is a short

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film directed by

Koji Morimoto Koji, Kōji, Kohji or Kouji may refer to: *Kōji (given name), a masculine Japanese given name *Kōji (Heian period) (康治), Japanese era, 1142–1144 *Kōji (Muromachi period) (弘治), Japanese era, 1555–1558 *Koji orange, a Japanese citrus ...

, with production by

Studio 4°C is a Japanese animation studio founded by Eiko Tanaka and Kōji Morimoto in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is most dense. History has produced numerous feature films, OVAs, and shorts. Early film titles include ' ...

and music by

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featuring a young Crystal Kay Williams singing the ending theme. It was released in Japan on November 22, 1997. On October 28, 2022, Studio 4°C made an announcement that the film is online on

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worldwide (except Japan) until November 18th, for the first time in HD. This short was aired on Locomotion for

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and Iberia in its ''Locotomía'' block.

Plot

In a world of music and musical plants, a mad scientist is experimenting with the seeds of those plants to create a child, Noiseman. After giving Noiseman a potion to grow faster the scientist couldn't control him anymore and accidentally split his body into a ghost and a crystal with a machine of his. Noiseman is now in control of the whole city, brainwashing people to capture those ghosts and telling the people that the music fruit is forbidden. Tobio who also was brainwashed got hit by a music fruit and remembered the past, where everyone would enjoy the music. He tries to convince Noiseman that his doing is wrong and that he should return the captured ghosts to their crystals but without success. Now the underground people are trying their best to help the ghosts with the help of Tobio's childhood friend.

Release history

References

External links

* * 1997 animated short films 1997 anime films 1997 films Anime short films Anime with original screenplays Fantasy anime and manga Studio 4°C Films directed by Kōji Morimoto Films scored by Yoko Kanno {{anime-film-stub