totoro

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John Ramirez recently hit us all with a glorious idea for a Totoro-themed park, and if you're like me, you're still not quite over that beautiful concept. Can we please make that happen?

Well, Ramirez is back at it again with an exciting design for what a Castle in the Sky theme park could come together as; and it's pretty much offiically time to figure out how we're going to make at least one of these ingenious concepts happen. See below for an image of the Laputa ride design:

Yes, it seems the living legend, Hayao Miyazaki has one more ride in him just yet; the genius who sat at the very helm of films like 1984’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro, 1997’s Princess Mononoke, and 2001’s Spirited Away, which claimed an Academy Award for best Animated Feature. 



The film in question, is Kemushi no Boro, which is set to be the tale of a tiny caterpillar that Miyazaki didn't feel he could fit in the space of 20 minutes. Here's a peek at the concept art that's since surfaced:



This is just the kind of uplifting news so many of us needed after an abnormally tumultous 2016. He's reporting that he hopes to have the film completed in five years, so here's to hoping that time does nothing but blow by until then.

D'aww!  Have you ever wanted your own little Totoro at home? If you've got a cat, you're already half way there!  Just add little paper cut out eyes, nose, and a belly and you've got your very own Totoro. 

(Ghibligazous)

The resemblance is uncanny, no?



If you're looking to add a little Totoro to your life, just add the eyes:


(tunamel_t)

D'aww!

They aren't all ugly tattoos!