The Real Story Behind Totoro

You might remember Totoro, the big grey furry raccon(?)-like creature in the Japanese animation 'Tonari no Totoro' ( English title: My Neighbour Totoro'). The other characters that accompany Totoro looks very cute, and the plot is quite a typical plot for Japanese animations in general but this family movie isn't as a kid-friendly movie as everyone thinks it is.



According to this article (my.opera.com/sukekomashi-gaijin/blog/tonari-no-totoro), the animation seems to be based on a real event: The Sayama Incident. If you look carefully you will see some hidden hints that shows that the plot of the animation does follow in a chronological order, and that the hints leads to some referencing to the case of the Sayama Incident.

A friend of mine shared this with me, and I thought it was quite interesting. However, I cannot look at Totoro the same way as before...