Summaries

Young Yoshio's young life has not begun well. He has lost his father, has an unkind mother and even worse schoolmates. He is not all alone however. Ike-chan is there for him. She is not quite real however. Well, she is real to him. He is not all alone after all.—aghaemi

This is the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and sizes depending on the mood. When Toshio is sad, she turns small. When Toshio makes friend with a girl, she turns bright red from anger. Ike-chan stays by Toshio's side as he grows older, but the day he finds his first love, Ike-chan disappears from his life. Child actor Fukasawa Arashi (Helen the Baby Fox) takes the leading role in this affecting fable about childhood, friendship, and growing up from director Ohoka Toshihiko. Popular actress Aoi Yu voices Ike-chan.

Details

Keywords
  • character name in title
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Jun 19, 2009
Countries of origin Japan
Official sites Official site
Language Japanese
Production companies Bandai Visual Company Kadokawa Pictures NTT Docomo

Box office

Gross worldwide $123427

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 47m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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