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Totoro Forest Project is an international charity effort to preserve Sayama Forest, also known as Totoro Forest, an 8,750 acre park outside of Tokyo being encroached upon by urban sprawl. This endangered sanctuary is where director Hayao Miyazaki got the inspiration for his film My Neighbor Totoro. Over 200 artists from animation, illustration, and comics backgrounds are donating work especially created for this cause. Peep work from Ashley Wood and Travis Louie below.

On September 6th, Pixar Animation Studios will host an art auction featuring the Totoro Forest Project art. All the proceeds of this fundraiser will benefit the Totoro Forest Foundation and help preserve the much-needed island of green in urban Tokyo.

In addition to the auction, an art book and exhibit at San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum are planned. For more information, check out the Totoro Forest Project gallery and Pixar’s Enrico Casarosa’s blog.