The film begins with a child apparently sleeping in a forest. This girl quickly realizes that she's lost and therefore looks at all over the place to find someone.
Hotaru (this child) notices that there is a masked man and therefore go to him to help.
And it's something like that this movie begins.
I do sometimes think that audiences in general would do to rethink their definition of a "children's movie".
When I think about this type of stuff, I find myself thinking Hayao Miyazaki films and his unique way to direct films that won't send children recoiling in horror and yet might give them something to think about as well, and with the film Hotarubi no Mori e, I've discovered something of a peer to his films.
Over all, this movie is very touching and it almost bring me to tears (i don't cry a lot of times with anime movies but some times i do).
I really really recommend this movie to people that really think anime is just for children because it really is a very strong one for childrens and perhaps for mature people too.
It's just a shame that this movie is a 45 minutes run movie.
(Sorry for my English)
