Mai Mai Miracle (2009)

Inspired by her grandfather's stories, young Shinko embarks on wild flights of fancy about the history of the little town she lives in. But dreams can't fend off the realities of growing up.

Animation Adventure Drama coming of age anime

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Earnest, grave, classical in form and character-led.

earnestironic
gravecomic
classical in formformally daring
character-ledplot-driven
contemplativerelentless

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Cast

Mayuko FukudaShinko Aoki (voice)
Nako MizusawaKiiko Shimazu (voice)
Ei MorisakoNagiko Kiyohara (voice)
Manami HonjoNagako Aoki (voice)
Tamaki MatsumotoMitsuko Aoki (voice)
Kazato TomizawaIppei (voice)
Miyo WakitaHizuru (voice)
Eiji TakemotoTousuke Aoki (voice)
Tsuyoshi KoyamaTatara (voice)
Masaaki TsukadaMotosuke Kiyohara (voice)

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Sunao KatabuchiDirector
Sunao KatabuchiScreenplay
Yukihiro MasumotoDirector of Photography
Shusei MuraiOriginal Music Composer
Kashiko KimuraEditor

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