Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope

Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope

2005•40m•6.8/10

AnimationDramaScience Fiction

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.8/10(5)

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 Hitori, 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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Production

SUNRISE

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Hotori (voice)

Ryoko Shiraishi

Ryoko Shiraishi

Suzu (voice)

Kazuhiko Inoue

Kazuhiko Inoue

Professor Shimizu (voice)

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