Totoro
A friendly wood spirit from post-war Japan that befriends a pair of young sisters.
Where is he from?
Totoro is the titular wood spirit in Hayao Miyazaki's 1988 animated fantasy film My Neighbor Totoro, which was named by Empire magazine as one of the 100 best films of world cinima. He was voiced by Hitoshi Takagi in the original release, and then for it's re-release by Disney in 2004 by legendary voice-actor Frank Welker.