In addition, My Neighbor Totoro also brought Ghibli unexpected gains-Totoro dolls are very popular. Why is it "unexpected"? Because the Totoro Muppets have been on the market for almost two years, and they didn't create Totoro to improve the box office. In fact, a puppet maker took a fancy to My Neighbor Totoro and thought it was a pity that this "character" didn't make a puppet, so he begged Studio Ghibli to let him make a puppet. In a word, thanks to the sales performance of My Neighbor Totoro products, Studio Ghibli can slowly make up for the larger deficit caused by production costs. My Neighbor Totoro was later regarded by Ghibli as the symbol of the studio. At present, Ghibli is planning to set up a department to sell goods around movie characters. Of course, Ghibli's policy is still to make movies as the top priority, and the income from surrounding commodities is only an extra achievement. Ghibli has never (and will never) changed any part of the film in order to consider the value of the goods around it.

As for the old woman, Miyazaki Hayao himself admitted that he was not good at drawing figures. His films pay more attention to the plot and connotation, and of course the scenes are beautiful, and the characters may be a little weak, but they can leave a profound impact on people.