Sumikko Gurashi Movie 1: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko

Warning: This review is purely personal and probably won't match with yours.

At first, I'll try to be "objective". The film is mainly for kids, although I think it can also be fun for adults. I think most people wouldn't find it boring, knowing what you're about to watch.

The characters are something that existed before the film (from gachas in Japan), so not much to say here. If you haven't ever seen them before and don't find them adorable, then this film is not made for you.

The music and sound was great, loved the songs on the special moments.

The art design is very simplistic, which is ... understandable since it's what the character designs rely on, plus it makes the art cuter.

The story was actually interesting, very simple of course since it's made for kids, but still interesting.

Now, on my personal opinion. I have a very special attachment to these characters for personal reasons, and I was not expecting this outcome at all. I thought it would be just fun to watch, maybe even boring and drop it after a few minutes in. I couldn't be more wrong.

This film gave me some of the purest feelings I've ever experienced. It will sound sad to say this, but I'm on my mid-twenties, and these feelings haven't crossed my life for a long time. It made me remember those feelings of pure and innocent joy, happiness and sadness. I had to hold myself from crying three times, however on the last one, when the credits rolled, it was too much, too many emotions I am not used to control. It wasn't sadness, it was simply an overflow of emotions, pure emotions.

And for that, I now have even more attachment to them, even though I am fully aware that this was just a long promotion for their product. I can already tell I will remember this film for ever, and when that happens for a good reason, it means it has been an excellent film.

I really didn't knew that there was a movie for this, Sumikko Gurashi is full of cute characters and within this film— you will get to know them and their personalities!

I like anything with Sumikko Gurashi such as stationeries since I love hoarding a lot of them. I did enjoyed the story and narration for this film. It shows the adventures and lives/stories of each characters.

I do also like the art, it's very clean and neat in my opinion.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie so I rate this an 8/10! It's very suitable for any ages, it's really cute! I was smiling for a solid one ... hour while watching this movie. So, I do recommend this if you like the characters and interested to know more about them.

A Bittersweet Traipse Through Storybooks

A beautiful and simple film wherein we get a brief intro to the Sumikko Gurashi characters and then go through a number of fairy tales with them. Some of the stories visited include: Momotaro, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Little Match Girl (without the tragic ending). The animation is rather simple with a nice pastel palette but there is some good usage of 3D CGI and some aspects of collage (one segment with lace trees is particularly striking). If you just want to watch something sweet and kind there are few better ways to fill an hour.