Guskou Budori no Denki (2012)
English title: The Life of Budori Gusuko
Japanese title: グスコーブドリの伝記
Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Source: Novel
Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Fantasy, Slice of Life
Studios: Tezuka Productions
Producers: Bandai Visual, Dentsu, Asahi Shimbun, BS11, Visual Vision, Rironsha, Media Do, Studio Elle, BS NTV
Duration: 1 hr 45 min
Rating: G - All Ages

The fairy tale follows a young man named Budori Gusuko in the Tohoku forests of northeastern Japan in the 1920s. After an onslaught of droughts and natural disasters, Budori is forced to leave his home and search for a better life elsewhere. Budori joins a group of scientists at the Ihatov Volcano Department, which deals with the same natural disasters that drove Budori from his home.

(Source: ANN)