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For a Western audience, this created a "Ghibli Gap." Between the death of physical media (DVDs/Blu-rays) in the late 2000s and the eventual arrival of streaming (HBO Max/Max in 2020), the only way to watch Totoro was via a dusty DVD from the library or a torrent file. My Neighbour Totoro Torrent