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Kumi to Tulip

Studio: Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Sci-Fi

Kumi is a little girl who lives in a world with sparkling metal skyscrapers, and where robots support everything. Kumi's playground is a garden by one of those skyscrapers with a man-made water fountain, artificial vegetation, and digital water and butterflies. Kumi meets an old man who visits the park every day to paint the artificial flowers. The old man tells Kumi of when he discovered a "breathing" tulip sprouting amidst the artificial flowers, and the two decide to watch over the tulip together as it grows.



Project by Tezuka Productions announced to be part of Anime Mirai 2015.

Tags: Elderly Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Child Cast , No Dialogue , Robots , Urban , Drawing , Female Protagonist , Skateboarding , Augmented Reality , Kids

Genbanojou

Also known as Genbanojo.

Studio: Nippon Animation
Status: Finished
Genres:

In a cone-shaped land named Kikyougahara in Shin Province, there lives a girl named Hana. She is a gentle girl, who always thinks of her family, in particular her great-grandmother Chiyo, whom she affectionately calls "Granny." One day, a traveling entertainment troupe named the Natsugawa Genzaemon Troupe happens by, and the villagers welcome them warmly. Upon finishing their performance and receiving their acclaim, the troupe's leader spots Hana with some "oyaki," his favorite food, and transforms into a fox in his excitement. It turns out that the leader Genbanojou, and his companions O-Natsu and Shinzaemon, are all foxes who have taken on human forms. Genbanojou hastily negotiates with Hana, telling her that in exchange for keeping their secret, he will grant her one wish. She answers, "I want to let my Granny see the cherry blossoms."



Part of the 2017 Anime Tamago Projects.

Tags: Historical , Youkai , Rural , Shapeshifting , Acting , Family Life , Male Protagonist , Female Protagonist

Tsuru ga Mau Yoru ni

Studio: pH Studio , Noovo Inc.
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy

Part of the Young Animator Training Project. One of the shorts exhibited in Anime no Tane 2023.

Tags: Male Protagonist , Drawing , Elderly Protagonist , Animals , Youkai , Mythology , CGI , Shapeshifting

Wasurenagumo

Also known as Li'l Spider Girl.

Studio: Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Everything started from an old book telling the story of an expert yin-yang master who defeated a giant spider in ancient times. Antique book dealer Amane Suzuri, who is trying to sell the book in order to pay the rent, would have never imagined that after reading this story to Mizuki, the building owner's young granddaughter, he could find himself face-to-face with a scared, twenty-centimeter-tall, eight-legged baby arachnid girl. And she's the sweetest thing in the world... or not?



Tags: Monster Girl , Demons , Adoption , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Mythology , Tragedy , Ensemble Cast , Shapeshifting , Youkai , Magic

Hotarubi no Mori e

Also known as Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light.

Studio: Aniplex , Brain's Base , Hakusensha , DAX Production , TV Tokyo , NAS
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance , Supernatural

The story of Hotarubi no Mori e centers around Hotaru, a little girl who gets lost in an enchanted forest where apparitions reside. A young boy, Gin, appears before Hotaru, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear.

Tags: Coming of Age , Youkai , Ghost , Tragedy , Rural , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Time Skip , Age Gap , Heterosexual , Iyashikei , Wilderness