When My Neighbour Totoro was released in Japan in 1988, the odds were stacked against it. Such was the lack of confidence in Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘50s-set story about two young girls and a giant ...

It’s an easy five-minute walk from Covent Garden underground station and when you round the corner onto Drury Lane all you can see is green. Above the entrance is a huge picture of Totoro – a giant, ...