a small indie such as Troma.
     "This is part of our thrust to become a serious independent
distributor for top quality, mainstream movies which haven't been
discovered by the majors," said Troma chief Lloyd Kaufman.
     "My Neighbor Totoro," by renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki, tells
the story of two kids who leave their city to live in a country house
with their father and are helped through their adventures by a colony of
furry, mouselike creatures.  Miyazaki's animated films have been
extremely successful in Japan, with the Totoro character being "more
beloved than Mickey Mouse," said Kaufman.
     Released in Japan in 1989, "My Neighbor Totoru" reaped about $5
million theatrically and took in took in $80 million overall, including
cassette sales, merchandising, publishing and music, according to a
Tokuma Publishing film rep.
     "The quality of the film's animation is on the level of anything
that Disney has produced," Kaufman said.  "In my opinion, it's more
beautiful."  He added that the film has been translated into English and
features English-language songs.
     "We felt Troma's size and its approach of doing smaller releases was
very good for what we wanted to do for our first attempt of feature
release of this film in North America," Johnson said of Tokuma Shoten
Publishing's deal.
     While Johnson acknowledged that Japanese feature animation has not
been widely successful in North America, he added this was "one reason we
decided to go with Troma and prove to American public the commercial
appeal of the Miyazaki animated pictures."
     The Tokuma Group includes 22 companies and is chaired and wholly
owned by leading Japanese producer Yasuyoshi Tokuma.  Other companies
under TTG's umbrella include a motion picture studio and distributor, an
animation studio, a music studio, a marketing company, hotels,
restaurants, schools and a farm.
     Tokuma owns Daiei Studios, which produced Akira Kurosawa's
"Rashoman" [sic] in the early 1950s, and is releasing Kurosawa's 13th
film, "Madadayo," this year.  He also executive produced the 1990 Oscar-
nominated "Ju Dou," and heads up the annual Tokyo International Film
Festival.
     The Tokuma Group also has a video division, which distributed some
of Troma's movies in Japan, including "Cry Uncle," "Combat Shock" and
"Evil Clutch."

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WRITTEN BY: Jeffrey Jolson-Colburn
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, April 8, 1993
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

50TH STREET NEW AVENUE FOR TROMA'S FILM OUTPUT
by Jeffrey Jolson-Colburn

     Troma Pictures is firing up a domestic distribution division, 50th
Street Films, to release pictures produced by third parties that do not
fit the traditional Troma profile of campy, low-budget films.
     In addition, Troma topper Lloyd Kaufman said the company is
developing for Fox Children's Network an animated half-hour TV series
pilot based on its "Class of Nuke 'Em High" film series.  The first-run
ani [sic] series "Toxic Avenger" is a big success for Troma, generating
more than $80 million in merchandising alone.
     Starting May 7, 50th Street will distribute the Japanese feature-
length animated hit film "My Neighbor Totoro," for which Troma acquired
North American rights from Tokyo-based Tokuma.
     Kaufman said the G-rated film will eventually hit about 1,000
screens, rotating from a couple of hundred prints on nine national
circuits.
     The English-language film is by animation mogul Hayao Miyazaki,
sometimes called the "Walt Disney of Japan."  His latest ani picture,
"Porco Rosso," was Japan's No. 1 film in 1992, grossing $44 million to
beat all local and international offerings.
     Totoros are furry forest creatures that only children can see and
have spawned over 200 merchandising items, according to John Johnson of
Tokuma Publishing, a diversified company that is Miyazaki's studio.  He
said Tokuma creates a new ani feature from Miyazaki every 18 months, and
if this film was a success in the United States, they would bring over
the others, of which there are six so far.  Tokuma also produced the
Oscar-nominated "Ju Dou" and owns Daiei Studios, which is producing Akira
Kurosawa's 30th film, "Mada Dayo," set to premiere in Cannes out of
competition.
     Kaufman said, "We are very excited about this film.  It is a big
change for us to handle Disney-type films.  That's why we're using 50th
Street, because this is non-typical of Troma movies."
    Technically, 50th Street is not new.  Though it is the premier use by
Troma for one of its own pictures, it has been given test runs by LIVE
Entertainment for "Bride of the Re-Animator" and Prism for "Club Life"
with Tony Curtis.  "We gave them a turnkey distribution operation,"
explained Kaufman.  "Essentially, they rented out the company."
     On other fronts, Troma has just pacted to start "Toxic Crusader"
cartoons and flow merchandise south as part of a new deal that saw the
'toons dubbed in Spanish for use in South America.  In addition, the
company is gearing up for one of its biggest film campaigns to date, for
the recently completed interstellar transvestites send-up, "Vegas In
Space."
     Kaufman also said the company is considering a plan to spin off
Troma's licensing division in a public offering.  "Besides 'Toxic
Avengers,' Troma owns 100-plus movies, plus we have the licensing rights
to the acclaimed PBS children's series 'Reading Rainbow,' as well as
'Adam Smith's Money World' and 'The Cat Hall of Fame," which is on
everything from greeting cards to shower curtains.  So (Troma vp) Michael
Herz and I are considering taking the licensing business and creating a
separate company with exclusive contract to merchandise all of the Troma
movies.  We would raise money through an offering to make that end of the
business grow."
     As for whether he might take all of Troma public, "We have had
numerous offers to do that, but I don't want to until we are big enough
to raise $60 million or $70 million that way.  Otherwise it isn't worth
it."

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WRITTEN BY: David Hunter
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, April 29, 1993
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

'MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO'
by David Hunter

     Troma's family-oriented offshoot, 50th Street Films, and Japanese
conglomerate Tokuma Shoten Publishing have a sweet, winning film in Hayao
Miyazaki's animated feature, "My Neighbor Totoro."  It remains to be
seen, though, if the popular Japanese character Totoro and Miyazaki's
magic will sustain more than a limited theatrical release.
     Future vid prospects look bright, however, for this family-centered
adventure touching on universal joys and mysteries of life.  Likewise,
animation fans will be drawn to the rich visual style that effortlessly
charms and dazzles.
     The simple, but detailed, story centers on two kittenish young girls
and their palsy-walsy dad moving into an old house in the countryside.
Satsuki is a fourth-grader and explorer who teams up with 4-year-old Mei
for adventures and joyful discoveries.  Laughing constantly, yelling to
frighten away ghosts, running everywhere, the two are young enough to see
furtive dustballs-with-eyes and the magical Totoro creatures.
     Residing in a nearby grove of camphor trees, the big-bellied,
pointy-eared mature Totoro resembles a giant cat-owl combination that
bellows incoherently.  Two smaller Totoros of younger ages are likewise
in  the neighborhood.  Existing beyond the realm of grown-up perception,
the peaceful, magical creatures are never seriously questioned by
children or adults.
     The worst that happens in the G-rated film is Mei losing her way in
route to visit the family's hospitalized mother.  In these and other
sequences, Miyazaki wonderfully captures the point-of-view and
perspective of young children.
     One of the highlights occurs when the somber but friendly Totoro
catches the Catbus, a 12-legged means of living transportation.  However,
it's the simpler details of life evocatively rendered--falling raindrops,
wind rattling shutters--that resonate longest.
     Front and backend songs are chirpy but forgettable, while the score
is conservatively formulaic.  English voice actors are just right for the
main characters, which also include a skittish next-door boy and his
grandmother.  The film's leisurely pace slows to a crawl in spots, but
overall children should be captivated and adults intrigued.

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WRITTEN BY: Leonard Klady
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: DAILY VARIETY, May 6, 1993; Review section
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (JAPANESE--ANIMATED--COLOR)
by Leonard Klady

     A Troma Inc. release of a Tokuma Group production.  Produced by Toru
Hara.  Exec producer, Yasuyoshi Tokuma.  Directed, written by Hayao
Miyazaki; editor, Takeshi Seyama; music, Jo Hisaishi; production design,
Yoshiharu Sato; art direction, Kazuo Oga; special effects, Kaoru
Tanifuji; English lyrics, Severin Browne; production planning supervisor,
Tatsumi Yamashita, Hideo Ogata; assistant director, Tetsuya Endo.
Reviewed at Sunset Screening Room, L.A., April 28, 1993.  MPAA Rating: G.
Running Time: 87 min.

     Voices:

     Satsuki . . . Lisa Michaelson

     Mei . . . Cheryl Chase

     Dad . . . Greg Snegoff

     Kanta . . . Kenneth Hartman

     Mother . . . Alexandra Kenworthy

     Nanny . . . Natalie Core

     Troma, purveyors of such unusual and fitfully crass entertainments
as "Toxic Avenger" and "Sgt. Kabukiman," are off on a different and
difficult rocky path with the animated Japanese kidpic "My Neighbor
Totoro."  Displaying no more than adequate television technical craft,
the simple family saga poses no threat to the commercial dominance of
Disney cartoonists.  U.S. box office prospects will be fleeting, likely
no more than a blip among the upcoming onslaught of product.
     Apparently a popular household character in Japan, Totoro is a furry
forest sprite with magical powers ranging from the mystical to the
superhuman.  He also can only be seen by children, though adults recall
his memory fondly.
     The story centers on two young sisters, Satsuki and Mei, who move to
rural Japan with their professor father.  In a far-off city hospital,
their mother is recuperating from some unnamed ailment.
     Not only is the tale of a wholesome stripe unseen for generations,
but is virtually absent of dramatic tension.  Instead, it largely
concentrates on the journey of wonderment in which the girls discover a
new environment and the creatures both real and fanciful of the region.
They are indeed cuddly and have a few tricks that are mildly diverting.
     The action slowly builds to a crisis in which their mother is unable
to return home for a family weekend. However, while it all seems so dire
to the tykes, we soon discover she has merely contracted a mild cold.
The revelation is a palpable letdown.
     Obviously aimed at an international audience, the film evinces a
disorienting combination of cultures that produces a nowhere land more
confused than fascinating.  The characters, despite obvious Japanese
names, have Anglo features.  But instead of a 1950s television
neighborhood, they dwell in unmistakable Asian houses surrounded by rice
fields while innocuous pop songs drone on the soundtrack.
     Writer-director Hayao Miyazaki has essentially padded a television
half-hour into a sluggish theatrical feature.  With a half-century of
Disney full animation at one's disposal, the rigid backgrounds and
limited character movements appear dull and crude when viewed on a
large screen.  The muted pastels, homogenized pictorial style and vapid
storyline all add up to an extremely lonely neighborhood when Totoro
moves into theaters.

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WRITTEN BY: John Hartl
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE SEATTLE TIMES, May 6, 1993; Arts & Entertainment
     section, p. D8
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

JAPAN'S 'MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO' IS AN ENCHANTING ADVENTURE
by John Hartl

[three stars]  "My Neighbor Totoro," animated feature directed and
written by Hayao Miyazaki.  Opens tomorrow at Alderwood, Aurora, Grand
Illusion, Lewis & Clark, Newmark, Totem Lake, SeaTac Mall Cinemas.  "G"--
General audiences.  Unlike the series of ultra-violent "splattertoons"
from Japan that have been playing art houses in some cities, this is a
charmingly whimsical, English-dubbed cartoon that's getting a wide
release this weekend in the suburbs.

     Previously shown here at last year's Japanese Film Festival, "My
Neighbor Totoro" is the story of two city children, Satsuki and her
younger sister Mei, who move to the country and make acquaintance with
forest playmates their parents can't see.  Their mother is ill at a
country hospital, and the girls and their father have moved to an
apparently haunted house to be near her.
     The kids are enchanted with the place, which comes equipped with
magical Tribble-like creatures they call dust bunnies.  Near the house is
a mysterious giant camphor tree that's part of a forest that reveals more
hidden treasures, including Catbus, a 12-legged creature/vehicle that
takes them on rides through the woods, and Totoro, a furry playmate and
guardian who sounds like Godzilla and looks like a cross between an owl
and a bloated penguin.
     The early scenes deal with the blissful relationship the girls have
with their parents, especially their father, a scientist and university
professor who does more than tolerate their new enthusiasms.  Indeed, he
claims it's been his lifelong dream to live in a haunted house; he
believes that long ago "trees and men were the best of friends."
     Still, he sleeps through Totoro's most spectacular nocturnal
demonstration of otherworldly powers.  Even the girls aren't quite sure
what they saw the next morning.
     Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (best-known in this country for the
much-praised "Laputa: The Castle in the Sky"), the movie is based on
Miyazaki's book, which recently turned up in an Americanized version from
Tokuma Publishing in Bellevue.  Book and film were hugely popular five
years ago in Japan, where Miyazaki followed them up with last year's top-
grossing Japanese film, "Porco Rosso."
     Miyazaki's appreciation of miraculous possibilities and childhood
visions is what drives "Totoro," not the rather trumped-up drama of Mei's
disappearance during the final stretch.  The movie has a lulling, gently
wry quality that makes its commercial success in a mayhem-dominated market a
de [???; ...; "delightful exception," perhaps???]

PICTURE & CAPTION: Totoro, a cross between Godzilla and a bloated
penguin, is a furry playmate and guardian to two city children who move
to the country.

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WRITTEN BY: ?
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE SEATTLE TIMES, May 15, 1993; Scene--Kid Talk,
     p. C1
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

'TOTORO' IS A GREAT FAMILY FILM
[author not identified]

     MALIKA BENNETT, 12: "My Neighbor Totoro" is a great new family
cartoon movie about two girls and their family who moved to the country
to be closer to their mother, who is in the hospital.
     Mei, the youngest, misses her mom so much, she runs away to go find
the hospital to visit her, but on the way she gets lost and only Totoro
knows where she is.  This lovable and adorable Totoro brings mysteries
and adventures to the story.  "Totoro" is great.  I especially loved it
because of the creative and artistic scenes from Japan.  I'm sure you'll
love it and if you don't believe me, go see it yourself, it's at lots of
theaters right now!.

[remainder--which was non-anime-related--deleted]

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WRITTEN BY: Lynn Smith
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 20, 1993; OC Live section,
     p. 21
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

KIDS ON FILM: FAMILIES SEE A FRIEND IN 'TOTORO'
by Lynn Smith

In the animated Japanese import "My Neighbor Totoro," two sisters,
Satsuki and May, move into a country house haunted by dust bunnies and
meet a giant animal ghost who helps them when May gets lost.  (Rated G)
*  [one star]

     Here is a movie that parents might wish their children liked as much
as they did themselves.
     As Shawn's mother explained it, it has respect for elders, respect
for nature, respect for quality animation.  No violence.  A community
that gets along together.  Safe neighborhoods.  Public transportation
that works.  Family members that clearly love one another even through
all their trials.
     It can get to you.
     "I thought she was going to cry," 9-year-old Shawn said of his
mother.  "I said, 'Don't cry.'"
     Almost all kids in Japan love this movie, said Yuka, 12, who grew up
there.  "I have the video."  For others who might wonder, Yuka explained
that totoro is the Japanese word for an animal ghost that only children
can see.
     And Shawn said he liked it too.  Maybe not as much as his mother.
And, of course, for different reasons.
     "In all the cartoons I've seen, I've never seen a cat bus," he said.
"And I liked it when Totoro roared loud!"
     He said his mother explained at the outset that this movie was about
Japan, which was a good thing.  "I thought it was China," he said.  "I
get those two mixed up."
     He noticed that the daily life of the Japanese girls differed from
his own.  "They eat with chopsticks, and we eat with forks and knives and
spoons.  They take a bath in a circle bath.  Ours is a line bath."
     The movie might seem a little long, he said, but he'd "recommend it
to the whole world."
     The humor was universal, he said.  "The funny part I liked was when
the raindrops kept going on Totoro's nose and they gave him an umbrella
and he looked funny.  He was so big with that little umbrella."
     And Shawn could relate to the fears of the girls as they first
explored their new dark attic.
     "I used to think there's monsters in the dark, but then I said to
myself, 'There's no monsters,' and ever since that happened, I wasn't
scared of the dark.
     "I'm not even scared walking in the dark."

PHOTO & CAPTION: "Totoro" was made in Japan but appeals to the West too.

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WRITTEN BY: Trudi Miller Rosenblum, with assistance from Steve McClure in
     Tokyo
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: BILLBOARD, August 20, 1994; p. 1
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

'TOTORO' CUDDLES UP TO U.S. KIDS; FOX BUILDS AWARENESS FOR JAPANESE VID
by Trudi Miller Rosenblum, with assistance from Steve McClure in Tokyo

Dateline: New York

     Walk into any toy store in Japan, and you are likely to find an
entire wall devoted to a furry, cuddly creature called Totoro, star of
the Japanese animated film "My Neighbor Totoro."  Japanese children read
Totoro storybooks, write with Totoro pen-and-pencil sets, eat from Totoro
lunch boxes, and sleep with plush Totoro dolls, while their parents can
make calls with Totoro phone cards.
     American kids, of course, are just beginning to learn of Totoro.
FoxVideo has been creating this awareness with its English-dubbed video
of "My Neighbor Totoro," released here July 19.
     The release is unusual because most successful children's videos are
either big-name theatrical releases or titles built around familiar
characters.  Fox hopes to overcome this handicap by targeting its
marketing efforts at quality-minded parents, rather than their children.
     FoxVideo's acquisitions department became aware of the film in 1993,
when Troma Films gave it a limited theatrical release to U.S. art houses.
"We had a screening of it for everyone in our video group, and we were
immediately impressed," says marketing director Deborah Mitchell.  "The
colors, the attention to detail, the imagery is so spectacular.  Once we
had the screening, it was a natural to release it in our Family Features
line" (Billboard, June 25).
     Marketing the video is a special challenge "because of the limited
title awareness in the U.S.," says Mitchell.  Word-of-mouth should be a
significant factor.  Already, film critics from newspapers and television
shows across the country have championed the video--among them Siskel &
Ebert, who made it a "pick of the week" and called it "a real treasure."
     Armed with positive reviews, Mitchell says Fox set out to "push [the
title] into retail and use retail to create the purchase decision."  Fox
created a three-dimensional prepack display with a header card featuring
Totoro flying toward the consumer, and an attached plush toy which
consumers can get free by mailing in a card from the video.  The
clamshell packaging features colorful graphics of characters from the
movie, quotes from Ebert and other critics, and a sticker identifying the
film as winner of the "Award Of Excellence" from the Film Advisory Board.
     "We feel that the packaging and display are striking enough that the
consumer will stop and spend some time with it.  So we're using the
retail floor to acquaint consumers with the product, as well as selling
them on the idea of wanting to buy it," says Mitchell.
     Advertising also is vital to the campaign.  "Because the character
has no awareness among children in the U.S., we needed to pitch it to
mothers as quality entertainment," says Mitchell.  The company targeted a
demographic of women ages 25-49, running its "Totoro" TV commercial
during the "Today" show, "Good Morning America," and afternoon soap
operas, and on the Fox network and Nick At Nite.  Fox also is looking
into syndicated shows and cable channels that target women, such as
Lifetime.  The company calculates that 75% of women age 25-49 will see
the spot an average of four times during the campaign.
     The commercial, Mitchell says, "shows off the best elements of the
film, how visually beautiful it is, quotes from the reviews, and hits
home that it's available for $19.98 with a free plush toy."  Fox also
ran a consumer print ad in Ladies Home Journal and trade advertising in
Billboard and video publications.
     The title initially shipped 600,000 copies, says FoxVideo senior
marketing VP Bruce Pfander.  Fox declined to give sales figures, but
Mitchell says that sales to date have been "comparable with 'The
Sandlot,'" a Fox title that was released April 5 and has sold more than
700,000 units.  "Totoro" debuts this week on the Top Kid Video chart at
No. 23.
     At the Minneapolis-based Suncoast Motion Picture Corp. chain, Archie
Beneke, managing director of marketing, says, "It's been extremely
successful for us.  We did a special promotion in which we brought it up
at the store front, played the video in-store, and specially priced it at
$16.99, and it sold quite a few units."  He adds, "The television
advertising was very important; people were coming in and recognizing
the title."
     Tom Foltz, director of movie management at the Philadelphia-based
West Coast Video chain, says, "It's been doing splendidly for rental, and
now sales are starting.  The advertising campaign has brought some
awareness, but at store level many consumers want to test it first.
Sales are starting now, but we find they're primarily based on
satisfaction at the rental level."
     The film was created by Hayao Miyazaki, Japan's leading animation
director.  "In the pantheon of Japanese animation, he's considered to be
the equal of Disney," says Robert Woodhead, CEO of AnimEigo, a U.S. video
company specializing in Japanese animation.  "He's just brilliant.  More
than any living animator, he has the ability to capture the wonder and
magic of being a child, and put it on the screen in a way that's
entertaining to kids and adults alike, which is the secret to a great
animated film."
     Unlike many children's titles which are fast-moving and action-
packed, "Totoro" is a gentle, dreamy film combining realism with fantasy.
Two little sisters move to a new house with their father while their
mother is in the hospital.  There they befriend three magical creatures
called Totoros.  The main Totoro, a huge, loveable creature, takes the
kids on adventures, including a ride in a living bus shaped liked a cat.
     There is no violence and no villainy--just a sweet story of close
family relationships and fantasy adventures.  The film's dramatic tension
comes from the children's fear that their mother will not get well, and a
suspenseful scene in which the younger girl gets lost.  The realistic
depiction of a family dealing with a mother's illness is compelling to
adults, Woodhead says.
     Contacted at his studio in the Tokyo suburb of Koganei, Miyazaki told
Billboard, "I just wanted to make a film with scenes that were familiar
to me--scenes I've known since I was a kid . . . I watch things in daily
life, and when I get home I try to draw what I've seen."
     The animation style is also notable, with soft colors and interplay
between light and shadow.  The movement is strikingly natural: The
children are full of energy, turning cartwheels, balancing on their
knees, running and tripping and picking themselves up.  The scenery and
interiors display an almost photographic realism.
     "Miyazaki is famous for his beautiful, true backgrounds and
settings," says John Johnson, motion picture representative for Tokuma
Publishing, which produced the film.  "One of his main goals is to
recreate the small details of life, especially children: the way they
move, how they play, what they're interested in."
     "Totoro" also was dubbed for theatrical release in France and
Germany, and FoxVideo is formulating plans for video release overseas.
"We hope to release [the video] in select European countries," says
FoxVideo VP of international Neil McDermott.  "We're clarifying the right
situation right now."
     If "Totoro" does well, another company that stands to benefit is
Streamline Pictures, a U.S. video label which released another Miyazaki
film, "Cagliostro's Castle," in the U.S. in 1992.  Streamline is
finalizing a distribution deal with Orion Home Video that would see
Streamline's titles, including "Cagliostro's Castle," re-released with
wider distribution and a greater promotional push.
     Meanwhile, FoxVideo is considering the possibility of acquiring
"Kiki's Delivery Service," a Miyazaki film about a 13-year-old witch who
gets a job making deliveries for a bakery on her flying broomstick.

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WRITTEN BY: ?
FIRST PUBLISHED IN: CINEMAN VIDEO REVIEWS, March 11, 1996; Home Video
     Report section
FIRST POSTED TO <NAUSICAA@BROWNVM> BY: Steven Feldman, June 18, 1996

"MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO"
[author not identified]

RATING/DESC: (Not Rated)

     Deep inside a tree trunk, two children discover a fascinating new
world inhabited by Tororos--charming creatures who become their friends.
Some are big, some are small, but all of them are furry, loveable, and
ready to do wondrous magical things.  They lead the children on a grand
adventure in their homeland.

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