Mizugumo Monmon

Mizugumo Monmon
Mizugumo Monmon
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Starring	Akiko Yano
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Music by	Rio Yamase
Production; company	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Ghibli Museum
Release date	January 3, 2006;
Running time	15 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Mizugumo Monmon (水グモもんもん, lit. Water Spider Monmon) is a fifteen-minute Japanese animated short film released on January 3, 2006. It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki for anime production house Studio Ghibli.^[1] It can be seen at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.

Synopsis

It is based in part on "Boro, the Caterpillar", a story idea which Hayao Miyazaki considered working on prior to the start of production on Princess Mononoke. The short film's main character is a diving bell spider who has fallen in love with a water strider. Although she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.