![]() ![]() Cheap, ultraviolent, and gleefully offensive, it's quite possibly much the last studio you'd expect to see slap their name on Miyazaki's serenely beautiful fairy tale. box office prospects will be fleeting, likely no more than a blip among the upcoming onslaught of product."īest known for the "Toxic Avenger" series, Troma is everything "Totoro" isn't. "Displaying no more than adequate television technical craft, the simple family saga poses no threat to the commercial dominance of Disney cartoonists," read one dismissive review. With Miyazaki and Ghibli unknown in America at the time, some critics focused on the film's connection to distributor Troma, presenting "Totoro" as another niche film, albeit for a slightly classier clientele than, say, " Zombie Island Massacre." "Totoro" finally reached American theaters in 1993, five years after its initial release. ![]()
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