Totoro<span> is a forest spirit that little </span>Mei<span>, and later her older sister </span>Satsuki<span>, encounter in a giant camphor tree near their new home in the countryside. Although their </span>father<span>, a university professor, is with them when they move, their </span>mother<span> is in the hospital, recovering from some unnamed illness. When Mei hears that her mother's condition may be getting worse, she resolves to visit her all by herself. When everyone realizes she's missing, only Totoro knows how to find her!</span>