A shy girl's sketchbook dreams explode into color when a chaotic stranger barges in.
Kirari, a elementary school student who lacked confidence and always spent her days alone. She loved drawing, and her sketchbook was the only friend she could open up to. One day, she woke up to find a mysterious girl who had appeared and forcibly dragged her out into the outside world. As she experienced new sights, new experiences, and a series of colorful firsts, changes began to take place in Kirari's heart...
Direction
Tsukimisato packs a feature's worth of growth into 10 minutes.
Cinematography
Color shifts mirror Kirari's emotional awakening frame by frame.
Sound
Yu Serizawa's voice work breathes trembling life into silence.
Director
Tomohiro Tsukimisato
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Tomohiro Tsukimisato animated this solo over two years while working full-time at another studio.
The title's 'kirakira' mimics Japanese onomatopoeia for sparkling — the same sound young girls use for dreamy, aspirational things.
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