“Lonely girl in desolate house meets stranger offering fate-changing choice; sentient objects witness her oblivious life.”
Pigtails
みつあみの神様
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Synopsis
Lonely girl in desolate house meets stranger offering fate-changing choice; sentient objects witness her oblivious life.
A lone house stands amidst a barren landscape. Here lives a petite pigtailed girl, unfettered by her loneliness. There is rarely anyone for her to meet and interact with, save for the occasional masked visitors from a place unknown. Her only company is the inanimate objects present around her. They tell tales about themselves, the girl, and the unchanging surroundings they view day in and day out—all the while, she remains oblivious to their sentience. One day, the monotony is broken when the girl meets someone who offers her a choice capable of altering many fates, including her own.
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
What 3 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 1.89 · split reception
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
↓ 1.33
Running avg · Jun 2022 → Jan 2026
- 7 “Pigtails is a 28-minute short film about a sci-fi world where objects have their own personalities. It consists of six short scenes featuring the pigtails girl and later a boy friend. It manages to...”
- 7 “There is not much to say about this 30-minute short film without mentioning spoilers. It has a melancholic and heartwarming atmosphere to it and an unconventional narrative style. It leaves us with...”
- 3 “What we have excreted from an institution housing prudent and well-meaning talent such as Production I.G and lauded by many of the film festivals it was submitted to is a terrible quasi-utilitarian...”
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Production I.G.- Format 1 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 28m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2015 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11010 catalog
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- Anime Limited Licensor