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I know that My Neighbor Totoro was released at least twice (possible three
times because of some sort of airplane release) in the United States. I'm
pretty sure that at there was at least a cast change between the two major US
releases, but are there any other changes? Was anything censored or was any
animation or lines changed?


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What are the differences between the Totoro releases?


According to [the Wikipedia
article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Neighbor_Totoro#Release), Tokuma
Communications did a release in 1993, which was released on video by 20th
Century Fox and dubbed again by Streamline as a special release for airlines.
The Wikipedia article claims that Miyazaki would not allow any sort of
editing, modification, or censorship, due to his disappointment with _Warriors
of the Wind_ , the heavily edited version of _Nausica a of the Valley of the
Wind_ that was released in the US. The article offers no source, but [this
site](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/nausicaa/faq.html#warrior) supports the
idea that Miyazaki hated _Warriors of the Wind_.

Fox's rights expired in 2004, and Disney acquired the license, creating a new
dub. The Ghibli fan site from the link above makes the following claim about
the Disney / Ghibli relationship:

> No. This will not happen [editing of or changes to the Ghibli films]. Disney
> can not cut even one second from the films, according to the contract.
> Ghibli has officially stated that "With Disney's commitment to maintain the
> quality of the original titles, there will be no changes to music and
> sequences in foreign language versions." According to Mr. Suzuki, the
> producer of Ghibli, other companies such as Fox and Time-Warner contacted
> Tokuma, but Disney was the only company willing to agree to this condition,
> and that was the main reason why Tokuma chose Disney as a partner.

The [FAQ on _My Neighbor
Totoro_](http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/totoro/faq.html#dub) also claims
that nothing was cut from the Disney release, but does state that the songs
were translated into English and dubbed by an American singer, as with other
Ghibli releases by Disney.

It's been a long time since I watched the Disney dub, and an even longer time
since I watched the Carl Macek dub, but I'm pretty sure Disney did a new
translation and wrote a new dub script. The Disney DVD also includes Japanese
audio with English subtitles. I never watched Totoro subbed, but I have
watched other Disney releases subbed and compared them with the dub
translations, and the degree of fidelity is always very high.


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As Recent as 10/14/2016- In Disney Channel Philippines, The bath scene between
the girls and the father in My Neighbor Totoro was cut out.

By doing so, they cut a subplot that should have explained why the dust
spirits left the home.


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