Okko's Inn

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Okko's Inn
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North American film poster
若おかみは小学生！
(Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!)
Genre Family[1]
Novel series
Written by Hiroko Reijō
Illustrated by Asami
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Children's literature[1]
Imprint Aoi Tori Bunko
Original run 2003 – 2013
Volumes 20 (list of volumes)
Manga
Illustrated by Eiko Ōuchi
Published by Kodansha
Demographic Shōjo
Imprint Kodansha Comics Nakayoshi
Magazine Nakayoshi
Original run 2006 – 2012
Volumes 7
Anime television series
Directed by Mitsuyuki Masuhara
Azuma Tani
Written by Michiko Yokote
Music by Takeshi Hama
Studio DLE
Madhouse
Network TV Tokyo
Original run April 8, 2018 – September 23, 2018
Episodes 24
Anime film
Directed by Kitaro Kosaka
Written by Reiko Yoshida
Music by Keiichi Suzuki
Studio DLE
Madhouse[2]
Licensed by
Released June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11)
Runtime 94 minutes[2]
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Okko's Inn (若おかみは小学生！ Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!?, transl. "The Young Innkeeper Is a Grade Schooler!") is a series of Japanese children's novels, written by Hiroko Reijō and illustrated by Asami. Kodansha released twenty volumes between 2003 and 2013 under the imprint of Aoi Tori Bunko. A manga adaptation with art by Eiko Ōuchi was serialized in Kodansha's shōjo manga Nakayoshi and collected in seven tankōbon volumes.

Plot

After her parents died in a car accident and she lost her memory, Oriko "Okko" Seki moves in with her grandmother at the Hananoyu Inn, a ryokan. Okko there befriends the ghost of a boy named Makoto "Uribo" Tachiuri, the late childhood friend of Mineko, her grandmother. Okko becomes the junior innkeeper. At first, she finds her job exhausting, but Uribo keeps her spirits up. Okko invites a disheveled man and his son to the inn, since it "rejects no one". The staff learn of the death of the boy's mother and his recalcitrance due to his grief. He requests a cake from the kitchen. The inn has none, but Okko feels inspired to make a new recipe for a "hot bath" pudding resembling hot spring water. Akane and his father are impressed by the pudding and the shrine. Okko successfully assists everyone and Akane's father writes a magazine review praising the inn. At school, Okko meets Matsuki Akino, a selfish girl with a pink colored Lolita fashion whose family runs a competing inn. Uribo tries to provoke Matsuki by painting her face, but a blond girl ghost retaliates by painting Okko's. The ghost is revealed to be Miyo, Matsuki's late sister. She mocks Okko and her innkeeping abilities. But since Okko can see her and talk with her, Miyo plans to move at Hananoyu Inn instead of Harunoya. Okko uses a bell received from her late grandfather and accidentally releases Suzuki, a low key demon, whom Okko greets with a bad temper. Okko becomes cheerier, though Suzuki notices Okko is beginning to lose the ability to see ghosts. One of the guests is a fortune teller named Glory Suiryo. She invites Okko on a shopping trip. On the way Okko is paralyzed by a flashback, but Glory comforts her. Okko imagines her parents near her. When the Kise family arrive at the inn, they include a boy named Shota and his recently recovered father. The man finds his food bland and unsatisfying. Okko remembers Matsuki was working on a menu. Setting aside her rivalry to please a guest, she visits Matsuki at her inn to ask for help. Matsuki gives her a sample of beef and cooking tips for food Shota's father does not find so bland. But then the Kises reveal Shota's father survived the accident and was in a coma. The family that died in the crash did not make it, leaving their only daughter alive. Okko realizes that it was her parents who died in the accident and hurriedly leaves. Glory consoles Okko. She sees the Kises exiting the inn and preparing to leave. Okko invites the Kises to stay at the inn. Months later, Okko and Matsuki perform a ritual dance at the festival. The ghosts move on to their next life to visit them again someday.

Voice cast

Characters Japanese English
Oriko Seki (関 織子 Seki Oriko?) Seiran Kobayashi Madigan Kacmar
Makoto Tachiuri (立売 誠 Tachiuri Makoto?) Satsumi Matsuda KJ Aikens
Matsuki Akino (秋野 真月 Akino Matsuki?) Nana Mizuki Carly Williams
Mineko Seki (関 峰子 Seki Mineko?) Yōko Asagami (old)
Kana Hanazawa (young)		 Glynis Ellis (old)
Fiona Fatuova (young)
Kōnosuke Minoda (蓑田 康之介 Minoda Kōnosuke?) Masaki Terasoma Scott Williams
Etsuko Tajima (田島 エツ子 Tajima Etsuko?) Teiyū Ichiryūsai Noelle DePaula
Suzuki (鈴鬼?) Etsuko Kozakura Colleen O'Shaughnessey
Glory Suiryo (グローリー水領 Suiryō Gurōrī?) Chiaki Horan Brittany Cox
Shoji Seki (関 正次 Seki Shōji?) Hirohide Yakumaru James Weaver Clark
Sakiko Seki (関 咲子 Seki Sakīko?) Anju Suzuki Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld

Release

An anime television series aired from April 8 to September 23, 2018, and was produced by DLE and Madhouse.[5] The anime film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 11, 2018[6] and on September 12 in France[7] and September 21 in Japan.[2] It was licensed by GKIDS in North America, and was released in the United States on 22 and 23 April 2019.[4] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Shout! Factory on July 2, 2019.[8]

Reception

Novel

The novel series has over 3 million volumes in print.

Anime film

Okko's Inn received the Excellence Award in the animation category at the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival.[9] The film was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Animated Feature - Independent.[10][5]

References

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External links

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