My Neighbor Totoro features sisters Satsuki and Mei. Their father moves to a country house where they can be close to their convalescing mother. As the two girls are exploring the dark attic of their new home, Mei spots a small creature floating down from the ceiling. The creature is represented by a circle here and was drawn on another sheet.
Hayao Miyazaki was inspired by a small forest near Tokyo and there is an effort to buy the land and preserve the forest. In 2008, Dice Tsusumi, Enrico Casarosa, Ronnie del Carmen and other artists created paintings and other art for the
Totoro Forest Project, a fundraising auction. After the auction, the pieces went on display at the Cartoon Art Museum. James Jean's contribution is promised to San Francisco's Asian Art Museum.
