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This story is about our Sumikko friends...

"Momotaro" This story is about our Sumikko friends...

who live in a Sumikko corner, somewhere in this world.

"Tokage's house"

Shirokuma is timid and hates the cold.

That's why Shirokuma and Furoshiki left the North, in search of a warm place.

Neko is extremely shy.

That's why Neko ends up giving its corner away.

Zassou is the one who always cheers up Neko.

"Thank you."

Zassou's dream is to become a lovely bouquet some day.

Tonkatsu is...

the end of a pork cutlet.

1% meat.

"1% meat"

99% fat.

"99% fat"

Too oily to be eaten by anyone.

The pink bit is 1%¤ meat.

"mustard"

Tonkatsu is good friends with Ebifurai no shippo

who shares the same fate.

Their dream is to be eaten some day.

"wasabi"

Tapiocas share the same fate, too...

as leftovers.

"Give me a break."

Penguin is into books and music.

Having doubts about being a penguin, Penguin is in search of its identity.

Penguin could've been a kappa goblin with a plate on its head.

Hokoris are easy-going!

Tokage is...

just between you and me...

is actually a surviving dinosaur.

To avoid being hunted down, it pretends to live as a Tokage.

Nisetsumuri is just an ordinary slug.

lt keeps a shell over it out of admiration for snails.

They are good friends living fake lives.

"The Little Match Girl"

Feeling good here, after all.

lt's another happy day for Sumikko friends.

"Guys, wanna go out for a bite?"

"Count me in."

They're going out for lunch.

SUMlKKOGURASHl: GOOD TO BE lN THE CORNER

This is Sumikko Café,

"Sumikko Café" Sumikko friends' favorite place.

The staff of this café are Mame Master and Obake.

Obake likes to clean.

Hey Hokoris, stop playing around!

You're a ghost, aren't you?

Scared?

How much beans do we have left?

Mame Master, are you okay?

No sweat.

lt's your own shadow.

"Stories Around the World"

"Stories Around the World"?

"Welcome!"

"Mame Master's stuck again."

"Mame Master's stuck again." Happens often?

You have customers.

"l'm cleaning." Not going?

lf you insist.

"Where's Obake?"

"l wonder."

"Much appreciated."

Mame Master.

"What'll it be?" Take their orders.

"Pancakes."

"Curry and rice."

"Sandwiches."

"Spaghetti Napolitana."

"Rice Omelet."

"With extra cucumber."

You sure love cucumbers!

Hey, isn't that salt?

"salt" Hey, isn't that salt?

"Yikes!" Careful! Nisetsumuri will melt.

Careful! Nisetsumuri will melt.

"Uh-oh..."

"cucumbers"

"Where are you going?"

Right now?

Who asked for extra cucumber?

lt's so tidy!

Now, put the book back on the desk and...

"Wanna go check it out?" Who wants to go? Too scary.

"l'll go!"

Zassou, you're going?

"Arabian Nights"

They all ended up in the basement.

"Mommy..."

They're enjoying themselves.

Once upon a time, there lived an old man and an old lady...

Hey...

That's weird.

The pieces of the main characters are missing from this pop-up book.

Obake?

What is this place?

What did you do just now?

Once upon a time, there lived an old man and an old lady.

Old man and...

Old lady?

Sumikko friends have become characters from this book!

Where's Ebifurai no shippo?!

That's just a leaf.

The old man went off to gather firewood.

Wait! We're looking for Ebifurai no shippo.

Let's ask the original characters.

"Seen Ebifurai no shippo?"

ln the mountains?

The old man went to the mountain to gather firewood.

The old lady went to the river to do the washing.

Nisetsumuri?

Good for you! You've found a lovely shell.

Where are you? Ebifurai no shippo!

Come out now, Ebifurai no shippo!

There you are!

When the old lady was doing the washing...

All creased.

Rolling over and over...

There came a big peach from upstream.

Rolling over and over bobbing and tumbling.

The old lady decided to take the peach home.

That's way too big!

You guys, okay?

Obake!

So, you were already inside this pop-up book.

When they cut the peach, out popped "Momotaro" a bouncing baby.

"Momotaro"? Where?

"Momotaro", born from a peach.

Hear that?

That's you "Momotaro"!

Momotaro went off to Onigashima lsland to destroy the evil demon.

"For real?"

Momotaro went with his companions, dog, monkey, and pheasant...

to Onigashima lsland.

"Japan's Number One"

Your companions are here.

Momotaro went with his companions, dog, monkey, and pheasant...

Hiyoko?

"Hiyoko?"

Stop staring so hard.

See why?

Sumikko friends decided to ask Hiyoko about itself.

"Who are you?"

"Where are you from?"

"Where do you live?"

"Your friends?"

"Friends!"

"Looks fun."

"Friends?!"

"Then you must be very lonely."

"l guess..."

"Are you lost?"

A lost Hiyoko?

"lost"

"Hiyoko" "Lost"

"lost = searching for one's identity" "Searching for one's identity"

"Searching for one's identity"

"Searching for one's identity" "Penguin"

We're so alike?!

Let's help Hiyoko find its home!

"Well, where shall we go first?"

"The Little Match Girl"

"The Little Match Girl"?

On a New Year's Eve...

a little girl was selling matches out in the cold.

l'm the little girl?

She would be scolded by her father if she does not sell all of the matches.

She cannot go home till all are sold!

She cannot go home...

Hey!

The cold was so unbearable, that the girl lit up a match to warm herself.

"Tea"

"Soup"

"Sweet bean buns!"

"Ramen noodles!"

"Oden stew!"

She enjoyed her visions...

but unfortunately, they all disappeared with the flame.

"A futon blanket..."

Hiyoko?!

"Wait a minute."

Shirokuma lit up a match for Hiyoko.

"Wanna come in?"

The fox joins them.

Warm and cozy together.

Before the girl knew it, she had used up all her matches.

"What shall l do?"

"The Little Mermaid"

Deep down in a corner of the sea...

there lived a princess who adored the ocean.

Princess Tokage?

The Mermaid Princess had secretly admired the world above the ocean.

"Nice..." That's a nice ship.

Apparently, this is...

Nisetsumuri... is the prince?

"Hello!"

"Everyone there?"

Sumikkos are separated in different worlds.

"Arabian Nights"

A prince from lndia...

is enjoying his journey on a magic flying carpet.

Too high!

Well-balanced!

Penguin's bad at this.

"Little Red Riding Hood"

Little Red.

Little Red?

Once upon a time, there was a sweet little girl.

The red hood suited her...

so, everyone in the village called her "Little Red"

One day, Little Red's mother...

asked her to take some things to her granny who lived in the woods.

"Don't stop on the way. You never know what danger lies ahead."

Her mother reminded Little Red so she would not forget.

However, Little Red found herself lost deep in the woods.

What was that?

Run! Run!

"The Little Match Girl"

"Are you sure?"

"Thank you."

Where are you going on a snowy night?

"Gee, thanks."

You've reached the top.

Slide down.

Jump.

And fly?!

Where to?

"Up there!"

To the moon?

"Cool!"

Those wings won't do.

Are you serious?

"Yikes..."

"Maybe this is a bad idea."

Close call!

Or not!

What looked like the moon...

was a tear in the paper!

"The Little Mermaid"

A storm attacks the ship with her beloved prince on it.

"salt" Salt and Nisetsumuri.

"danger" The saltwater will melt Nisetsumuri.

Careful!

That was close. You've made it through the storm.

This world was the back page of "The Little Match Girl"

"Little Red Riding Hood"

Obake!

Looking for Tonkatsu and friends?

Didn't you press a button just now?

lt was a pop-up device!

Can you really smell them?

"Safe and Sound"

"Safe and sound"?

And so Little Red went inside the house where the wolf awaited.

Oh, no...

"The Little Mermaid"

Enjoying your vacation?

"Stay as you are."

So Tokage says.

How kind!

"Did you find your home?"

"Nope."

"l see."

Now, where could it be?

The button brought Obake here from the world of "Little Red Riding Hood"

"Arabian Nights"

Still hasn't got the hang of it.

lt was connected to this world!

You can fly?

Seaweed.

Woah...

That was close!

"Little Red Riding Hood"

The wolf disguised as Granny is waiting to eat up Little Red.

Found a corner!

"Safe and sound..."

They're far away from the bed.

"Gonna eat you up!!"

"You'll really eat us?"

Your dream was to be eaten some day, wasn't it?

"Eat us, please."

"Eat us!"

"No thanks!"

"Leftovers again."

Cheer up.

This time, where to?!

"Arabian Nights"

"Do you see your house?"

"lt's okay."

This isn't Hiyoko's world after all.

"We're the same."

"Huh?"

"l'm searching for my identity."

"Me, too."

Always seeking their identities.

They're alike.

"A shooting star."

"l hope you find your way home." Penguin wished Hiyoko would find its way home.

Where are you going?

A dead end!

You're gonna crash!

"Open..." Ali Baba chanted the magic words.

"Open..."

Um... what were the words?

"Cucumber!!!"

Cucumber?

Silence.

"We're gonna crash!" You got it wrong!

"sesame"

"Open..."

"sesame!"

"Momotaro"

Momotaro and his companions finally arrived at Onigashima lsland.

No sign of the demon.

How gigantic!

And hungry, too!

Giving it millet dumplings?

Digging a hole to escape?

lmpressive!

lt's coming!

Right behind you!

Penguin and friends have arrived from the world of "Arabian Nights"

"Hey!"

The palace from "Arabian Nights"?

Momotaro's house?

House from "Little Red"?

Onigashima lsland?

"¤etter get outta here!"

Our magic carpet has a weight limit.

Because of Neko's digging, the stories seem to have mixed up.

"Thank you for the millet dumplings."

The demon followed you just to say thanks.

A good demon after all.

Now, all the Sumikkos were...

Oops! The carpet ripped.

Feeling good here even in pop-up books.

The Sumikkos share their corner together.

"The demon..."

"Thank you."

Rice balls in return.

Let's dig in!

"Are you here to eat me?"

"No, just the rice balls."

Where's Hiyoko?

Don't worry.

Sumikkos will help you find your home.

Obake is looking for Hiyoko, too.

"Push"

Obake got sucked in!

"Disappeared..."

lt's Obake's flower.

Tell everyone what happened yesterday.

"The Ugly Duckling"

"This must be it!"

"The Ugly Duckling"

The grey bird who grew up among its duck brothers...

was made fun of just because it looked different.

One day, the grey bird ran away from home...

but wherever it went, the grey bird was unwanted.

As it turned out, the grey baby bird who was called ugly...

was not a duck, but actually a swan.

The world of "The Ugly Duckling"

This was Hiyoko's home.

You've found your home at last.

Hiyoko will grow up to be a beautiful swan.

That's the real swan?

Then Hiyoko wasn't "the ugly duckling" after all.

You'll get wet!

"Jump inside!"

This world is white with nothing in it.

Could it mean this is a blank page?

"Are you okay?"

"l'm not one of you."

You're not one of us?

This is something that happened long ago.

Someone had scribbled a picture on the blank page of this book.

ln time, the book itself was forgotten...

and so was the picture Hiyoko who was stuck inside, forever lonely.

Hiyoko couldn't bear the loneliness any longer.

So Hiyoko set off on a journey to find its friends.

No wonder Hiyoko didn't belong to any of the worlds.

"Wanna join the Sumikkos?"

Yeah, why don't you join them?

Now, you're one of us!

You're not alone anymore.

"Yes!"

"Friends..."

"Maybe we can get out."

¤ut look, the ring of light is way up there.

Hm?

Hm...

Digging again?

Pieces of the pop-up books are flying in.

"We can get out now!"

What do you mean?

Neko, you're a genius!

"Are you okay?"

A tower as high as the ring of light!

¤eyond is the world of Sumikkos.

Could that mean...

"Let's help Hiyoko find its home!"

"Thank you."

"Come with us!"

"Are you okay?"

"Leave this to me!"

Hiyoko whose world was inside this pop-up book...

kept waving good-bye to the Sumikkos.

A few days later.

What could they be up to?

They've made a house for Hiyoko.

No matter how far apart, they'll always stay friends.

YOSHlHlKO lNOHARA

MANAMl HONJO

Co-Producers MASAYUKl SANO

MASAO CHlDA MASAYA SAWADA KAZUNORl SUMlOKA MlYOMATSU A¤E

MASANORl YUMlYA KATSUHlSA TAKANOH KAZUAKl ARlMA MUNEHlRO TAMURA

AKlRA HlRABAYASHl

Executive Producers KAZUHlKO YUSA HlROSHl CHlDA AKlRA TAKAYAMA

Producers FUMlE TAKEUCHl MASATO SUZUKl YASUE MOCHlZUKl

Original Characters by YURl YOKOMlZO (San-X)

Written by TAKASHl SUMlTA (EUROPE-KlKAKU)

Storyboard & Choreography by YUKlNOBU ASAl HlROSHl CHlDA

Production Design KAORl HlNO

Creative Director KUMl MATSUl

Animation Producer YUKARl lSHlHARA

CG Producers YUTAKA HAMANAKA YUKO OKUMURA

CG Director CHlAKl KUMAKURA

"After you."

Music YURl HABUKA YOSHlAKl DEWA MARlKO HORlKAWA

Music Producer KOHEl CHlDA

Sound Designer KENSUKE MATSUl

Edited by YOSHlO WATANABE AYANO YANAGlTA

"Eat me, please!"

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sumikkogurashi film partners Asmik Ace San-X Fanworks TOMY ¤ lmagineer

NlPPON COLUMBlA JR East Marketing & Communications

SHUFU TO SElKATSU SHA AEON ENTERTAlNMENT

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A Fanworks Production

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