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Who is Minollo? Totoro speaks Neapolitan
If you've landed here searching for «Minollo», you've probably seen the t-shirt, or seen someone wearing it, and wondered who that big green giant with the round eyes was. Here's the answer.
Minollo is Totoro
Minollo is the Neapolitan name for the most famous neighbour in Japanese animation: Totoro, the furry giant that Hayao Miyazaki gave to the world in 1988 with the Studio Ghibli film. In Japan he's called Totoro, and in Italian we know him by the same name. In Naples, as happens to anyone who stays around here long enough, he picked up a street name: Minollo.
Is Minollo an animal?
No, and neither is Totoro. He doesn't exist in nature: he's a forest spirit invented by Miyazaki, part owl, part cat, part bear, with a belly you could fall asleep on. In the film, only children can see him, and that already tells you everything about what kind of friend he is.
Why a t-shirt
There are friends who don't speak, but who are always there. This t-shirt is for anyone who grew up with Studio Ghibli cartoons and never stopped looking for a big, silent friend at the bus stop. For grown-ups who stay children at heart, for parents to show off at the school gates, for a gift that makes people smile on sight.
The design is ours, the name belongs to Naples, the t-shirt is printed here.
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