Forum - View topicmy neighbour totoro
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BoygetsfireD
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I saw this when I was like 10 and liked it. I didn't really realize that it was anime untill my friends got me into it (anime) just recently
I was wondering what you people think of it ...and what does "totoro" mean? |
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abunai
Old Regular
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Well, it's what you get when you put the word "troll" through the filter of Japanese kana (トロロ, "tororo") and then apply a slight mispronunciation. I've always felt that perhaps it was wrong to translate it as a proper name - maybe it should have been dealt with in translation as a generic term for all the spirit critters ("trolls"). -abunai |
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Baka...
 Posts: 98 Location: Edmonton. Alberta Canada |
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My god boy gets fired. Thats the exact same thing for me. My neihbor totoro witch i just found about recently. Was shown to me when i was in grade 3 from a exchange student. And as you can see i am now into anime.
Last edited by Baka... on Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:27 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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imaginary_num6er
 Posts: 53 Location: In the U.S, was in Japan for 18 years |
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There is no real meaning to the name: "totoro" other than that it is a sort of cute name.
:Abunai Unfortunatly, "troll" in Japanese is not トロロ "tororo", it is トロール "t-roll". "Tororo" is grated yam, usually put on rice to make "tororo don" (tororo rice bowl). 
I personally didn't really think deep into it since I was born in Japan, and cartoons are all anime. Nonethless, it was enjoying and interesting at the time. |
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