This premium-quality official soft toy brings a touch of softness and magic straight from the poetic world of Studio Ghibli. This collectable soft toy pays tribute to the most famous king of the forest in Japanese pop culture.
The design incorporates the unique stylistic features of the Japanese Komorebicollection, renowned for its delicate finish and natural look. This soft toy faithfully captures the round, stocky and reassuring silhouette of the great grey Totoro. Its soft polyester plush texture offers a wonderfully tender tactile experience, ideal for cuddles or for adding a touch of poetry to your home décor.
The soft toy faithfully recreates his distinctive physical features, with his long, erect ears, delicate whiskers and white belly adorned with the famous embroidered grey arrows. His large, wide-open round eyes give him that characteristic look that is both curious and benevolent. Made from high-quality polyester fibres, it is built to last. Designed to adorn a collector’s shelf, brighten up a child’s bedroom or accompany young and old alike in their daily lives, this collector’s item comes with its official Ghibli cardboard label.
Technical specifications
- Manufacturer: Semic / Semic Studio
- Range: Komorebi soft toy
- Supplier reference: S-6184
- Licence: Studio Ghibli
- Sub-licence: My Neighbour Totoro
- Character: Grey Totoro (Ō-Totoro)
- Materials: 100% polyester fibres (outer fabric and filling)
- Product type: Soft collectable soft toy
- EAN code: 3760372331726
- Packaging type: Sewn-on official licence label and cardboard tag
Origin and character lore
In Hayao Miyazaki’s eponymous masterpiece released in 1988, My Neighbour Totoro, the Grey Totoro — whose real name is ‘Ō-Totoro’ — is an ancient magical creature and the spiritual guardian of the forest who watches over the surrounding natural world. Over 1,300 years old, this benevolent and peaceful spirit spends most of his days sleeping in the heart of a gigantic camphor tree. His path crosses that of the young sisters Satsuki and Mei, who have just moved to the countryside. Although he communicates only through deep, resonant roars, he shows them immense kindness, offering them magical seeds and coming to their rescue aboard the Catbus in times of trouble. Having become the official emblem of Studio Ghibli, Totoro single-handedly embodies nostalgia for childhood, respect for nature and the power of the imagination.
