Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope

Synopsis

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 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. (Source: ANN)

Background

The film won the Animax Awards (an anime script-writing competition) in 2004.

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