Hotori ~Simply Wishing For Hope~
2005 • Sunrise
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 2005
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Sunrise · Animax
- Genres
- Drama · Science fiction
At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being made to replace the young boy a family has lost. By chance, he meets a Hotori, a young girl suffering from progressive memory loss. The two children become friends and attempt to define themselves in the light of their changing memories.
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Hotori ~Simply Wishing for Hope~ was released in 2005 as a theatrical film production by Sunrise. The film serves as a conceptual piece within the studio's broader catalog of mid-2000s animation, emerging during a period when the studio was experimenting with standalone, atmospheric short films and experimental storytelling formats outside of their typical long-running television franchises.
The project is noted for its melancholic aesthetic and focused character study, reflecting the directorial and artistic sensibilities common to Sunrise's more intimate projects from that era. While it did not reach the global commercial saturation of the studio's major mecha titles, it remains a distinct, preserved entry in the studio's filmography, appreciated by collectors for its specific stylistic departure from mainstream action-oriented anime.
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