My Neighbor Totoro: w/ Paryss Bryanne on Childhood Whimsy as Adults

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Paryss Bryanne joins Melvin to talk My Neighbor Totoro! The two kick-off Ani-May with a much-beloved Studio Ghibli classic! Nostalgia, curiosity, and a whole lotta whimsy fill this episode from start to finish! Tune in now! 

Topics:

• Editor’s Note: No Patreon Exclusive discussion! But, I do intend to trim this episode down from its original 1:35:43 length, so if you want to hear the UNCUT version, tune in on Patreon here!
• Paryss shares about her love of Undertale, her desire to see people grow through Legacy XP Coaching, and how she’s wrestling with horror media.
• Paryss, “[My Nieghbor Totoro] does such a good job of taking you back into the shoes of a child.”
• Where do Paryss and Mel rank My Neighbor Totoro against other Miyazaki/Ghibli movies?
• On big emotions, and how emotions become more complicated as an adult.
• Enduring against melancholic nostalgia.
• Melvin, “Did you kinda just feel like [My Neighbor Totoro] was, like, really heavenly?”
• Talking Totoro, and wondering if he actually exists.
• Getting into the ending.

Recommendations:

• The Village (2004) (Movie)
• Lucid Blocks (2026) (Video Game)

My Neighbor Totoro is Rated G. It features Hitoshi Takagi, Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto, and Tanie Kitabayashi. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. My Neighbor Totoro is available here.

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