在黑泽明所列的100部最佳影片中，唯一一部入选的动画片是《龙猫》。
1988年4月16日，由宫崎骏执导、久石让编曲、德间书店和吉卜力工作室出品的动画电影《龙猫》在日本上映。至今，这只毛茸茸、胖嘟嘟、憨厚又温暖的大龙猫，已陪我们走过30个年头。
三十年过去，这部简简单单、没有太多曲折情节的动画电影，却因为其独有的温情和美好，依旧是很多人心目中的经典。以至于那段经典配乐一响起，心里最柔软的部分便会再次被触动。
All aboard! The Catbus is here to take us back in time as "My Neighbor Totoro" is returning to theaters this year to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The film is still considered to be one of the best pieces of work by Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki, and the titular character has withstood the test of time to become Studio Ghibli's most iconic mascot.
据报道，日本吉卜力工作室日前与中国方SCLA（上海新创华文化发展有限公司）展开合作，商谈于今年底在中国上映修复与重制后的高清数码版本《龙猫》。若能成功，中国粉丝将能够首次于国内影院近距离感受这部经典动画，且它将成为第一部在内地上映的宫崎骏电影作品。
According to media reports, Studio Ghibli is hoping that "My Neighbour Totoro" will be their first theatrical release in China.
"We've already sold the rights to 'My Neighbor Totoro' to our Chinese partner SCLA, but there are various processes they have to go through to release it in China; it's in their hands now," said The Hollywood Reporter, citing a spokesperson for Studio Ghibli's foreign sales department.
If everything goes well, Chinese fans will likely be able to see the film, which has recently been digitally restored, on the big screen toward the end of 2018.
“这部电影成型以前，我的绘画簿里只有两个场景。一个是在公车站边，奇妙的生物突然出现的画面；另一个则是小女孩在庭院里遇见半透明的小怪物的画面——这两个画面，在我的绘本里躺了10年。”
——宫崎骏
那是二战刚结束不久的上世纪50年代。
由于母亲在乡下疗养，小月和小梅两姐妹跟随父亲于初夏时节搬到乡间居住。一望无际的蓝天、泛着泥土香的青草地，故事开始了。
In 1950s Japan, two young sisters, Satsuki and Mei move into a new house in the countryside with their father Tatsuo Kusakabe, in order to be closer to their mother who is recovering from an illness at a nearby hospital.
一天，4岁的小梅在草丛里独自玩耍时，发现了一个半透明、长着两只毛茸茸的耳朵的白色小怪物。它蹦蹦跳跳地在草地上穿梭，引得活泼好动的小梅追着它一路跟到了丛林深处。
也就是在那里，小梅第一次见到了顶着圆滚滚的肚子、躺在草地上睡觉的庞然大物——一只外形酷似兔子和老鼠、名叫“多多洛”的大龙猫。
One day, four-year-old Mei discovers three spiritual creatures of the forest, and names the largest one - a gigantic, waddling ball of fur who especially likes roaring – "Totoro", a mispronunciation of the Japanese for "troll".
按照宫崎骏的设定，龙猫是森林的主人，只有小孩子可以看见它，大人们无法捕捉到它的存在。这只平常悠闲慵懒、从不与人打交道的充满灵性的生物，却由于奇妙的因缘际会和小月、小梅建立了亲密的关系。
Totoro, according to Miyazaki's setting, is a furry forest creature that adults cannot see. He never normally interacts with humans, but enjoys spending time with the sisters.
《龙猫》中经典的一幕，是小月和小梅在雨天的公交车站接爸爸下班回家的场景。
公交车站。淅淅沥沥的雨声。趴在小月肩膀上熟睡的小梅。
焦急、不安、困倦……姐妹俩内心所有的忐忑在大龙猫突然出现的那一瞬间消失了。
它头顶上盖着一片树叶挡雨，胖胖的身躯突然挪动到了小月的旁边，同她们站在了一起。从最开始的惊讶到惊喜，小月善良地将为爸爸准备的雨伞借给大龙猫，并教它雨伞的使用方法。
A classic scene from "My Neighbor Totoro" happens when the two sisters are waiting for their father's bus on a dark and stormy night, but they grow worried when he isn't there. As they get increasingly concerned, Totoro shows up, with a lotus leaf on his head as an umbrella. Satsuki offers him the extra umbrella she prepared for her father and teaches him how to use it.
这只大自然的亘古精灵却像个孩童，仅仅因为雨滴落在雨伞上的哗啦声就欣喜若狂——顽皮地一跃而起，震得雨滴哗啦啦地大颗大颗落下，好不欢乐。
Delighted with the shelter, as well as the noise made by falling raindrops on the umbrella, the woodland creature roars with joy. In return, Totoro gives the sisters a leaf-wrapped package of seeds and departs in the dark riding a bus-shaped cat.
作为回报，大龙猫送给两姐妹一包用竹叶包裹着的橡果子，然后用一声嘶吼唤来了它的专车——一辆猫型巴士便扬长而去了，留下目瞪口呆的姐妹俩。
不久，爸爸的公车到了。而这个原本有些落寞的雨夜，却因为大龙猫的出现，让两姐妹的世界顿时明亮了起来。
Tatsuo shortly after arrives, only to see his little girls get all excited about having seen Totoro.
“与其说创造了龙猫，不如说出发点只是想表达对一直以来被自己忽视的、日本大自然的这份感激和热爱”，宫崎骏在2014年的一次采访中说道。
In an interview Miyazaki did back in 2014, he said that his intentions for the film were actually to show his gratitude and love towards Japanese nature, something he has neglected for a long time and decided to bring it on to the film.
影片中堪称奇妙的一幕：姐妹俩种下龙猫送的橡果子，但它却迟迟没有发芽。也不知是梦境还是现实的一天夜里，龙猫来到两姐妹家门口，带领她们对着种下橡果子的那片土地跳起神奇而带有仪式感的舞蹈。忽然地，橡果子发芽了，再一转眼，竟已长成参天大树。
Thanks to his whimsical imagination, his love and respect for nature was beautifully handled in "My Neighbor Totoro.
One night, Satsuki and Mei awaken to discover Totoro and his two miniature friends in their garden performing a ceremonial dance around the planted seeds. The sisters join them in the dance and are amazed to see the seeds quickly grow into a giant tree.
第二天，大树不见了。但橡果子，却真的发芽了。
The girls wake up the next morning to find the tree has disappeared. However, the seeds have indeed started to sprout.
无论是泥土、小草还是大树，每一帧都充满绿意，温柔地提醒着镜头内外的你我，若我们对大自然心怀感恩，大自然便会许我们以最美好的馈赠。
“这是被遗忘的东西，这是没有被注意到的东西，这是我们以为已经消失的东西。但我坚信它们依然存在”，宫崎骏在《龙猫》最初的企划书中写到。
"It's something we have forgotten, something we have not noticed, something we thought that has long been lost – yet I still believe it exists today," wrote Hayao Miyazaki in the prospectus for "My Neighbor Totoro."
美国著名影评人、普利策奖获得者罗杰·埃伯特曾对《龙猫》作出这样的评价：“无论我什么时候看它，它总能使我笑啊笑啊笑。”
Pulitzer-winning film critic Roger Ebert once commented: "Whenever I watch it, I smile, and smile, and smile."
自然有情，万物有灵。为什么我们越长大，越不快乐？也许我们应该回到《龙猫》里寻找答案。
A lot of people believe that Miyazaki's animations are not really created for children, but rather, for adults. "My Neighbor Totoro" certainly appeals to kids, who perhaps share the same innocence with the big furry forest creature that everybody loves, but it also resonates worldwide with its adult fans who regain a little of their childhood wonder that gets lost with maturity.
就在那个似梦非梦的夜晚，小月和小梅抱着龙猫软乎乎的肚皮，和它一起飞上了天空，
在一片璀璨的星空下肆无忌惮地翱翔。
所经之处，绿叶摆动、小草翩翩起舞。
她们在空中与龙猫一同放声嘶吼着，以最让人钦羡的孩童的模样，幻化成夜空里一阵明亮的风。
咚咚咚——斗转星移，你的心里，是否还住着那个毛茸茸、胖乎乎的大怪物？
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