Everything about this film is right-except it could have been a feature-length movie. Subsequently, he is visited by the same characters who traded the gem. Soon, he is forced to return to the city and leaves the care of the planet in Nigna's hands. He tends to the planet and, after a few days' time, there are three moons orbiting it and life is springs forth. He takes the gem back home, plants it in a pot, and soon a tiny planet emerges. While taking a cartload of very large turnips to market, he meets a pair of characters who offer to trade a gem for his produce. The story was written by Naohisa Inoue, the person who created the fantastical world seen in another Ghibli film, "Whisper of the Heart." It is about a boy named Nona, a city dweller who is presently living in the countryside with a mysterious woman named Nigna. Unfortunately, unless you visit the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka in Western Tokyo, you will not be able to see it on the screen-or on a video-any time in the foreseeable future. "Hoshi wo Katta Hi" is one of the finest short animated films ever made. If it's a stretch to say this film alone is worth the price of a ticket to Japan, it's not a long stretch.
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