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The Day I Bought a Star

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

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The Day I Bought a Star

January 3, 2006
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Cast (4)

GenzĂ´ Wakayama
Scopello (Voice)
Yo Oizumi
Maykinso (Voice)
Kyoka Suzuki
Ninya (Voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Nona (Voice)

Crew (19)

Directing

Hayao Miyazaki
Director

Writing

Naohisa Inoue
Original Film Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay

Production

Toshio Suzuki
Producer

Sound

Yuriko Nakamura
Original Music Composer
Norihiro Tsuru
Original Music Composer

Art

Yoji Takeshige
Background Designer

Camera

Atsushi Okui
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

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Crew

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Editing

Lighting

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Visual Effects

Shunsuke Hirota
Key Animation
Masako Sato
Key Animation
Takeshi Inamura
Key Animation
Michiyo Yasuda
Color Designer
Shinichiro Yamada
Key Animation
Kenichi Yamada
Key Animation
Katsutoshi Nakamura
Key Animation
Moyo Takahashi
Key Animation
Sachiko Sugino
Key Animation
Fumie Konno
Key Animation