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Catbus (Japanese: “Nekobasu”, Katakana: ネコバス) is a character from the 1988 Japanese animated film My Neighbor Totoro, created by Studio Ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Encyclopedia of Monsters. “Bakeneko.” Encyclopedia of Monsters Wiki, encyclopedia-of-monsters.fandom.com/wiki/Bakeneko.

Catbus is a large twelve-legged creature in similar structure to that of a feline and of a bus. Its has eyes that shine a bright yellow, acting as headlights. On its sides are rectangular holes that act as windows, and it is able to shape-shift the windows at will in order to create a door for passengers to board. It is hollow with furry seats along the inside walls. Its fur is orange with brown stripes across its back, forehead, legs, sides, and tail. There is a destination sign on the front of its back that shifts to match its destination. Mice with glowing eyes are taped next to its destination sign on its back and on its rear to serve as tail lights. It has a large smile at all times, and is able to appear and disappear at will.

Catbus is believed to be based off of the Japanese bakeneko (化け猫, “changed cat”), an ancient urban legend that cats that grow old enough earn the ability to shape-shift.