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A dreamy, offbeat ride through small-town boredom and sudden cosmic weirdness, mixing gentle teen melancholy with absurd robot chaos and a wistful sense of time slipping away.

Directed by

Katsuyuki Motohiro, Kiyotaka Suzuki

Genres

Animation, Science fiction, Comedy

Starring

Karen Miyama, Mayumi Shintani, Riho Iida

Overview

Life seems to drift by for Kana Koumoto and her friends in their small Japanese town. Every day is just like the last, and it feels like every new day will be the same. Kana goes to school, hangs out with her friends, and likes to paint her nails and listen to music, but it feels like nothing special is ever going to happen. As a change of pace, Kana and her friends decide to design a bottle rocket and launch it into space, even though it might not get there at all. However, just when the rocket is completed, a robot suddenly crashes into and destroys it, shortly followed by a pink-haired woman claiming to be a "Galactic Investigator." Kana's life quickly becomes more exciting than she ever imagined, dealing with new feelings, changing friends, and even boy troubles. It turns out life can go by in the blink of an eye, fast enough to even miss it, so what's with these weird robots that seem to show up at the worst times?!

How it feels

Whimsical, melancholic, absurd and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Coming-of-age, identity, friendship, isolation

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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