Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi
English title: Elemi
Japanese title: 電信柱エレミの恋
Type: Movie
Source: Original
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jan 2009
Duration: 44 min
Rating: G - All Ages
Studios: Sovat Theater
Genres: Award Winning, Fantasy

Elemi, known as a responsible hard worker, is one of many utility poles servicing a small city. One day during maintenance, she is emotionally touched by Takahashi, the young man who repairs her. She decides to thank him and begins calling him regularly, masquerading as a human.

Days go by and soon all the utility poles in the city are aware of Elemi's budding romance. Elder utility poles urge her to put an end to it. Even if Elemi is able to win the blessing of her society, she still has to face the challenge of revealing her true identity to Takahashi. In a time before cell phones, when all calls were carried by utility poles, Denshinbashira Elemi no Koi tells the story of the tragic romance between a utility pole and and a utility worker.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Winner of the 2009 Oofuji Noburou Award at the Mainichi Film Awards and the Excellence Award on the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival.