Okko's Inn (Kitarô Kôsaka)

[Philip J. Fry]

https://i.imgur.com/e4c7XMG.jpg

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIXc0S3t3LY

IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8328740/) / wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okko's_Inn) / RT (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/okkos_inn) / Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/movie/okkos-inn) / Tropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/OkkosInn)

Official website:
Japanese (https://www.waka-okami.jp/) / English (https://gkidstickets.com/us/okkosinn/)

[Philip J. Fry]

I had a lot of of flashbacks to Kiki's Delivery Service on this one and I say it in the good way. The story of a little girl coping with her parent's dead while learning how to manage a haunted inn, it manages to strike a good balance between comedy, cute moments and situations and the inevitable grief a premise like this brings, which it's constantly poking it's head until a dramatic climax near the end. It was really good.