Wowwwww. Saw this on io9, had to share... Fans of director Hayao Miyazaki will get a kick out of this. Artist Andrew Golden has been attempting to create photorealistic images of animated characters from Studio Ghibli films. Recognize the figure above? It's the robot from Castle in the Sky! Here are a couple of my other favorites:
Totoro in real life would probably be kind of scary.
From Spirited Away. See more photos here.