Colorful vs My Life as a Zucchini
My Life as a Zucchini has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.2/10 for Colorful). My Life as a Zucchini is the shorter watch at 1h 6m compared with 2h 7m. Colorful is the older of the two (2010 against 2016). Both are animation, drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Colorful
My Life as a Zucchini| Colorful | My Life as a Zucchini | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 6m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Family | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Keiichi Hara | Claude Barras |
| Main cast | Akiyoshi Nakao, Hideyuki Tanaka, Akiko Yajima, Keiji Fujiwara, Kumiko Aso | Michel Vuillermoz, Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Raul Ribera |
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…
My Life as a Zucchini
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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