Name: CatbusStomping Grounds: My Neighbor Totoro (anime)
Side: Good
Breed: Nekobasu
Cat Powers: Appears and disappears out of thin air. Carries passengers to any destination (no address needed). Flies, runs and bounces across forests and lakes. Headlamps for eyes.
Skills: Eat 0 (you hope), Sleep 2, Mischief 3, Wit 3, Vehicle 10
Cat Weaknesses: Requires glowing mouse attachments to simulate tail lights. Charmingly creepy in a way only Miyazaki can conceive.
They Made It For Realz:
Where did you get the picture of the yellow and brown catbus? It looks like it's at Burning Man.
ReplyDeleteBurning Man 2001, yep.
ReplyDeleteYay for Catbus! Never would have thought of it, but I'm glad you included it. :-) I love Miyazaki, and Totoro!
ReplyDeleteThe series "Super Sentai" (Japanese Power Rangers) had a cat bus as a vehicle too. It was probably capitalizing on the popularity of Totoro, since it was around the same time.
ReplyDeleteIt was from the Super Sentai series "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger". They used the catbus as a vehicle, and I believe it could talk as well.
You know you're just adding to the Cat of the Geek Master List there, aren't you?
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