A nine-acre patch of forest that inspired legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated classic "My Neighbor Totoro" is part of a conservation effort by a Japanese city.
A nine-acre patch of forest that inspired legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated classic "My Neighbor Totoro" is part of a conservation effort by a Japanese city.
A nine-acre patch of forest that inspired legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated classic "My Neighbor Totoro" is part of a conservation effort by a Japanese city.
바카라 웹사이트The city of Tokorozawa, located about 20 miles northwest of Tokyo in Japan, hopes to raise 2.6 billion yen (USD 19 million) to purchase the pristine forest that inspired Miyazaki's hand-drawn animation.
바카라 웹사이트The woodland is locally known as the 'Totoro Forest' and is home to about 7,000 aged oak trees. The city plans to set the patch aside as a nature preserve for local residents and anime fans, The Hollywood Reporter said quoting a report from Tokyo's Japan Times newsapaper.
“The area is one of the places where director Miyazaki developed his ideas for Totoro after strolling there,” a local official told Japan Times newspaper.바카라 웹사이트
바카라 웹사이트The 1988 film revolved around a professor's two young daughters and their adventures with a cuddly but enigmatic forest spirit named Totoro.바카라 웹사이트
Studio Ghibli, home to Miyazaki's films, is also helping t25, 000 to the city's effort and will be gifted with prints of Totoro background artwork from Ghibli.
바카라 웹사이트Miyazaki, a legendary animator-director in Japan, is known for his work in "Princess Mononoke" and 2001 Oscar-winner "Spirited Away". His most recent feature film was "The Wind Rises" in 2013.바카라 웹사이트
바카라 웹사이트The 81-year-old animator is currently working on his final feature "How Do You Live", an anime adaptation of the 1937 Japanese novel of the same name.바카라 웹사이트
[With Inputs From PTI]