Hotori: Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ほとり~たださいわいを希う


Information

Type: TV Special
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 28, 2005
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Sunrise
Source: Unknown
Genres: DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Duration: 40 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Ranked: #49442
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Popularity: #7799
Members: 6,647
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Synopsis

At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being made to replace the young boy a family has lost. By chance, he meets Hotori, a young girl suffering from progressive memory loss. The two children become friends and attempt to define themselves in the light of their changing memories.

(Source: ANN)

Background

The film won the Animax Awards (an anime script-writing competition) in 2004.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Annou, Takashi
Director, Episode Director, Storyboard
Miyoshi, Keiichirou
Sound Director


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Ending Theme

"Yakusoku" by Muratani Sachiko




Reviews

Nov 23, 2009
Over the decades anime has produced some of the most compelling works of visual fiction on the planet. Since the turn of the millenium though, it seems as though the medium has gradually matured in terms of content and focus. One of the reasons for this "coming of age" is critical and media attention, especially over the internet, however there is an even bigger impetus in this maturation process - recognition as a creator - and it's this driving force that fuels the award known as the Animax Taisho.

Hotori: Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau (or, Hotori: I Only Want Happiness), is the script that won the ...
Feb 12, 2013
“What exactly makes us people?” is a question that fiction, especially in the last ten years or so, seems to enjoy tackling, and with varying degrees of success. We seem to have an obsession with trying to define the undefined, and figure out exactly what element (if any) dwells within us, differentiates us from each other, and makes us more than just flesh and blood. Hotori: Tada Saiwai wo Koinegau (Eng. “Hotori: The Simple Wish for Joy”) is another one to add to the long list of anime about maintaining an identity in a technologically advanced world, but solid character concepts and good writing in ...
May 4, 2011
Hotori is a movie that picks you up. slaps you in the face, tells you not to cry and then just leaves you there to snivel like a baby, all in the span of about half an hour.

I have to say that I feel bad fo the producers, unless they were going for a minimalistic film this just feels to me like a nice big plot confined to a low budget and bad art. I feel like they wanted to do something but they didn't have the time or money, and thus for me the feeling of a true story I could care about was ...

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