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What is The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader about?

Studio: A-1 Pictures
Status: Finished

First-grader Masaya is a crybaby despite his large stature, so he can't walk by himself on the dark path to school. The one who holds his hand is Akiyo, a tiny but capable second-grader.

Masaya wants to be strong like Akiyo and admires her, but one day, something happens that leaves Akiyo in tears.

To lift Akiyo's spirits, Masaya goes trekking to the distant Ipponsugi forest to find the spotted bellflowers that Akiyo loves.

One of the four 2014 Anime Mirai (Young Animator Training Project) films funded by the Japanese government's Agency of Cultural Affairs in order to support training animators.

Tags: Primarily Child Cast , Kids , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Rural , School , POV

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Kaze no Matasaburou (Movie)

Studio: Buemon
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Supernatural

A girl moves from the city and goes to school in the country due to some circumstances in his father's job. Her new schoolmates keep her at a distance. There is a boy she'd like to get to know better, but she worries about how he might treat her, and doesn't try to get closer. She begins to hate life in the country, and longs to return to the city, but she ends up meeting a real god of wind. The work depicts the fears, kindness, and love of children in a short, fleeting fairy tale.

Kaze no Matasaburou is one of four Anime Tamago 2016 young animator training projects.

Tags: Urban Fantasy , Animals , Rural , Kids , School , Full CGI

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

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