Your dead dog has mail. Bring tissues.
The original novel and manga adaptation focus on letters sent from deceased dogs to their former owners. The anime adaptation stars P-chan, a dog whose owner abandoned him.
Direction
Yuta Maruyama maximizes devastation in eleven minutes.
Acting
Chinatsu Akasaki voices heartbreak without human words.
Director
Yuta Maruyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The source material's 'letters from deceased dogs' format was invented by author Sumio Mori in 2008, becoming a genuine publishing phenomenon in Japan that helped normalize pet grief counseling.
Director Yuta Maruyama was only 22 when this premiered at Tokyo International Film Festival, making it his graduation project from Tama Art University.
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