However, the setting of My Neighbor Totoro does have a specific real-life inspiration.
A local resident, a man in his 40s, had been feeding stray cats in the forest when he found a skeletonized human corpse.
▼ Part of the Tokyo section of “Totoro’s Forest”The man had actually first discovered the body, which was largely covered by fallen leaves, a week prior.
Initially he’d thought the bones he’d seen were from some sort of woodland animal, but he later realized they were human remains (whether the realization came from a second visit to the scene or simply rethinking what he’d seen is unclear).
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