Tottoi

Release Date: 1992-01-01

Overview: Based on the novel Tottòi by Gianni Padoan. Sardinia is abundant in beautiful beaches and mysterious caves which are known as the habitat of a peculiar kind of seal on the verge of extinction. After moving to this island, Tottoi, fascinated by nature, visits different beaches and caves everyday. When he finds a seal cub and its mother in an isolated cave, he is surprised by the humorous movements and innocence of the cub and the dignity of its mother. Tottoi soon becomes attached to the seals, but his secret is revealed to heartless adults. In the name of preservation, a plan is developed to capture them for an aquarium. Now the dignity and pride of the wild seal are in danger. No matter how painful for Tottoi to be separated from his small friends, he must fight for the welfare of the wild mammals and let them go free into the sea.

Rating: 6.5 / 10

Cast

Daisuke Namikawa

as Tottoi (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

as Billia (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

as Cipriano (voice)

Naoko Matsui

as Katerina (voice)

Ikuya Sawaki

as Captain Marco (voice)

Crew

Osamu Suda - Editor
Shinichi Toda - Animation
Fujiko Aoyagi - Animation
Takashi Moro - Art Direction
Kazushi Nishio - Producer

Reviews

lmao7:

First (or one of the) anime film I’ve seen, in VHS - rented from ACA video! I think I was 9 or 10 years old. I have been thinking about this film for a very looong time, not knowing what the title ...