The Kusakabes: Origins

The Kusakabes: Origins is a Japanese-American-British traditionally-animated film produced by Satsuki Film Company, and the first film based off the animated series The Kusakabes.

The film was released to theaters on April 11, 2018 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of My Neighbor Totoro, which the franchise itself was adapted from. It is a documentary-styled movie in which a majority of it takes place before the events of that film.

Cast

 * Dakota Fanning as Satsuki
 * Ellie Fanning as Mei
 * Tim Daly as Tatsuo and the narrator

Music
The soundtrack was composed by Joe Hisashi, who also composed the music for My Neighbor Totoro and The Kusakabes. Also, the ending theme is the opening theme for My Neighbor Totoro and the first season of The Kusakabes, "Stroll".

Trivia

 * Younger Satsuki bears a striking resemblance to a character as seen in the original theatrical poster for My Neighbor Totoro that appears to be a combination of her and Mei.
 * This marks the only piece of The Kusakabes media where "Stroll", the opening theme for My Neighbor Totoro and the first season of The Kusakabes, is used as closing credits music, and not in an opening sequence.