oh no, my catbus soft toy is missing a feature
important tanuki balls news - there's even a nursery rhyme:http://gailsensei.blogspot.com/2009/07/sometimes-japans-little-nuts.html
PS your daughter has excellent taste
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
i’m thrilled that nudging her to share my obsessions has paid off this well tbh
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:55 (four years ago) link
(maybe the swinging tanuki balls song is in Pom Poko, can't remember where I first heard of it, in which case apologies)
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
I just asked my wife to confirm that my daughter's catbus plush (purchased in Japan) has balls but she (Mrs. Brocolli) replied that it does not.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
yeah, my wife got our daughter a plush catbus and totoro when she was in tokyo a few weeks ago and catbus has def been neutered
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:05 (four years ago) link
Has anyone seen the featurette short set in the Totoro world that screens occasionally at the Ghibli museum? I looked for a copy online but there only exists beyond hilariously low-def quality. You'd figure with those HD spyglasses someone would upload a better copy but this is all I could find:
Mei & the Kittenbushttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x68vr66
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
no but i showed my girl a picture of mei riding in kittenbus and she lost her shit with excitement
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
I have only seen the low-quality bootleg. To my knowledge it's only shown at the museum.
My niece was obsessed with the feature movie when she was 3-4 years old, especially the bus stop scene. Something about the movie really appeals to young children.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
http://www.ifccenter.com/films/my-neighbor-totoro/35mm on 1/13 and 1/16. One of the few ghiblis where i dont mind seeing the english dub.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 13 December 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
Which dub?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 13 December 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
the one i know is the one that was on the clamshell vcr tape. they did another one?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:40 (four years ago) link
they did one in 2005 with dakota and elle fanning as satsuke and mei, which i assume is later than the vcr dub?
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 14 December 2019 08:53 (four years ago) link
oh yeah, you're right. I have see the fanning dub; it's pretty good too!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
a dub that was 100% a boombox recording of me repeatedly farting into a tin bucket would only slightly tarnish the magic of my neighbour totoro tbf
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 14 December 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
you're describing the kiki dub imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 14 December 2019 17:36 (four years ago) link
When my kids were younger and "Rock the Casbah" came on the radio, they would sing the chorus as "Rock the Catcar."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 December 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
with Basil Twist!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1KvWZIpw_c
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 May 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link