Hana to Chou, or "The Flower and the Butterfly" by Noburou Oofuji is not just the first full colored Japanese animation on film, it also uses the idea of being able to distinguish colors on film as an integral part of its narrative structure. This was a technical leap in animated film making for the Japanese animation industry, since working with full color celluloid was still an expensive and difficult affair at the time in Japan. The story is about butterflies trying to seek protection from the storm from a flower, who only deigns a red butterfly suitable to save because of their colorful similarity.The narrative is very simple and the work is primarily an exercise in fine tuning visual aesthetics for future movies to come.