Waka okami wa shôgakusei!

I am a big animation fan. My newsfeed gets crowded with articles of "Top 100 Best Animated Movies" or even "100 underrated anime films" and this film still has yet to ever show up. Whenever I bring it up to people no one has ever seen it. I just saw the Blu-ray one day at Target, thought it looked interesting and gave it a watch. The film has a "100%" on Rotten Tomatoes. How is it that no one is talking about this film? It's like it is a film I just dreamt up one day, or I entered another dimension and only I know about this film. But it is real! And it is Good!

"Okko's Inn" follows a girl named Okko as she goes off to live with her grandma who runs an inn. It is one of the sweetest most heartwarming stories I've ever seen. The animation is adorable. Looking behind the scenes a lot of the animators worked on Studio Ghibli Films, and this one definitely has that feel. The main character is infectiously optimistic.

The movie does have some pacing problems. A lot of the movie is spent just chilling with the characters. If you are watching the film and wondering, "what's the big deal?" Just keep watching, this is a film where the ending is the best part. It takes the movie from just being good, to being one of the best. It hits hard with the feels, it hits everyone emotional beat just right, and ends on the pitch perfect frame to end the film on.

Just go and watch it, you won't regret it.