If you loved The Portrait Studio, try A Tree of Palme
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 Takashi Nakamura, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Portrait Studio, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What A Tree of Palme is
The boy-meets-world anime where a wooden kid gets the wrong ghost mom and a one-way ticket to the city of lost stuff. A small puppet chases a strange messenger through neon markets and rain-soaked alleys to learn if his stitched heart can ever belong to anyone. Takashi Nakamura’s 2002 throwback rides its retro synth score straight into the uncanny valley.

