The animation is beautiful in this sad and tender story.

Child of Kamiari Month merges humourous elements like Japanese gods, a cute bunny, and marathon running into a timeless story about grief.

It’s beautifully drawn and animated with a great English voice cast, and plenty of reasons for viewers young and old to gravitate toward it.

Shirai's approach is laudably unflinching, while the animated style is clean and uncluttered, resulting in an earnest and heartfelt tale of facing up to life's toughest challenges.