Miyori no Mori

Miyori no Mori (ミヨリの森) is the title of a 2004 manga series by Hideji Oda, and the 2007 anime film based on it. Two manga sequels, Miyori no Mori no Shiki (ミヨリの森の四季) and Zoku Miyori no Mori no Shiki (続・ミヨリの森の四季) were published in 2007 and 2008.

Anime
A TV movie was produced by Nippon Animation and aired on the Fuji TV network on August 25, 2007. It was the directorial debut of Nizo Yamamoto, known for his art direction on a number of Studio Ghibli films, as well as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Besides helming the project, Yamamoto also was the art director, and drew storyboards. The film reunited Yamamoto with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time's screenwriter Satoko Okudera. Yū Aoi starred in the film as the titular character. Miyori no Mori had a budget of ¥210 million ($1.7 million), unusually high for a television movie.