Kamiarizuki no Kodomo (Child of Kamiari Month)

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Japanese: 神在月のこども

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 8, 2021

Producers: ABC Animation

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: LIDENFILMS

Source: Original

Genre: Mystery

Theme: Mythology

Duration: 1 hr. 39 min.

Rating: G - All Ages

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Ranked: #7154²

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Synopsis

Sixth-grade student Kanna Hayama's love of running becomes a source of grief when she loses her mother Yayoi, whom she shared this passion with. However, her disposition changes after she accidentally discovers an astonishing truth about Yayoi.

One day, Kanna unexpectedly encounters a divine messenger in the form of her favorite rabbit Shiro and a demon boy named Yasha. They reveal to the girl that her mother was an "Idaten"—a descendant of the gods endowed with incredible speed and entrusted to bring offerings from all over Japan to the annual Kamiari Festival in Izumo. As Yayoi's daughter and the new possessor of the Idaten amulet, Kanna is expected to take over this responsibility; otherwise, there will be dire consequences for the country's fate in the year to come.

Enticed by the prospect of seeing her mother once more at the deities' event, Kanna accepts the challenge and enlists Shiro and Yasha to help her on her quest. Unbeknownst to her, there is more than meets the eye to this marathon-like journey that will test not only her physical condition but also her heart's resolve.

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Kamiarizuki no Kodomo is a Cretica Universal project, financed through three crowdfunding campaigns on Sony’s First Flight website from March 27, 2019 to June 1, 2020. While initially planned to be released in 2020, the film was delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Anime Expo Lite 2021 hosted a preview of the movie on July 3, 2021. Netflix streamed the film on February 8, 2022 after acquiring its distribution license.

Inspired by the Japanese mythology behind Izumo's Kamiari Festival, Kamiarizuki no Kodomo is an original story by Cretica Universal's founder Toshinari Shinohe, who aimed to express and convey Japan's rich culture to the world. A sticker rally was held in Shimane from October 8, 2021 to February 28, 2022, allowing visitors to see locations associated with the movie and obtain special stickers at three designated points.

Kodansha issued three books based on the movie prior to its release on August 12, 2021, September 15, 2021, and September 30, 2021, respectively. The first was co-authored by the original creator himself; the second was a novelized version of the film; and the third was a picture book.

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Yasha

Main

Irino, Miyu
Japanese

Shiro

Main

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

Hayama, Kanna

Main

Makita, Aju
Japanese

Ryuujin

Supporting

Takagi, Wataru
Japanese

Ookuninushi

Supporting

Kamiya, Akira
Japanese

Miki

Supporting

Nagase, Riko
Japanese

Hayama, Yayoi

Supporting

Shibasaki, Kou
Japanese

Hayama, Norimasa

Supporting

Iura, Arata
Japanese

Ebisu

Supporting

Chafurin
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Yokota, Kousuke

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Iwanami, Yoshikazu

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Takamura, Yuuta

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Yamazaki, Shigeru

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"Kamiarizuki no Kodomo (神在月のこども)" by miwa

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Dec 17, 2022

Amurei

Recommended

As a movie for children, which this most certainly is, it works very very well. The story is good, although cliche and easy to guess what will happen. It's easy to understand while still giving plenty of things to think about. The only issue I had with this movie was the animation quality. It was ok, but there were very noticeable budget constraints. Most of the budget seems to have been used near the end of the movie, because there were some fairly well done scenes, but otherwise the animation gets a solid 4.5/10 from me. Watchable, but kinda janky.
Overall a sweet story about ...

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Feb 23, 2022

Enbybat

Mixed Feelings

This movie was okayish. There was lot of things they try to do but they could make it better. It is like ghibli movie on budget. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good.

Story first was very interesting. It was about children trying to live their live without one of their parents. And it has been done before but it was still interesting. I liked how the running was connected to childs mother and that is why they probably didn't want to run anymore. But then came the fantasy part. And it felt so out of place. It felt that there wasn't much connection ...

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Apr 15, 2022

Klabautermann

Not Recommended

Grief is, from my humble observations, by far one of the most impactful, relatable topics a piece of media can explore.
Whether it's a person, a pet, your favorite character, or even just a community you love, decaying over time, and falling victim to the ever-present 'dark side of the fandom', grief has touched each and every one of our lives in one way or another. Each of us deal with grief differently, and each of us take different things away from the process of grieving; lessons, insights, fears, traumas; each normal, expected in the face of death, and yet each unique and personal.

What Kamiarizuki ... does sorta right is that it has the process of grief played out sorta straightforward, yet sorta complex enough that you can sorta sympathize with the protagonist, Kanna. Sorta.

And that's about the main gripe with this movie: it's all sorts off 'sorta'.

There is a plot, sorta, because none of its resolution is satisfying in any manner other than 'it is over, you can stop watching.' There are characters, sorta, because someone is carrying the plot but Hell if I remember what was so important or charming about the main cast, let alone the many gods this movie so casually glossed over. And as I mentioned, there is a process of grief... sorta; at one point, close to giving up on her quest, Kanna simply realizes, with the help of the vision (the appearance of which remains a mystery) that she still has a reason to do what she does (and which she had been doing for the past hour and a half) and thus, continues to move the plot along, with truly little to no genuine, emotional push a person grieving would require either from someone else, or something coming from within. If you can ignore the logic jumps that make little to no sense in the emotional framework of this character, it sorta works... but not really.

Now apply this sort of issue to an entire movie, and you will realize everything just sorta makes sense. For example, the literal character of a literal plot bunny, who dives into an exposition spiel approximately every five minutes, doesn't bother to say anything of substance, instead providing us with history lessons that, quite literally, have no bearing on the plot, are of no relevance to Kanna who is, basically, taking on the role of a glorified delivery girl in an effort to see her mother again, and ultimately, bores a viewer to death rather than involving us with either the plot or the character.

But I don't think even all these issues bothers me as much as the animation... that is, the lack thereof. This is definitely a more subjective part of my criticism but still stands as a problem in the movie:

The little enjoyment I hoped to find in the possible eye-candy or fluid animation is not even sorta acceptable; the plot features a gadget that slows the progress of time. allowing our heroine to make a weeks long trip in a matter of hours - which is all fine and dandy... but in slowing the time to the point where it seems like it had stopped, the authors effectively got rid of any need to animate anything whatsoever: rain, fire, sea waves, birds, traffic, bugs - all of it, very unbecomingly still. Stylistically, the movie looked decent at best, so when it lost the one saving grace it could have, it truly left little to marvel at. Was this decision made because of budget cuts? Hell if I know but I do know one thing - it did this anime a massive disservice, much like it would to any other animated piece of media.

In the end, it is not the worst thing I've ever seen but it does comes off as lazy and uninspired, at moments even unfinished and, ultimately... sorta bad.

As an afterthought, and on a questionably brighter note: I may have lost two hours on this largely empty movie but it is still felt like a loss worth grieving more than anyone in this movie ever was. For what it's worth, the lesson I got out of this was to cherish my time, and it is with that same lesson in mind that I leave you a message:

Life is too fucking short. Watch something else.

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