A Letter to Momo
ももへの手紙
“Momo moves to a remote island, discovers youkai, and seeks meaning in her father's unfinished letter.”
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Momo moves to a remote island, discovers youkai, and seeks meaning in her father's unfinished letter.
After the unexpected death of her father, 11-year-old Momo Miyaura leaves Tokyo with her mother and moves to an old remote island in Seto Inland Sea. The only memento she has from her father is an unfinished letter with only two words inside: "Dear Momo"—along with her heart's unrest from it. In the new and unfamiliar small town, Momo reluctantly tries to adjust to the outmoded wooden buildings, silent crop fields, and mysterious isolated shrines. One day, while exploring the attic of her new home, she finds a worn out picture book about youkai. Following this discovery, strange things begin to happen around town, and Momo is greeted by the arrival of three troublesome youkai. Momo e no Tegami tells the story of a young girl as she struggles to adapt to her bizarre new life and ultimately come to terms with her father's mysterious letter.
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Community consensus
Derived from 19 sampled reviews
7.5/10
Score distribution
Agreement
MixedMostly aligned
σ 1.76 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.8 ptsRecommenders 8.3 · others 4.5
Score over time
2.53Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9/10 “A brilliant, touching story with great characters and charming artwork that feels straight out of Studio Ghibli. Momo’s early behavior is slightly off-putting, but that small bump quickly fades....”
- 10/10 “A flawless, unpredictable story paired with smooth art and a stellar English dub makes this film an instant favorite; nothing fell short. Its most powerful gift is the comforting, tear-jerking...”
- 9/10 “The characters are irresistibly funny and their designs perfectly match their personalities, making me forget this was even a drama and leaving me happy and satisfied. The story’s unexpected flow...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — A Letter to Momo begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-6172
- Format
- 1 × 120′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 2h 00m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Apr 2012 – Apr 2012
- Spring 2012
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- G
- All Ages
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- BS-6172
- catalog
Produced by
- Bandai VisualProducer
- OLMProducer
- Kadokawa ShotenProducer
- HoriProProducer
- Mainichi Broadcasting SystemProducer
- TBSProducer
- CBC TelevisionProducer
- RCC Chugoku BroadcastingProducer
- Kadokawa Pictures JapanProducer
- Yahoo! JapanProducer
- Tokyu RecreationProducer
- JR East Marketing & CommunicationsProducer
- Mainichi ShimbunProducer