This is just too cool to pass up. Alan Becker, a Minecraft enthusiast and Ghibli Freak, assembled a team that faithfully recreated the world of My Neighbor Totoro in Minecraft down to the smallest detail. The latest shaders are used to provide extremely detailed graphics, albeit with the classic 1-meter blocks. Everything looks terrific.
In this video, you will find the rural town on which the movie is based, the family house and yard, and the secret forest path that leads to the giant camphor tree that is home to the Totoro Family. Big Totoro, of course, is found waiting at the bus stop in the rain. Catbus can be found on the top of the tree.
You can see how this world could make for a terrific videogame, in the style of Super Mario 64, all about exploration and discovery and surprises around every corner. I definitely want to play around in this vast garden, don't you? There actually is a website where you can download the texture pack for Minecraft, but it appears to be down at the time of this writing. Hopefully, that will be fixed soon, but it's also possible that copyright issues with Studio Ghibli have forced Becker's team to close down their links.
Here's the video, enjoy:
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