Tamiya Corporation

An assembly plant is located in the Philippines and Germany is the home of "Tamiya Europe's" operations. The movie stars the following actors (listed in (Disney) English version/(Streamline) English version/Japanese version format):. Tamiya USA also features a world-class racing facility which is the site of several world championship events. Kusakabe's hospital room, carved with the inscription "To Mommy," as the girls and the Totoros watch from a nearby tree, happy that mother seems to be feeling better. Tamiya has several large regional divisions, notably in the Aliso Viejo, California home of "Tamiya USA," the North, Central and South American branch responsible for many of the company's racing developments. Kusakabe discover Mei's ear of corn on the windowsill of Mrs. The Leopard A4 and Flakpanzer Gepard are no longer produced; updated versions of the others have some technical and cosmetic innovations over the original models. In the movie's final scene, Professor and Mrs.

Tamiya's radio controlled tanks have options such as sound, light and optional parts to depict different variants. When the cat bus finally leaves them it fades into the evening shadows, in the manner of Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat. But, to be fully correct, it is not 100% Tamiya, as it is not from Tamiya Japan. The movie features the Catbus, a grinning feline bus summoned by Totoro which rescues Mei and whisks her and Satsuki over the countryside to see their mother in hospital. The German division/importer also brought out a trailer of there own, a semi-low loader. He is delighted to be of assistance, and with his help Mei is quickly found. The truck range also includes some trailers:. Satsuki finally seeks Totoro's help.

The current truck range are the following rigs:. Satsuki and the villagers get a major scare when a girl's sandal is found in a pond and they begin to fear that Mei has drowned, but Satsuki confirms that the sandal is not Mei's. Resulting a better detailing and scale "look" . Then, Mei gets lost while trying to bring an ear of healthy corn to her mother at the hospital, and a frantic Satsuki runs everywhere searching for her. Compared to the Scale 1/16 Wedico trucks, the 1/14 rigs are better copy's of the real rigs, as Tamiya uses ABS body shells instead of the alloy and sheet metal Wedico uses. Satsuki understands why the visit was cancelled, but Mei does not, and a frustrated Satsuki yells at Mei and the girls end up not speaking to each other for several hours. Tamiya is also known to make scale 1/14 radio controlled trucks, these are exceptions left, all build-it-yourself kits. Later, Mei and Satsuki are disappointed to learn that their mother's planned homecoming visit that upcoming weekend has been postponed because mother's condition has worsened.

. This begins a series of encounters as the spirits allow the children to partake in their nightly activities. The company has gained a reputation among hobbyists of producing models of outstanding quality and accurate scale detail. When Satsuki gives him her umbrella, he's delighted at both the shelter and the sounds it makes as water hits it. The company was founded by Shunsaku Tamiya in Shizuoka, Japan in 1958. One rainy night, while the girls are waiting for their father's bus which is running late, they encounter the giant Totoro who is looking rather forlorn with only a leaf for protection against the rain. Tamiya Corporation is a Japanese manufacturer of plastic model kits, radio controlled cars, battery- and solar-powered educational models, sailboat models, acrylic model paints, and various modelling tools and supplies. Mei is enchanted with them and determined to find the King of the Forest.

Tamiya is also one of the few manufacturers of 1/100th scale aircraft. Not everyone can see the spirits of the forest, only the pure of heart. Most of their 1/72 scale aircraft, however, are repackaged Italeri kits. Her father tells her that this is the "King of the Forest". Their line of static model aircraft, mostly of 1/48th scale, are widely considered to be state-of-the-art. Mei names it Totoro. The "Military Miniatures" (MM) series of military vehicle scale models, which established 1/35 scale as the worldwide standard for the military vehicle genre. Mei discovers a small Totoro, which leads her to find a large forest spirit living in a hollow under a Camphor Laurel by a small jinja.

The Mini 4WD and Dangun-Racer series, which are small (1/32nd scale), single-motor, free-operating electric models designed to run in competition on a special, deeply channeled track. His daughters discover "soot sprites", which their father rationalizes as makkurokurosuke — an optical illusion seen when moving from light to dark places (glossed as dust bunnies in the 1993 English dub; in the Disney version they are called "Soot Gremlins".). Leopard 2A6. A university professor from the city and his two daughters move into an old house near a forest, while his wife recovers from tuberculosis in a nearby convalescence home. M26 Pershing. It is set during a summer of the 1950s. Tiger I Early Production. The movie is a slow-moving yet fascinating portrayal of Japanese rural life.

German Tiger II - Porsche Turret. . German Tiger II, Production Turret. The DVD release will be the first version of the film in the United States to include both Japanese and English language tracks, as Fox did not have the rights to the Japanese audio track for their version. Flakpanzer Gepard. It features a new dub cast. Leopard A4. The film will be re-released by Disney on March 7, 2006.

M4 Sherman 105mm. An ani-manga version of My Neighbor Totoro was published in English by Viz Communications starting on November 10, 2004. Pole trailer (wood/tree transport). Troma and Fox's rights to this version expired in 2004. Tank trailer (liquid transport). It was released on VHS and DVD by Fox Home Video. Box trailer. Troma Films produced a 1993 dub of the film co-produced by Jerry Beck.

Flatbed trailer. My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ - Tonari no Totoro) is a 1988 Japanese animated movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. this list does not contain any special chrome versions, made in limited edition. Frank Welker/Hitoshi Takagi/Hitoshi Takagi: Totoro. Knight Hauler. Pat Carroll/Natalie Core/Tanie Kitabayashi: Nanny. Ford Aeromax. Kusakabe.

Volvo FH12 globetrotter. Lea Salonga/Alexandra Kenworthy/Sumi Shimamoto: Mrs. Mercedes 1850L. Timothy Daly/Steve Kramer/Shigesato Itoi: Professor Kusakabe. Mercedes 1838LS. Elle Fanning/Cheryl Chase/Chika Sakamoto: Mei Kusakabe. Globeliner. Dakota Fanning/the late Lisa Michelson/Noriko Hidaka: Satsuki Kusakabe.

King Hauler. The 2005 World Expo in Japan featured a "Totoro" house which was a recreation of the house in which Satsuki and Mei lived in the movie. It would go on to become one of the most popular R/C kits of all time and has recently been re-released. (TCM aired the dub as well as the original Japanese with English subtitles.). The Hornet, a radio controlled buggy first released in 1984. The Turner Classic Movies cable television network held the television premiere of Disney's new English dub on January 19, 2006, as part of the network's January salute to Hayao Miyazaki. The TRF415, holder of the 2005 1/10th scale radio controlled touring car world champion title. The world premiere for the Disney version was on October 23, 2005 after the premiere of Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang.

The TRF414 radio controlled car; holder of the 2002-04 1/10th scale touring car world champion title. The Disney version is slated for DVD release on March 7, 2006, but it appeared in the 2005 Hollywood Film Festival and on television prior to this. This complex and expensive model has since become one of the most collectable of all Tamiya R/C's. Fox and Troma's rights to the film expired in 2004. The aluminum frame, suspension, drive axle and steering were patterned after their full-sized counterparts. In 1993, Fox released the first english version of "My Neighbor Totoro", produced by John Daly and Derek Gibson (the producers of The Terminator) with co-producer Jerry Beck. Released in 1985, it had a working three-speed transmission which could be shifted via radio control, a high-torque RS-750SH motor and ultra-realistic Toyota Hilux body with camper shell and interior detail. It is believed Hayoa Miyazaki made the film because he was tired of good-and-evil conflicts, and decided it was time just to have fun.

The Bruiser 1/10th scale radio controlled pickup truck. In the Disney dub, they are referred to as "Soot Gremlins". Tamiya engineers attended actual USHRA monster truck events in order to improve the scale appearance of the TXT and duplicate full-size suspension designs. In the word "makkurokurosuke" (used when calling the 'Soot spirits' in the Fox dub), makkurokuro would mean "pitch black black" and "suke" is a common element in boys names. The new truck dispensed with the Clod's four wheel steering, although the TXT includes provisions for making this upgrade. In limited stores (in North America and Japan), collectable "My Neighbor Totoro" toys are on sale. Cantillever suspension, four wheel drive, and multilink suspension allow for the massive axle articulation featured in third party kits such as the Clodzilla series. In fact, he asserted that the girls would never see the Totoros again (chiefly because he believed that if the girls retreated into the world of the Totoros, they would never return to their own world), but that the Totoros would always be around and watching over them. Pavilion reproduction of Satsuki & Mei’s House in Japan. .

This truck, which is still in production, was designed as a factory response to aftermarket Clodbuster upgrades. During the closing credits, Miyazaki purposely inserted art of Satsuki and Mei playing with other human children and not with the Totoros. The TXT-1 1/10 scale radio control monster truck released in 2002. In fact, Gainax reportedly invited the animator who did the original key animation for Totoro to work on that scene, although they never revealed the animator's name. The Clodbuster virtually spawned an aftermarket industry of its own which catered to those who wished to modify their models. The character of Totoro made a cameo appearance in one episode of the Gainax TV series Kareshi Kanojo no Jijo (His and Her Circumstances), which was likely director Hideaki Anno's way of paying tribute to Miyazaki (Anno worked as a key animator on Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind in 1984 and considers Miyazaki a mentor). The Clodbuster 1/10th scale radio-controlled monster truck released in 1987 as the first Tamiya R/C monster truck with two drive motors, four-wheel drive and four-wheel steering. In the Japanese version, their father's position in his university is not explicitly given by Satsuki as in the English dub.

The original Blackfoot monster truck kit and its variations, first released in 1986 and credited with much of the hobby's growth. Satsuki is the old Japanese name for the month of May, and Mei's name comes from the English name. The Sand Scorcher and Rough Rider, released in 1979 and credited as the first radio controlled cars to feature a proper off-road suspension. Satsuki and Mei were both born in the month of May. Ken Jennings, the winner of the most games in the history of the TV game show Jeopardy!, carries a small plush "Totoro" figure in his pocket for good luck. Satsuki and Mei's mother's implied suffering from spinal tuberculosis (also known as Pott's disease) is somewhat autobiographical, as Hayao Miyazaki's mother suffered from the same illness.

Bake neko are mentioned in several Ghibli films. The Cat Bus is a bake neko that saw a bus and decided to become one. The Cat Bus originates from the Japanese belief that if a cat grows old enough it gains magical shape-changing powers and is called a bake neko. Incidentally, the late Yoshifumi Kondo provided character designs for both films.

Another theory is that "Grave of the Fireflies" (directed by Miyazaki's longtime colleague Isao Takahata) was believed to be too depressing for audiences as a stand-alone product, and thus needed a lighter animation to accompany it. My Neighbor Totoro was released as a double feature with Grave of the Fireflies. There are two theories for this: one was that Totoro would not be successful. The main Totoro has become a mascot for Studio Ghibli, gracing the studio's logo at the start of their films. The name Totoro is Mei's mispronunciation of "tororu", Japanese for troll, which she saw in a story book (Three Billy Goats Gruff) and decided was the same kind of creature.

Catbus or Nekobasu - a cat that has become a bus. "Nanny" - Kanta's grandmother, who sometimes takes care of the girls. Kanta - A preteen boy of their village, ambivalent towards Satsuki. Small Totoro (Chibi Totoro) - The white, smallest (about 20 centimeters tall) one, with the power of invisibility.

Looks very similar to King Totoro. Medium Totoro (Chū Totoro) - The blue, medium-size (about 60 centimeters tall) one. Ō in that case means "large" but the English dub calls that Totoro "King Totoro". She tried to say "tororu", the Japanese word for troll.

Mei has a habit of mispronouncing things. King Totoro (Ō Totoro) - The grey, friendly forest spirit who is the largest of the three (at least 3 meters tall); when someone says "totoro", they are usually referring to him. Totoro - 3 Totoro appear in the film: