Isithombe esikule phini ngu-Totoro, ovela kufilimu yopopayi ethi "My Neighbor Totoro" eqondiswa u-Hayao Miyazaki. "Umakhelwane Wami u-Totoro" wakhululwa e-Japan ngo-1988. Umsebenzi wakudala we-Studio Ghibli, ogcwele amaphupho nemfudumalo, obonisa ubuhle bemvelo nobumsulwa.
I-Totoro ekuphini yinhle, inomzimba wayo oyindilinga oyindilinga, izinwele ezimpunga nesisu esimhlophe, esidonsa amehlo kakhulu. Amehlo ayo acwebezela izinkanyezi futhi ukumamatheka kwayo kuyagqama, kuyenza iphile futhi iphile. Isambulela esikhulu esibomvu esisiphethe singesinye sezakhi zaso zakudala, esengeza isimo senganekwane. Amafu azungezile aluhlaza neminye imihlobiso inothisa isithombe. Idizayini iyonke yinhle futhi ihlakaniphile, efaneleke kakhulu abalandeli be-anime ukuthi bayiqoqe futhi bayigqoke, futhi ingabonisa uthando lwabo ngomsebenzi wakudala othi "Umakhelwane Wami u-Totoro".
