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Directed by Hiroyuki Okiura, this heartwarming animated drama follows eleven-year-old Momo Miyaura, who moves with her mother from Tokyo to a tranquil remote island in the Seto Inland Sea following her father's sudden death. Racked with guilt over an angry argument she had with her father before he died at sea, Momo clutches an unfinished letter he left behind bearing only the words Dear Momo. While struggling to adjust to rural island life, Momo discovers three bizarre, mischievous yokai spirits living in her attic, Kawa, Mame, and Iwa, who have descended from heaven to watch over her.
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The three supernatural goblins are guardian spirits tasked by heaven with watching over Momo while reporting on her emotional wellbeing. When Momo's mother collapses with a life-threatening bronchial asthma attack during a catastrophic typhoon, the island's bridge is flooded, blocking medical assistance. Momo unites with Kawa, Mame, Iwa, and hundreds of local forest spirits, who form a colossal living wind tunnel across the tempestuous ocean to shield Momo as she retrieves medicine. Momo receives a celestial letter from her late father in heaven, finally finding emotional peace and embracing her mother.
Anime veteran Hiroyuki Okiura changes pace with this charming but disquieting tale of a bereaved young girl making a new life – and some strange new friends – on a remote, sleepy island
