Totoro gay

After flubbing every IRL interaction she has with kids her own age, she finally befriends a girl who lives in a mansion across the inlet. Our main character, a down on herself capricornesque young woman is cursed by the local witch to look like an old woman. "My Neighbor Totoro" is a Studio Ghibli classic.

As Kiki moves to the big city to master her witchcraft she becomes demoralized by how slow of a study she is, causing her powers to wane. In order to save their homes and lifestyle, the racoons must conform and shapeshift into humans to learn how to outwit them. My most recent binge was the Studio Ghibli collection.

This film is resoundingly queer not in the romantic dynamics but in the domestic life. It offers a coming-of-age take on modern witch hood. Were you a confused and closeted queer high schooler? When Anna is not with Marnie she is thinking about her and drawing her.

Queer is letting go of your perception of real and normal to make room for the inconceivable. Thanks Ginger. And lucky for us that makes it an instant addition to the queer canon. Mei Mac on the new stage adaptation of the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbour Totoro and her fight for representation.

The company's logo features the character Totoro (a large forest spirit) from Hayao Miyazaki's film "My Neighbor Totoro". This film is for you! This film is a lesbian cottagecore feverdream minus, unfortunately, the lesbians. Big ally energy right there.

In the queer fashion, community is the key to sanity. The two become inseparable in the grasses and shallows by the mansion. Are you keen on reading social subtext? So our main character — is suffering from severe depression and anxiety, classic gay combo, so she is sent to the countryside to spend time with her aunt and uncle.

This film highlights the story of gentrification and colonization experienced by shapeshifting raccoons in the Japanese countryside. Enough said, go watch this. It has its headquarters in Koganei, Tokyo. Queer is children seeing into another dimension. We uncover these and other facts.

Most of us have been in their shoes, having to wear a hetero mask at work or with family only to come out once you realize being uniquely you is the only thing that will save you. This is going to get controversial in here for a second, but bear with me.

And I thought — was only — until ——. There's something about the animation powerhouse that resonates with queer people, despite there being little obvious representation to speak of. Need I say more? Ultimately it turns out that it is the ghost of her grandmother, BUT before any of that was known to Anna or the audience, undeniable gay vibes.

Being gaslit by your parents is generally a human experience, but queers get an all too generous helping imo. One full of fantasy where dreams are seen and unseen and limits are never presupposed. There the two fall in love in the midst of soul-bonded fires and alternate dimensions.

But did you know Totoro originally spoke, or about the stage production? Magical and cursed misifts. This film follows the drama and nuances two implicitly queer friends caught in a love triangle. While Chihiro is assisted by allies in this unwelcoming, deadly spirit bathhouse, it is ultimately her core values of kindness and authenticity that save her and her friends.