A stylistic departure for studio ghibli, with writer director isao takahata using digital production to create the feel of a moving watercolour sketch, my neighbours the yamadas follows the exploits of the yamada family. Takahata charts the day to day life of husband and wife takashi and matsuko who, along with their two children, their dog and matsuko's live in mother, navigate the pitfalls of modern life to often comic effect.featuring the voices of jim belushi, david ogden stiers and molly shannon, my neighbours the yamadas is a one of a kind comic treat.