Hotarubi no Mori e
RomanceAnimationFantasysupernaturalslice of lifebased on mangaspiritfolkloreshoujojapanese mythologyanimeloving
A tender, melancholic supernatural romance about two souls bound by an impossible love across the boundary between the human and spirit worlds.
One hot summer day a little girl gets lost in an enchanted forest of the mountain god where spirits reside. A young boy appears before her, but she cannot touch him for fear of making him disappear. And so a wondrous adventure awaits...
Essence
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Izumi Sawada
Hotaru's Mother (voice)
Hayato Taya
Ryouta (voice)
Ayane Sakura
Hotaru Takegawa (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
Gin (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji
Hotaru's Grandfather (voice)
Kanehira Yamamoto
Shadow (voice)
Masanori Machida
Tree Hand (voice)
Mami Uchida
Masked Child (voice)
Hiroki Goto
Lion (voice)
Kumiko Tashiro
Festival Child (voice)
Asami Imai
Masked Child (voice)
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