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Ghibli anime is real? Totoro Catbus spotted on the streets of Hiroshima【Video】
投稿日 2018年6月25日 23:00:50 (ニュース)
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But this amazing tribute to Hayao Miyazaki’s classic film isn’t actually a bus.
Unlike many other large cities in Japan, the downtown area of Hiroshima doesn’t have a network of train and subway lines crisscrossing through it. Instead, the city’s network of quaint streetcars is the most convenient way to get around.
However, a recent video shows that the awesomest way to get around is by the famous mode of transportation from Hayao Miyazaki’s iconic anime My Neighbor Totoro: the Catbus.
え、まって
猫バスおったんじゃけど笑
しかもチャリ改造してから笑笑
#ネコバス https://t.co/YM1BsobnxP
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かっきー (@ryouta_3) June 22, 2018
On a recent evening Hiroshima resident and Twitter user @ryouta_3 was cruising around the city’s Naka Ward, traveling in the left-hand lane. As he glanced over to the sidewalk, he spotted the unmistakable form of the beloved Studio Ghibli character/vehicle
As @ryouta_3 pulls past the puss, we can see that it even has the light-projecting eyes of the anime original.
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However, if you’re watching the video with your speakers turned on, you’ll notice that while this looks like the Catbus from Totoro, it doesn’t sound like it. There’s actually a lot of rattling and clanking, because, though it’s hard to see in the video’s dim light, @ryouta_3 says this Catbus is actually a heavily modified bicycle!
The impressive two-wheeled cosplay quickly elicited comments including:
“That is seriously amazing.”
“Wow, the eyes function as bike lights.”
“Awesome. I wish I could have seen it with my own eyes.”
“Hey, if it’s a bus, it shouldn’t be on the sidewalk.”
“Is there a person inside there? I can’t see.”
“Maybe Totoro is inside?”
A few detractors said they’d have been creeped out to encounter the anime-loving bicyclist at night, but they were far outnumbered by appreciative Ghibli fans who said they’d love to be walking down the street and see a Catbus sliding by. Given how much work obviously went into designing the “costume,” it seems certain that the rider wasn’t doing this as a one-time thing, so hopefully we’ll see the Hiroshima Catbus again soon (though if we need to tide ourselves over, there’s always the Catbus at Tokyo’s Ghibli Museum).
Source, images: Twitter/@ryouta_3
Source: SORA NEWS24
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