Final Approach (Φなる·あぷろーち)

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Final Approach (Φなる·あぷろーち, Fuainaru Apurōchi) is a visual novel that has been adapted into an anime designed by Ibe Yukiko. The title uses the Greek letter Φ (phi) to represent to the "fi" (ふぁい, fai) in the Japanese transliteration of the English word "final". The series of half-length episodes aired in Japan in October 2004 (back-to-back with W~Wish, a separate series), with the last episode ending a few months later.
A PS2 adaptation of the series was exclusively released in Japan during January 2006. A sequel with different characters, called Finalist, has been released a year later, where each of the female characters was designed by different character artists.

Hoshi o Katta Hi (星をかった日)

Hoshi o Katta Hi

Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki, Naohisa Inoue
Release date(s): 3 January 2006. Limited release in Ghibli Museum only
Running time: 16 minutes
Country: Japan

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Hoshi wo Katta Hi (星をかった日, literally "The Day Raised (Harvested) a Planet") is an animated 2006 short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their exclusive use in the Saturn Theater at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. The film is based on a story by Naohisa Inoue.

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Plot

The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will grow for years until becoming a real planet.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoshi_o_Katta_Hi