Momo e no Tegami


A Letter to Momo

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Synonyms: Momo e no Tegami
Japanese: ももへの手紙
English: A Letter to Momo
German: Ein Brief an Momo
Spanish: Una Carta para Momo
French: Lettre à Momo
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Information

Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 21, 2012
Licensors: NYAV Post, GKIDS
Studios: Production I.G
Source: Original
Genres: Award WinningAward Winning, DramaDrama, SupernaturalSupernatural
Duration: 2 hr.
Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 7.581 (scored by 3579735,797 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #16052
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2391
Members: 85,518
Favorites: 176

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Synopsis

After the unexpected death of her father, 11-year-old Momo Miyaura leaves Tokyo with her mother and moves to an old remote island in Seto Inland Sea. The only memento she has from her father is an unfinished letter with only two words inside: "Dear Momo"—along with her heart's unrest from it.

In the new and unfamiliar small town, Momo reluctantly tries to adjust to the outmoded wooden buildings, silent crop fields, and mysterious isolated shrines. One day, while exploring the attic of her new home, she finds a worn out picture book about youkai. Following this discovery, strange things begin to happen around town, and Momo is greeted by the arrival of three troublesome youkai.

Momo e no Tegami tells the story of a young girl as she struggles to adapt to her bizarre new life and ultimately come to terms with her father's mysterious letter.

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Background

The Toronto International Film Festival hosted the world premiere of A Letter to Momo (Momo e no Tegami) anime film as part of the September 8-18, 2011 event's TIFF Kids program.

During the 14th Future Film Festival, held in Italy during 2012, the film won the Future Film Platinum Grand Prize. It also won the 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.

Characters & Voice Actors

Mame

Main
Cho
Japanese

Iwa

Main
Nishida, Toshiyuki
Japanese

Miyaura, Momo

Main
Miyama, Karen
Japanese

Kawa

Main
Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Miyaura, Ikuko

Supporting
Yuuka
Japanese

Kouichi

Supporting
Ogawa, Gouki
Japanese

Granduncle

Supporting
Sakaguchi, Yoshisada
Japanese

Miyaura, Kazuo

Supporting
Arakawa, Daizaburou
Japanese

Umi

Supporting
Hashimoto, Kazuki
Japanese

Youta

Supporting
Fujii, Kouta
Japanese

Staff

Matsushita, Keiko
Producer, Production Manager
Mukaichi, Motoki
Producer
Okiura, Hiroyuki
Director, Script, Storyboard, Original Creator, Character Design
Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro
Sound Director


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Reviews

Apr 23, 2023
A Letter to Momo is a sweet coming of age story where a child becomes introverted and frozen by grief over the death of her father. She is visited by 3 spirits to overcome this pain, become social again, and move on in her life.

This feels like a long lost Studio Ghibli film, as it has a similar to vibe to their chill films like Whisper of the Heart, Only Yesterday, Totoro, etc. The animation is also a similar style to Ghibli in that it has great detail on the facial expressions of the characters and the backgrounds. The story is like a fairy tale ...
Mar 14, 2021
Mixed Feelings


Think My Neighbor Totoro meets When Marnie Was There but just not as captivating as the aforementioned films and a bit too by the book for its own good. There are several elements about A Letter to Momo that feels clichéd and familiar which isn't necessarily a bad thing but the problem is that the film doesn't do anything to add to these particular tropes that hasn't already been done before. That being said I can't really find anything about it that I really dislike either though the pacing can be really slow especially at the start. Though I have to be honest, I didn't ...
Aug 4, 2022
A Letter to Momo is one of the most stand-alone anime movies and yet it was a total letdown for me. The anime was very lengthy. The story was filled with unnecessary details. The three demons were extremely ugly. But that is not even the point. The point is that they were extremely annoying. The animation was average. I have seen way better way many times.

The playing was so slow the 2-hour duration was very hard to pass, at least the first 1.5 hours. I definitely got some 'Spirited Away' vibes from the film. But in quality, it wasn't even close.

I won't recommend this anime.

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