Q 01/05
A) Hayao Miyazaki
B) Isao Takahata
C) Mamoru Hosoda
D) Satoshi Kon
Answer · why
He based Mei on his niece and said the Totoros were 'supposedly the forest keeper, but that's only a half-baked idea'.
Q 02/05
A) 1984
B) 1986
C) 1988
D) 1990
Answer · why
It shared a double bill with Grave of the Fireflies, a pairing critics called one of the most remarkable ever offered.
Q 03/05
A) Kusanagi
B) Kusakabe
C) Kobayashi
D) Kurosawa
Answer · why
Early concept paintings and the theatrical poster show only one girl; the bus-stop scene forced the split into two.
Q 04/05
A) Country doctor
B) Train driver
C) Schoolteacher
D) University professor
Answer · why
His occupation and the reason for the move were added as the film grew from its planned one-hour length.
Q 05/05
A) The father got a new job
B) Their city home burned down
C) To be near the mother's hospital
D) To inherit a farm
Answer · why
The hospitalised mother is often read as drawing on the director's own childhood with a chronically ill mother.
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