My Neighbor Totoro (Camphor)

Completely Arbortrary

Comedy, Education, Science

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Who is Totoro? They’re a spirit, a kami, of a massive camphor tree. In this episode of Treeyazaki, we talk legendary animated film My Neighbor Totoro and one of its central characters, the camphor (Cinnamomum camphora). We also talk about animism and its role in every culture around the entire world.

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0:00.0	What's up?
0:04.7	up Fungal Associates.
0:07.0	Welcome to Completely Arbitrary, the podcast about trees and other related topics.
0:11.2	I am one of your hosts. Alex Croson of course we got Mr. Casey Clapp.
0:17.0	Hello Alex Croson. Hello Casey Clapp.
0:20.0	It's good to see you here today. Happy Triazaki Casey. Happy Triazaki Casey. Happy Triazaki to you here today. Happy Triazaki case.
0:23.0	Happy Triazaki to you too.
0:24.6	You know what I just learned.
0:26.2	What did you just learn?
0:27.7	Nope, never mind, everything's okay.
0:29.2	All right.
0:30.2	Ha ha ha ha.
0:32.2	Some devastating news somewhere?
0:33.7	Yes, I thought that I had unfortunately made an incorrect link,
0:37.4	link.
0:38.1	Oh.
0:39.1	But in fact, it had correctly linked to what I was trying to go to.
0:42.2	Well, wonderful. So everything's worked out great.
0:44.0	Wow good tension and release right at the top of the episode.
0:46.6	Exactly.
0:47.6	Happy Trizaki everybody. This is of course our month long exploration of the trees of
0:55.7	Studio Gibley in the films of Huyo Miyasaki that's right well of course last
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