Hoshi o Katta Hi

The Day I Raised a Planet
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki Naohisa Inoue
Starring	Ryunosuke Kamiki Yo Oizumi Kyoka Suzuki Genzō Wakayama
Music by	Yuriko Nakamura Norihiro Tsuru
Release date(s)	3 January 2006 Limited release in Ghibli Museum only
Running time	16 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Hoshi wo Katta Hi (星をかった日, lit. "The Day [I] Raised (Harvested) a Planet") is a 2006 Japanese animated short film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It was produced by Studio Ghibli for their exclusive use in the Saturn Theatre at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo. The film is based on a story by Naohisa Inoue.

Plot

The short film is of a boy who lives and works on a farm. 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 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 strangers who sold the seed to him. They release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets where it will grow for years until becoming a true planet.

External links

• The Day I Harvested a Star
  星をかった日 at the Internet Movie Database