Colorful vs Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.2/10 for Colorful). Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is the shorter watch at 1h 15m compared with 2h 7m. Colorful is the older of the two (2010 against 2025). Both are animation, drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Colorful
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain| Colorful | Little Amélie or the Character of Rain | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 15m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Family | Animation, Drama, Family |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Keiichi Hara | Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade |
| Main cast | Akiyoshi Nakao, Hideyuki Tanaka, Akiko Yajima, Keiji Fujiwara, Kumiko Aso | Marc Arnaud, Cathy Cerda, Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grobois, Yumi Fujimori |
Synopsis
Colorful
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser…
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.
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