10:00 -- What the girls are doing there is called "priming the pump". Pouring a little water in from the top makes it easier for the pump to draw from the well. I appreciate your discussion about the mom's sickness. It's not spelled out anywhere why she was hospitalized. It could very well have been pneumonia, like you said. Another outside possibility is tuberculosis, which was a real killer back in the day. Please keep in mind that this story is set in the Showa 30s, which is sometime between 1955 and 1965. That's why they're relying on telegrams for emergency communication, instead of e-mail. (That also means no one here is descended from characters in "Spirited Away".) As for why they moved, you're correct. The idea was to provide a quieter, cleaner environment to allow the mom to recuperate. Her husband's long commute is hardly a rarity in Japan. Lots of workers, and even senior high students, are known to take multiple trains and buses to get work or to school. The idea of humans and other entities -- especially spirits of nature -- coexisting in the same world is an ongoing theme in many films by Miyazaki. It's largely based on Shinto, the native religion of Japan. I notice you've watched "Spirited Away" and "Mononoke" -- that's where we see how the relationship between people and nature can be scary or adversarial. This movie, on the other hand, shows the lighter side, and how whimsical it can be when people and spirits get along. If you get around to watching "Nausicaa", you'll see the theme of humans vs. nature again, as well as humans with nature.
Their earlier movies Nausicaa and Laputa are actually more larger scale & ambitious. *Totoro* is actually Ghibli scaling back after the two bigger-stake movies mentioned above.
@ReactCity The funny thing is, *Nausicaa* was made by *Hayao Miyazaki* & team before they founded the Ghibli studio. So it's like the unofficial Ghibli movie. It's technically not a Ghibli movie but the ones who made it were the proto-Ghibli people 😁
In fact, "Grave of fireflies" and my "Neighbor Totoro" were released the same day in 1988. Ghibli presented these movies this way : "Things from the past are visiting us" . And it was a crazy challenge for Ghibli's artists to work on 2 movies at the same time. Never again, they decided. There is a (very very) short movie in Totoro's univers only available in Ghibli Museum in Japan, and not all the time. It is called "Mei and the kittenbus" ua-cam.com/video/v4CghIheqzk/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/_fc53iCrBPE/v-deo.html As you noticed, Totoro was so iconic, it became the Logo and mascot of the Studio. Probably the best movie to feel happy, to dream, and to cry a little.
Mei names it “Totoro”, in the beginning of the movie during the credits, the mom is reading them a story of the “three Billy goats gruff”, about three goats trying to cross a bridge but there is a troll living under the bridge that wants to eat the goats, the Japanese pronunciation of troll is “tororu” but Mei being a little kid can’t pronounce it properly and says “Totoro “ instead, so when she sees creature for the first time she thinks it’s a troll so calls it “Totoro “, when she tells Sasuki she saw a Totoro, Sasuki says, “oh like in the story book?” ❤😂thanks for great reaction ❤❤❤
Grave of the Fireflies is actually kind of a partner movie to Totoro. They were released on the same day as a "double-feature". Though it's never stated what Mei and Satsuki's mother specifically had that put her in the hospital, it may have been slightly inspired by Miyazaki's own mother having Tuberculosis. If you want to go in "full" reverse order though you may want to look to Nausicaa as the "final" movie 😄 It's not "technically" a Ghibli film, but it was essentially made by the same people, just before they formed Ghibli.
Nice to meet you! I always enjoy reading your posts. The ReactCity family is such a wonderful and close-knit family. Watching your interactions always leaves me feeling uplifted and healed. I have a request: A Place Further Than the Universe This is a coming-of-age story that beautifully portrays the pure and heartfelt emotions of teenage girls. It's truly a beautiful tale. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! This story follows girls who dedicate their youth to creating manga. It's a tale filled with both heartfelt moments and laughter. These are my favorite anime. Thank you for your time, and I hope you'll consider my request!
Especially, Japanese born around 1980 admire Europe culture and beautiful, they love just watching Ghibli even though there is no fighting or amazing story lines.
Hello. I enjoyed watching it. Many people point out that this movie was influenced by "The Spirit of the Beehive" directed by Víctor Erice. "The Spirit of the Beehive" is a Spanish film from 1973, and like this film, it features young sisters who encounter Frankenstein's monster instead of Totoro. Also, the director of this film, Hayao Miyazaki, lost his mother as a child, and the fear of a child losing a parent, or the fear of the protagonist losing a partner, is a motif that runs through many of Hayao Miyazaki's subsequent works. I think that a common theme with Isao Takahata, another director at Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's senior, is the resigned view of post-World War II Japan. The film is set in the 1950s, which was the transitional period between the "post-war" period and the "period of high economic growth" in Japan. Although the film has a happy ending, it can also be seen as a family enduring the anxieties they face to the very limit. It is a story of children crying out for help from a "monster" and being saved. It is also interesting to note that in the end credits, Satsuki is portrayed as much younger than she is in the film after her mother has returned. The film is set in Japan in the 1950s, when the first Godzilla film was released. In Godzilla, memories of war and the history that Japan had swallowed as it modernized become a "monster" that ravages Tokyo. In this film, Hayao Miyazaki portrays the monster as a neighbor. However, there is also a brief message that we lose our sight when we become adults.
Japan has suffered greatly from natural disasters since ancient times. Earthquakes, eruptions, tsunamis, typhoons, heavy rain, heavy snow, etc. Many people died each time. Villages and towns disappear every year, and once every few decades, an entire country disappears. The reason why monotheism did not take hold was because people felt deep down that they were unable to respond to such disasters. Therefore, since ancient times, Japanese people must have believed that they had to pray to the gods of the sun, sky, mountains, sea, and earth. That is why the ``8 Million Gods'' exist. Japanese people are so happy to see their children grow up safely that they go to shrines (uji-gami) every year to say thank you (Shichi-Go-San). It is often said that Japanese people view children as sexual objects, but this is incorrect. It is engraved in our DNA that if we do not take care of our children, we will not survive as a species. That's why Japan is full of things that kids can enjoy. Anime, manga, toys, all of them are of high quality and big companies are putting effort into them. Director Hayao Miyazaki knows this well. He made ``Totoro'' look like an ``ancient god'' and conveyed that ``He still protects Japan.'' Ghibli storys depict such battles with ancient gods, God's messenger fairy, Comparison between them and today's Japanese people, I have written many stories such as. If you look at the work after knowing that, I think it will be a whole different level of fun. Please continue to enjoy Japanese storys
This is based from a tragic accident where two girls gone missing after going to see their mother in hospis（they transfered her from hospital to hospis since she had little chance curing）. The accident happened in May, so the protagonist's name came from the month they went missing.（Satsuki means may in japanese btw.）
Satsuki and May's mother has tuberculosis, a condition that was quite widespread in the1950s Japan where the movie takes place. Hayao Miyazaki's own mother also suffered from it, and had to be hospitalized for a long period of time, so this is somewhat autobiographical.
Mei is pronounced the same as May in English. Actually, "Satsuki" is the old name for May in Japanese.
The sisters' names come from the month of May.
10:00 -- What the girls are doing there is called "priming the pump". Pouring a little water in from the top makes it easier for the pump to draw from the well.
I appreciate your discussion about the mom's sickness. It's not spelled out anywhere why she was hospitalized. It could very well have been pneumonia, like you said. Another outside possibility is tuberculosis, which was a real killer back in the day. Please keep in mind that this story is set in the Showa 30s, which is sometime between 1955 and 1965. That's why they're relying on telegrams for emergency communication, instead of e-mail. (That also means no one here is descended from characters in "Spirited Away".)
As for why they moved, you're correct. The idea was to provide a quieter, cleaner environment to allow the mom to recuperate. Her husband's long commute is hardly a rarity in Japan. Lots of workers, and even senior high students, are known to take multiple trains and buses to get work or to school.
The idea of humans and other entities -- especially spirits of nature -- coexisting in the same world is an ongoing theme in many films by Miyazaki. It's largely based on Shinto, the native religion of Japan. I notice you've watched "Spirited Away" and "Mononoke" -- that's where we see how the relationship between people and nature can be scary or adversarial. This movie, on the other hand, shows the lighter side, and how whimsical it can be when people and spirits get along. If you get around to watching "Nausicaa", you'll see the theme of humans vs. nature again, as well as humans with nature.
日本語で観てくれてありがとう。個人的にトトロはジブリの中で一番好きな作品です。
Although it is an old anime movie, many people in Japan still grow up watching Ghibli as children.
子供達にとって、一番恐ろしいのはおばけではなくて、母親の病気である。
最近のお気に入りチャンネル！
毎回動画楽しく見てます😊
日本から応援してます！
thank you very much! :D
Love your reaction very much ❤
thank you for watching!
「おしまい」日本語の「ひらがな」か解るのですね、うれしいな。1950年代の日本の都市郊外の雰囲気を忠実に再現している作品です。リアクションが面白かったです。ありがとうこざいます✨
オリジナル音声で視聴してくれて、嬉しいです！
字幕機能があれば、あなた達の喋っている内容も把握出来て良かったんですけどね。
表情だけでも楽しんでくれていたのは伝わりました。
歯車マークから字幕機能で自動翻訳の日本語にしたら大体翻訳されますよ。正確ではないですが。
@そうこ虎之介 今は翻訳機能を入れたみたいなんですが、自分が視聴した時点ではまだこの動画に翻訳機能を入れられていなかったんですよ。
Their earlier movies Nausicaa and Laputa are actually more larger scale & ambitious. *Totoro* is actually Ghibli scaling back after the two bigger-stake movies mentioned above.
oo havn't heard of those before ill look into them. we really do seem to be watching ghibli only in reverse lol
@ReactCity The funny thing is, *Nausicaa* was made by *Hayao Miyazaki* & team before they founded the Ghibli studio. So it's like the unofficial Ghibli movie. It's technically not a Ghibli movie but the ones who made it were the proto-Ghibli people 😁
@@androyusand even more unofficially before that was Castle Cagliostro.
I swear Studio Ghibli never misses. Loved this movie, Howls Moving Castle, and Spirited Away.
Princess Mononoke
sprited awayを好きと言ってくれるのはとても嬉しい！！
In fact, "Grave of fireflies" and my "Neighbor Totoro" were released the same day in 1988. Ghibli presented these movies this way : "Things from the past are visiting us" . And it was a crazy challenge for Ghibli's artists to work on 2 movies at the same time. Never again, they decided.
There is a (very very) short movie in Totoro's univers only available in Ghibli Museum in Japan, and not all the time. It is called "Mei and the kittenbus"
ua-cam.com/video/v4CghIheqzk/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/_fc53iCrBPE/v-deo.html
As you noticed, Totoro was so iconic, it became the Logo and mascot of the Studio. Probably the best movie to feel happy, to dream, and to cry a little.
Yes! Another Studio Ghibli reaction✨️
Nice way to start my day.
thanks for watching! these movies always leave the girls with good feelings
トトロはかなり日本人の感性向けで海外の方々には退屈に思える内容という話をよく耳にします。皆様がリアクションして下さり楽しんで下さり嬉しく思います😊ありがとう日本のファンより。
Mei names it “Totoro”, in the beginning of the movie during the credits, the mom is reading them a story of the “three Billy goats gruff”, about three goats trying to cross a bridge but there is a troll living under the bridge that wants to eat the goats, the Japanese pronunciation of troll is “tororu” but Mei being a little kid can’t pronounce it properly and says “Totoro “ instead, so when she sees creature for the first time she thinks it’s a troll so calls it “Totoro “, when she tells Sasuki she saw a Totoro, Sasuki says, “oh like in the story book?” ❤😂thanks for great reaction ❤❤❤
Masterpieces travel beyond time and countries.
Satsuki is an old way to say May. and Mei is May.
I just believe that this movie purity our heart.
Thanks for reacting to the sub version.
Grave of the Fireflies is actually kind of a partner movie to Totoro. They were released on the same day as a "double-feature". Though it's never stated what Mei and Satsuki's mother specifically had that put her in the hospital, it may have been slightly inspired by Miyazaki's own mother having Tuberculosis. If you want to go in "full" reverse order though you may want to look to Nausicaa as the "final" movie 😄 It's not "technically" a Ghibli film, but it was essentially made by the same people, just before they formed Ghibli.
海を越えてトトロの感動を共感できるって嬉しいよ😂
Nice to meet you! I always enjoy reading your posts.
The ReactCity family is such a wonderful and close-knit family. Watching your interactions always leaves me feeling uplifted and healed.
I have a request:
A Place Further Than the Universe
This is a coming-of-age story that beautifully portrays the pure and heartfelt emotions of teenage girls. It's truly a beautiful tale.
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
This story follows girls who dedicate their youth to creating manga. It's a tale filled with both heartfelt moments and laughter.
These are my favorite anime. Thank you for your time, and I hope you'll consider my request!
The story is set in the countryside of Japan in the 1950s.
My wife does have a Totoro tattoo on her leg 😂😂
9:33~メイが「怖くない」と言ったのは、本当は怖いが、弱虫だと思われたくない一心で「怖くない」と言ったのだ🐵
I hope every ghibli🎉😂
Especially, Japanese born around 1980 admire Europe culture and beautiful, they love just watching Ghibli even though there is no fighting or amazing story lines.
Hi guys I from Tokyo Japan 😊 Arigato 😊
Hi there! thanks for watching!
LAPUTA(castle in the sky) reaction please😊✨
ニッキーは、ひらがなを読めるの！？
the girls study japanese and korean occasionally for fun. its starting to pay off
Please could do you react to the film perfect blue?
This movie in mexico was huge too, thank you
Hello.
I enjoyed watching it.
Many people point out that this movie was influenced by "The Spirit of the Beehive" directed by Víctor Erice. "The Spirit of the Beehive" is a Spanish film from 1973, and like this film, it features young sisters who encounter Frankenstein's monster instead of Totoro.
Also, the director of this film, Hayao Miyazaki, lost his mother as a child, and the fear of a child losing a parent, or the fear of the protagonist losing a partner, is a motif that runs through many of Hayao Miyazaki's subsequent works.
I think that a common theme with Isao Takahata, another director at Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's senior, is the resigned view of post-World War II Japan. The film is set in the 1950s, which was the transitional period between the "post-war" period and the "period of high economic growth" in Japan. Although the film has a happy ending, it can also be seen as a family enduring the anxieties they face to the very limit. It is a story of children crying out for help from a "monster" and being saved. It is also interesting to note that in the end credits, Satsuki is portrayed as much younger than she is in the film after her mother has returned.
The film is set in Japan in the 1950s, when the first Godzilla film was released. In Godzilla, memories of war and the history that Japan had swallowed as it modernized become a "monster" that ravages Tokyo. In this film, Hayao Miyazaki portrays the monster as a neighbor. However, there is also a brief message that we lose our sight when we become adults.
Japan has suffered greatly from natural disasters since ancient times.
Earthquakes, eruptions, tsunamis, typhoons, heavy rain, heavy snow, etc. Many people died each time.
Villages and towns disappear every year, and once every few decades, an entire country disappears.
The reason why monotheism did not take hold was because people felt deep down that they were unable to respond to such disasters.
Therefore, since ancient times, Japanese people must have believed that they had to pray to the gods of the sun, sky, mountains, sea, and earth.
That is why the ``8 Million Gods'' exist.
Japanese people are so happy to see their children grow up safely that they go to shrines (uji-gami) every year to say thank you (Shichi-Go-San).
It is often said that Japanese people view children as sexual objects, but this is incorrect.
It is engraved in our DNA that if we do not take care of our children, we will not survive as a species.
That's why Japan is full of things that kids can enjoy.
Anime, manga, toys, all of them are of high quality and big companies are putting effort into them.
Director Hayao Miyazaki knows this well.
He made ``Totoro'' look like an ``ancient god'' and conveyed that ``He still protects Japan.''
Ghibli storys depict such battles with ancient gods,
God's messenger fairy,
Comparison between them and today's Japanese people,
I have written many stories such as.
If you look at the work after knowing that, I think it will be a whole different level of fun.
Please continue to enjoy Japanese storys
おしまい😊
彼女たちの母親は、結核だと思います。
都会の空気が悪いので、田舎に引っ越した。
母親はサナトリウムに入院していたんでしょう。
This is based from a tragic accident where two girls gone missing after going to see their mother in hospis（they transfered her from hospital to hospis since she had little chance curing）.
The accident happened in May, so the protagonist's name came from the month they went missing.（Satsuki means may in japanese btw.）
嘘です。日本の一部のネット民が流行らせた下らない都市伝説です。
Satsuki and May's mother has tuberculosis, a condition that was quite widespread in the1950s Japan where the movie takes place. Hayao Miyazaki's own mother also suffered from it, and had to be hospitalized for a long period of time, so this is somewhat autobiographical.