A Letter to Momo

I just finished watching A Letter to Momo, a really lovely anime movie that kind of had a Ghibli feel to it: the main character Momo looked as though she could have been designed by Miyazaki, and I wasn't really surprised to discover in the "making of" dvd featurette that there were a few former Ghibli animators working on it. The remote country setting combined with a few playful supernatural creatures is also somewhat Ghilbi-esque, although the setting and Momo's struggle to adapt to small-town life also reminded me a lot of Wolf Children.

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