Chuuzumou

Chuuzumou is a charming short film about mice participating in sumo wrestling. The viewpoint character is a grumpy old man living with his grumpy old wife on their mountainside farm, who discovers the athletes living in their home and decides that he's going to help them achieve their dreams. It is utterly delightful and minus a few short lines of dialogue told entirely visually; if you go to the Ghibli museum and don't watch this film if it's on display, you are only cheating yourself.

It is simple, expressive, suitable for everyone, and the sumo is accurately portrayed (insofar as there ain't no rule saying a ... mouse can't wrestle). I only regret that there wasn't a large sumo mouse plush on sale in the gift shop.

I watched this when I visited the Ghibli museum and it was amazing. The vibe in the theater was so comforting and soothing. The movie was so simple, cute and entertaining it made me feel very relaxed and amazed at the museum. I will definitely visit Japan again and I will definitely visit the Ghibli museum again.
Entering a long review is exhausting so here's some copy paste. ne can see the effects of curved space by comparing a tennis court and the Earth. Start at the lower right corner of the tennis court, with a racket held out towards north. Then while walking around ... the outline of the court, at each step make sure the tennis racket is maintained in the same orientation, parallel to its previous positions. Once the loop is complete the tennis racket will be parallel to its initial starting position. This is because tennis courts are built so the surface is flat. On the other hand, the surface of the Earth is curved: we can complete a loop on the surface of the Earth. Starting at the equator, point a tennis racket north along the surface of the Earth. Once again the tennis racket should always remain parallel to its previous position, using the local plane of the horizon as a reference. For this path, first walk to the north pole, then turn 90 degrees and walk down to the equator, and finally turn 90 degrees and walk back to the start. However now the tennis racket will be pointing backwards (towards the east). This process is akin to parallel transporting a vector along the path and the difference identifies how lines which appear "straight" are only "straight" locally. Each time a loop is completed the tennis racket will be deflected further from its initial position by an amount depending on the distance and the curvature of the surface. It is possible to identify paths along a curved surface where parallel transport works as it does on flat space. These are the geodesic of the space, for example any segment of a great circle of a sphere.