From the fantastic forest gods of Princess Mononoke to the tree - dwelling title creature of My Neighbor Totoro, the natural world — or a fantasy variation on it — has had a dominant presence in Miyazaki's work. (larsenonfilm.com)
When he finished a movie titled Creature from the Haunted Sea early, he decided that since he has a cast, crew and locations on hand why not ask a screenwriter to quickly throw together a screenplay for him film using that same cast, crew and locations! (scifimoviepage.com)
Inspired by a decades - old line of toys, Trolls transpires within a magical land where the happy - go - lucky title creatures reside alongside much bigger, nastier monsters known as the Bergens - with the latter deriving their only happiness from eating the former. (reelfilm.com)