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Child of Kamiari Month (2021)

Child of Kamiari Month poster
Original title
神在月のこども
Directed by
Takana Shirai
Genre
fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 76 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A girl named Kanna used to love running but stopped after her mother died. She teams up with a rabbit and a demon to deliver offerings to a gathering of gods in Izumo.

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What happens

Child of Kamiari Month (Japanese: 神在月のこども, Hepburn: Kamiarizuki no Kodomo) is a 2021 Japanese animated supernatural fantasy adventure film produced by Liden Films and directed by Takana Shirai. It premiered in Japanese theaters on October 8, 2021, and in Netflix internationally on February 8, 2022. The film follows Kanna, who has a passion for running until she lost it after her mother's death. She, along with a rabbit named Shiro and a demon named Yasha, race to Izumo in Shimane in time for an annual feast of the deities, collecting the feast offerings for them from shrine deities along the way before the consequences of not doing so happen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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