Apple has been featured in previous Pixar productions like on the hood of one of the race cars in Cars. Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple with Steve Wozniak, bought The Graphics Group (later renamed Pixar) from Lucasfilm's computer graphics division in 1986, and served as CEO until Pixar was acquired by Disney in 2006. Pixar has a history of Apple/Mac references. The 237 number in the screenname is a reference to director Lee Unkrich's favorite movie The Shining. I would have loved to find out if Totoro appears in any other sequences in the film or just this one shot and how the appearance came about. John Lasseter, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios chief creative officer and director of Toy Story/ToyStory 2, is very good friends with Hayao Miyazaki, who is basically considered the Walt Disney and Steven Spielberg of Japan. ![]() I tried to contact Unkrich and Disney to find out more about the cameo, but my e-mails were not returned (they are very secretive at Pixar). The grey fat bunny-like creature on the left is Totoro, from Hayao Miyazaki's acclaimed 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro. Ray the Scientific Stingray from Finding Nemo, voiced by Pixar story artist, Up co-director, and voice of Dug the dog: Bob Peterson. In the same shot there is a cameo from Mr. ![]() It is the voice of the Jack in the box toy who says "New Toys" Director Lee Unkrich performs one line in the movie, and it is included in the trailer.
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