Back in May, we told you about the plan to put an adult-sized Catbus from the Hayao Miyazaki classic My Neighbor Totoro in the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan to complement the one for kids the museum had for a time. Naturally, we were very excited about it, because on top of just wanting to visit the magical-looking Ghibli Museum, we’ve always wanted to live inside a Miyazaki movie (even if only for a few minutes). That day has finally come, as the Ghibli exhibit at Tokyo City View in Roppongi has unveiled the Catbus for grown-ups.
The Twitter user with the best handle of all time—Icecream 37—tweeted images that were then picked up by Kotaku and shared Friday morning. In their photos and tweets, you can see the unbridled joy of an adult person entering the magical realm of childhood wonderment.
猫バス。ふわふわ。 pic.twitter.com/KIlYcRX0JP
— タカハシレイカ (@icecream_37) July 7, 2016
The inside of the bus looks to just be furry and plush without much in the way of decor, but once you’re inside a vehicle that is also a living, eight-legged cat, you really don’t have much room to complain about anything. Your life is going pret-ty okay.
Other Twitter users got into the act and we got to see other aspects of the amazing furry cartoon item made real.
猫バスにも乗れます！！！
六本木ヒルズ展望台 東京シティビュー「ジブリの大博覧会」は7月7日〜9月11日開催。 #ヒルズでジブリ #ジブリの大博覧会
※内覧会時に撮影しました pic.twitter.com/o1vJeoPlB9— ミュージアムカフェ【公式】 (@museumcafe) July 6, 2016
六本木ヒルズで今日から開催の、ジブリの大博覧会に行ってきました。
大人も入れる猫バスは、外側ガッチリ、なかふわっふわ✨ pic.twitter.com/kJ9hHaDpJT— 鳴瀬 真奈美@8/11CCさくらオフ会 (@narusemanami) July 7, 2016
The little mouse spirits are climbing around its back! And maybe the coolest thing of all is its headlight-eyes actually light up!
猫バスが六本木で待ってます♡
ジブリの大博覧会、この夏、満喫できますよー✨ぜひぜひ！#ヒルズでジブリ pic.twitter.com/HENtH5gqaM— 本名陽子☺︎ジブリの大博覧会！ (@honnayoko) July 6, 2016
Another site, FashionSnap, shared the following image of the Catbus on its own.
If you were planning on a trip to the Studio Ghibli Museum in the next few weeks and worry the Catbus won’t be there yet, fear not; another full-size Catbus will be unveiled at the museum on July 16. If you’ve got tickets for the 15, see if you can go later because you’re not going to want to miss out on this. Once again, we envy Japan.
Let us know what you think of the big ol’ purring metro in the comments below!
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Images: Icecream_37/museumcafe/narusamenami//FashionSnap
Kyle Anderson is the Associate Editor for Nerdist. He wrote retrospectives on Studio Ghibli’s founders in Miyazaki Masterclass and Takahata Textbook. Follow him on Twitter!
