is a fifteen-minute Japanese animated short film released on January 3, 2006. It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki for animation studio
Studio Ghibli
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, June 10, 2012 It can be seen at the
Ghibli Museum in
Mitaka, Tokyo
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Synopsis
It is based in part on ''Boro, the Caterpillar'', a story idea which
Hayao Miyazaki
is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Anime, Japanese ani ...
considered working on prior to the start of production on ''
Princess Mononoke
is a 1997 Japanese animated historical drama, historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, the film follows Ashitaka, a young Emishi prince who journeys west to cure his curs ...
''. The short film's main character is a
diving bell spider who has fallen in love with a
water strider. Although she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.
Technical specifications
The short film has an
aspect ratio
The aspect ratio of a geometry, geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangl ...
of 1.85:1.
See also
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References
External links
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2006 anime films
2000s adventure films
2006 animated short films
Anime short films
Films directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Fictional spiders
Anthropomorphic spiders
2000s Japanese-language films
Studio Ghibli animated films
Animated films about spiders
Animated films about insects
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