Eye in the sky view of the auction. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Word coming from the Bay Area is that the Totoro Forest Project auction at Pixar was a stellar success. The world's top film animators, comic book artists and illustrators came together after creating original works of art inspired by the iconic animated film My Neighbor Totoro for an auction to benefit the Totoro No Furusato (Totoro's Homeland) National Fund – also known as the Totoro Forest Fund on September 6, 2008, at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, CA. The Totoro Forest Fund is dedicated to preserving Sayama Forest, a large park outside Tokyo that inspired the beloved film by respected Japanese movie director Hayao Miyazaki. AWN is proud to present some of the exclusive pics from the event to share with you.

Enrico Casarosa, Dice Tsutsumi, Yukino Pang and Ronnie Del Carmen were the organizers of the event. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Pixar Animation Studios' Daniel Arriaga, Mark Holmes and Robert Kondo came out to give their support. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Artist Bill Pressling (c) talks with the many who came from around the world for the auction. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Dice Tsutsumi bids on an art piece. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Volunteers present the art work that's up for bidding. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

Some of the art was presented as part of the live bidding auction. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)

One art fan puts in her bid. (Photo by Deborah Coleman / Pixar)