Miyazaki's Critters

Nausicaä's pet fox-squirrel, Teto.

Laputan robot from Castle in the Sky.

Totoro from My Neighbor Totoro.

Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro.

Jiji from Kiki's Delivery Service.

Porco Rosso. He's curmudgeonly. But his bark is worse than his bite.

Forest Spirit AKA Shishigami AKA the Night-Walker from Princess Mononoke. Very very cat-like. He might ignore you most of the time.

Ashitaka's loyal red elk, Yakul, from Princess Mononoke.

Moro or one of her two grown wolf pups from Princess Mononoke. Stay on their good side. Their bite is much deadlier than their howl.

No-Face (but only after it had learned its lesson in humility) from Spirited Away.

Soot Sprites from Spirited Away. They come in a pack of several dozens. Keep them fed with snacks and stuff. They'll delightfully help you with light chores.

The cursed scarecrow, Turnip-Head from Howl's Moving Castle.

Hin from Howl's Moving Castle.

The fire demon, Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle. His friendship also is contingent on you providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner (or at least good scraps from those meals).

Ponyo (and sometimes some of her younger siblings if their mother cannot find a suitable babysitter to watch over them).

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen, also known simply as The Baron, from Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns.

An entire clan of tanuki or Japanese raccoon-dogs from Pom Poko.