Momo e no Tegami

After the unexpected death of her father, 11-year-old Momo Miyaura leaves Tokyo with her mother and moves to an old remote island in Seto Inland Sea. The only memento she has from her father is an unfinished letter with only two words inside: "Dear Momo"—along with her heart's unrest from it.

In the new and unfamiliar small town, Momo reluctantly tries to adjust to the outmoded wooden buildings, silent crop fields, and mysterious isolated shrines. One day, while exploring the attic of her new home, she finds a worn out picture book about youkai. Following this discovery, strange things begin to happen around town, and Momo is greeted by the arrival of three troublesome youkai.

Momo e no Tegami tells the story of a young girl as she struggles to adapt to her bizarre new life and ultimately come to terms with her father's mysterious letter.

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Mame Main

Cho Japanese

Iwa Main

Nishida, Toshiyuki Japanese

Miyaura, Momo Main

Miyama, Karen Japanese

Kawa Main

Yamadera, Kouichi Japanese

Miyaura, Ikuko Supporting

Yuuka Japanese

Kouichi Supporting

Ogawa, Gouki Japanese

Granduncle Supporting

Sakaguchi, Yoshisada Japanese

Miyaura, Kazuo Supporting

Arakawa, Daizaburou Japanese

Umi Supporting

Hashimoto, Kazuki Japanese

Youta Supporting

Fujii, Kouta Japanese

Matsushita, Keiko Producer, Production Manager

Mukaichi, Motoki Producer

Okiura, Hiroyuki Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator, Character Design

Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro Sound Director

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Apr 23, 2023

EvenWeirder

Recommended

A Letter to Momo is a sweet coming of age story where a child becomes introverted and frozen by grief over the death of her father. She is visited by 3 spirits to overcome this pain, become social again, and move on in her life.

This feels like a long lost Studio Ghibli film, as it has a similar to vibe to their chill films like Whisper of the Heart, Only Yesterday, Totoro, etc. The animation is also a similar style to Ghibli in that it has great detail on the facial expressions of the characters and the backgrounds. The story is like a fairy tale ... that kids could enjoy and get attached to, even if the subject matter can be emotional at times.

You do care for the main character as everyone around her attempts to help her recover. She is also adjusting socially to a new environment that all audiences can connect to.

I'm only docking points because it is still a standard story that has been told many times both in anime and live action. Also, if you are not into films geared towards general audiences and only like mature shows, you can skip this one as well.

I'm glad I checked it out, and its merits a watch if you are a fan of these types of Ghibli-esque dramas.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 14, 2021

Neil1998

Mixed Feelings

Think My Neighbor Totoro meets When Marnie Was There but just not as captivating as the aforementioned films and a bit too by the book for its own good. There are several elements about A Letter to Momo that feels clichéd and familiar which isn't necessarily a bad thing but the problem is that the film doesn't do anything to add to these particular tropes that hasn't already been done before. That being said I can't really find anything about it that I really dislike either though the pacing can be really slow especially at the start. Though I have to be honest, I didn't ... care about the three Yōkai who are essentially the Totoro-esque mascot characters. I did not find them all that funny or endearing whatsoever. In fact, after a while they just got really annoying to watch. In the end, A Letter to Momo feels like a desparate Ghibli wannabe that does kind of work though without ever reaching the stellar heights of many of it's precursors.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Aug 4, 2022

Noitora33

Not Recommended

A Letter to Momo is one of the most stand-alone anime movies and yet it was a total letdown for me. The anime was very lengthy. The story was filled with unnecessary details. The three demons were extremely ugly. But that is not even the point. The point is that they were extremely annoying. The animation was average. I have seen way better way many times.

The playing was so slow the 2-hour duration was very hard to pass, at least the first 1.5 hours. I definitely got some 'Spirited Away' vibes from the film. But in quality, it wasn't even close.

I won't recommend this anime.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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