My Neighbor Totoro

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Hayao Miyazaki

Writing Credits

Hayao Miyazaki
(original story by) &
Hayao Miyazaki
(written by) and
Hayao Miyazaki
(screenplay by)

Cast

Noriko Hidaka
Satsuki
Chika Sakamoto
Mei
Shigesato Itoi
Tatsuo Kusakabe
Sumi Shimamoto
Yasuko Kusakabe
Tanie Kitabayashi
Granny
Hitoshi Takagi
Totoro
Hiroko Maruyama
Kanta's Mother
Machiko Washio
School teacher
Reiko Suzuki
Originator grandma
Masashi Hirose
Kanta's Father
Toshiyuki Amagasa
Kanta
Shigeru Chiba
Kusakari-Otoko
Naoki Tatsuta
Cat Bus / Additional Voices (voice)
Tarako
Additional Voices
Tomohiro Nishimura
Postal Messanger
Mitsuko Ishida
Additional Voices
Chie Kôjiro
Additional Voices
Daiki Nakamura
Man on Tractor
Yûko Mizutani
Woman on Tractor
Akiko Hiramatsu
Additional Voices
Ikue Ôtani
Additional Voices
Dakota Fanning
Satsuki (2005 Disney version)
Elle Fanning
Mei Kusakabe (2005 Disney version)
Tim Daly
Professor Kusakabe (2005 Disney version)
Pat Carroll
Granny
Lea Salonga
Mrs. Kusakabe
Frank Welker
Totoro / Catbus (voice)
Paul Butcher
Kanta
Matt Adler
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Newell Alexander
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
David Midthunder
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Kristin Klabunde
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
J.P. Manoux
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Evan Sabara
Boy / Additional Voices (2005 Disney Version) (voice)
Kath Soucie
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Yvonne Russo
Various Voices
Russi Taylor
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Toochis Morin
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Peter Renaday
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Robert Clotworthy
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Kimberly Guerrero
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Bridget Hoffman
Additional Voices
Zahn McClarnon
Additional Voices (2005 Disney version)
Katelin Petersen
Girl / Additional Voices (2005 Disney Version) (voice)
Ashley Rose
Girl / Additional Voices (voice) (as Ashley Rose Orr)
Lisa Michelson
Satsuki Kasukabe (Troma version)
Cheryl Chase
Mei Kusakabe (Troma version)
Gregory Snegoff
Prof. Kusakabe / Additional Voices (Troma version) (voice)
Kenneth Hartman
Kanta (Troma version)
Alexandra Kenworthy
Mrs. Kusakabe (Troma version)
Natalie Core
Nanny (Troma version)
Steve Kramer
Kanta's Father / Old Farmer (Troma version) (voice)
Lara Cody
Female Motorist / Bus Attendant (Troma version) (voice)
Melanie MacQueen
Kanta's Mother (Troma version)
Brianne Brozey
Michiko (Troma version)
Tress MacNeille
Miss Hara (2005 Disney version)
Kerrigan Mahan
Male Motorist / Searcher 2 (Troma version) (voice) (uncredited)
Edie Mirman
Old Woman / Teacher (Troma version) (voice) (uncredited)
Doug Stone
Mailman / Searcher 1 (Troma version) (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by

Rick Dempsey
executive producer (US version)
Tôru Hara
producer (as Toru Hara)
Ned Lott
producer (2005 Disney version)
Eiko Tanaka
line producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma
executive producer

Music by

Joe Hisaishi
(as Jô Hisaishi)

Cinematography by

Mark Henley
(English version)
Hisao Shirai

Editing by

Takeshi Seyama

Casting By

Ned Lott
(2005 version)

Art Direction by

Kazuo Oga

Production Management

David Candiff
post-production manager (2005 Disney version)
Eiko Tanaka
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tetsuya Endô
assistant director (as Tetsuya Endo)

Art Department

Hayao Miyazaki
storyboard artist
Nobuko Mizuta
color designer

Sound Department

Naoko Asari
assistant recording director
Petra Bach
supervising adr editor (2005 Disney version)
Randy Coppinger
adr recordist (2005 Disney version)
Tom E. Dahl
re-recording mixer
Koji Fukushima
recording staff
Shuji Inoue
sound mixer
Franklin Jones Jr.
re-recording mixer
Doc Kane
adr mixer (2005 Disney version)
William Komar
adr recordist (2005 Disney version)
Hironori Ono
assistant sound effects editor
Kazutoshi Satô
sound effects editor (as Kazutoshi Satou)
Shigeharu Shiba
sound director
Makoto Sumiya
recording staff
Akiyoshi Yoda
dialogue editor
Rokurô Ôtani
recording staff

Special Effects by

Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Jim Davey
camera operator: Animation City
Motoaki Ikegami
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Shinji Ikegami
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Kazumi Iketani
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Itô
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Yôichi Kuroda
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Katsunori Maehara
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Michiko Nanba
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Hiroshi Noguchi
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Kiyoshi Saeki
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Hisao Shirai
production camera supervisor
Nick Smith
camera operator: Animation City
Tomoko Sugiyama
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Katsuji Suzuki
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Noriko Suzuki
camera operator: Studio Cosmos
Tetsuo Ôfuji
camera operator: Studio Cosmos

Animation Department

Junko Adachi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Tomoko Asahi
cel painter: Studio Step
Phil Austin
key animator: Animation City
Masaaki Endô
key animator (as Masaaki Endo)
Yuka Endô
inbetween animator
Yôko Fujino
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kazuko Fukutomi
inbetween animator
Makiko Futaki
key animator
Andrew Goff
key animator: Animation City
Hiromi Hanawa
cel painter: Studio Step
Tokuko Harada
cel painter: Studio Killy
Keiichiro Hattori
inbetween animator
Kyôko Higurashi
inbetween animator
Junko Ina
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Akiko Ishii
inbetween animator: Anime Torotoro
Kôji Itô
inbetween animator: Anime Torotoro
Norichika Iwakiri
cel painter: Studio Killy
Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween animator
Toyoko Kajio
cel painter: Studio Killy
Yoshinori Kanada
key animator
Hidetoshi Kaneko
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Toshio Kawaguchi
key animator
Tadateru Kawamura
inbetween animator: Anime Torotoro
Shinji Kimura
background artist: Kobayashi Production
Naoki Kitamura
inbetween animator: Studio Fantasia
Komasa
inbetween animator
Katsuya Kondô
key animator
Masaki Kudô
key animator: Madhouse
Yuriko Kudô
cel painter: Studio Killy (as Yuriko Kudo)
Yuki Kyôno
cel painter: Studio Step
Yukari Maeda
inbetween animator
Kiyoko Makita
inbetween animator
Riwako Matsui
inbetween animator
Tsuyoshi Matsumuro
background artist: Kobayashi Production
Satoshi Matsuoka
background artist
Yuko Matsuura
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Nagisa Miyazaki
inbetween animator
Takayo Mizutani
inbetween animator
Chiyomi Morisawa
cel painter: Studio Killy
Shinji Morohashi
inbetween animator
Mamoru Murao
cel painting technical assistance: Jôsai Duplo
Yoshiko Murata
cel painter: Studio Killy
Jun'ichi Nagano
inbetween animator: Studio Fantasia
Miwako Nakamura
cel checker
Kenji Narita
cel checker
Rie Niidome
inbetween animator
Michiko Nishimaki
cel painter: Studio Killy
Toshirô Nozaki
background artist (as Toshio Nozaki)
Miyoko Oka
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kazumi Okabe
inbetween animator
Masakazu Okada
inbetween animator
Tensai Okamura
key animator: Madhouse (as Yutaka Okamura)
Masayuki Ota
inbetween animator: Studio Fantasia
Kazutaka Ozaki
inbetween animator
Masako Sakano
clean-up and inbetween artist / inbetween animator
Yoshiharu Satô
supervising animator (as Yoshiharu Sato)
Yorimi Sawauchi
cel painter: Studio Step
Reiko Shibuya
cel painter: Studio Step
Ritsuko Shiina
inbetween animator
Nobumasa Shinkawa
key animator: Madhouse
Masako Shinohara
key animator
Makoto Shiraishi
background artist: Kobayashi Production
Kiyoko Sugawara
background artist
Reiko Suzuki
cel painter: Studio Step
Yasuko Tachiki
animation checker
Hideko Tagawa
key animator
Yûki Takagi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Aiko Takahashi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Naomi Takahashi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Hiroe Takekura
cel painter: Studio Step
Naoko Takenawa
inbetween animator
Yôji Takeshige
background artist
Keiko Tamura
background artist: Atelier BWCA
Hatsue Tanaka
cel painter: Studio Killy
Makoto Tanaka
key animator
Ritsuko Tanaka
inbetween animator
Sadahiko Tanaka
background artist: Kobayashi Production
Tsukasa Tannai
key animator
Hitomi Tateno
animation checker
Teruyo Tateyama
cel checker
Akiko Teshima
inbetween animator
Mayumi Watabe
cel painter: Studio Killy
Keiko Watanabe
inbetween animator
Nobuko Watanabe
cel painter: Studio Killy
Aki Yamagata
inbetween animator
Akira Yamakawa
background artist: Atelier BWCA (as Akira Yamagawa)
Hirômi Yamakawa
key animator
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
inbetween animator: Studio Fantasia
Noriko Yamamura
cel painter: Studio Killy
Fumi Yamane
cel painter: Studio Killy
Yukari Yamaura
inbetween animator: Anime Torotoro
Toki Yanagi
cel painter: Studio Killy
Michiyo Yasuda
cel painter
Fujino Yonei
cel painter: Studio Killy
Hajime Yoshida
inbetween animator: Studio Fantasia
Hisako Yoshida
cel painter: Studio Killy
Masaki Yoshizaki
background artist
Michiko Ôide
cel painter: Studio Killy
Naoko Ôkawa
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kiyomi Ôta
background artist (as Kiyomi Ota)
Michiko Ôta
cel painter: Studio Killy
Kumiko Ôtani
inbetween animator
Nobuhiro Ôtsuka
background artist: Kobayashi Production (as Nobuhiro Otsuka)
Shinji Ôtsuka
key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)

Editorial Department

Hiroshi Adachi
assistant editor
Chris DeLaGuardia
color timer
Cory Hansen
post-production coordinator (2005 version)
Rich Mackay
negative cutter (english version)

Music Department

Kaiulani Kidani
music transfer
Kôki Miura
music producer: Tokuma Japan
Rieko Nakagawa
lyricist: theme song
Eugene H. Saburi
music transfer
Takashi Watanabe
music producer: Tokuma Japan
Shin Kazuhara
trumpet (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Shigeru Asô
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Siddhesh Dalvi
Dubbing Director
Cindy Davis
adaptation: English version (as Cindy Davis Hewitt)
Rick Dempsey
dialogue director
Donald H. Hewitt
adaptation: English version
Hiroyuki Itô
production assistant
Osamu Kameyama
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Akira Kaneko
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Masahiro Kasuya
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Hiroyuki Katô
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Toshiyuki Kawabata
production desk
Hirokatsu Kihara
production desk
Tomoko Kobayashi
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Hisayoshi Kodaka
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Ned Lott
additional voice director (2005 version)
Carl Macek
english producer
David Midthunder
voice
Mikio Mori
technical assistance: Far East Continental
Kazuo Oga
executive background stylist
Hideo Ogata
planner
Takao Sasaki
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Hikogorô Shiraishi
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Takaaki Suzuki
production assistant
Toshio Suzuki
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Minoru Tadokoro
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Yoshio Tsuboike
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Tatsumi Yamashita
planner
Michio Yokoo
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Tetsuhiko Yoshida
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
Tsutomu Ôtsuka
production committee: Tokuma Shoten "My Neighbor Totoro"
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