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Colorful: The Motion Picture

Colorful: The Motion Picture

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  • Award Winning
  • Drama
  • Supernatural
  • Reincarnation

Synopsis

Upon arriving at the train station of death, an impure soul is granted a second chance at life against his will. Reincarnating into the body of Makoto Kobayashi, a 14-year-old boy who recently committed suicide, the soul is tasked to identify the boy's greatest sin in life within a time limit of six months. Although it remains reluctant toward continuing life as Makoto, the soul soon begins to notice the complexities of people's emotions and actions.

Deconstructing the ideas of fractured families and suicide, Colorful explores the intricacies of the daily struggles humans face but are too abashed to confront.

(Source: MAL)

Background

Based on the novel by Eto Mori, published in July 1998. Colorful won the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 34th Japan Academy Prize and was nominated for Animation of the Year. It was also awarded the Animation Film Award at the 65th Mainichi Film Awards.

Characters

Makoto Kobayashi Main
Mitsuru Kobayashi Supporting
Father Kobayashi Supporting
Mother Kobayashi Supporting
Hiroka Kuwabara Supporting
Purapura Supporting
Shouko Sano Supporting
Saotome Supporting

Staff

Atsuhiro Iwakami Producer
Eiichiro Oda Producer
Kenji Uchida Producer
Keiichi Hara Director, Storyboard
Akira Ookuma Sound director
Miho Maruo Script, Screenplay
Akihisa Matsuura Theme song arrangement
miwa Theme song performance
Masaru Amamizu Background art
Christopher Ayres ADR director

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