If you loved The Orphan Brother, try Thumbelina
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Yugo Serikawa, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Animation / Family / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Orphan Brother, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Thumbelina is
Here's a film that perhaps took itself a little too seriously. A thumb-sized girl is born, kidnapped by amphibians, and then escapes to find a more suitable partner. It's a journey that somehow manages to avoid any actual frogs turning into princes.
