Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "My Neighbor Totoro" in Simple English language version.
As elsewhere, Miyazaki's reverence for nature is here expressed imaginatively in terms drawn from the animist tradition of Japan's Shinto heritage. Miyazaki's movies are rife with tree-spirits, river gods and the like.
I'd wager that Okami's designers were touched by the same muse that inspired many of Hayao Miyazaki's Shinto themed features (movies like "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Princess Mononoke", for those not in the know).
I'd wager that Okami's designers were touched by the same muse that inspired many of Hayao Miyazaki's Shinto themed features (movies like "My Neighbor Totoro" and "Princess Mononoke", for those not in the know).
