Mai Mai Miracle is an animated movie of the novel, Mai Mai Shinko, by Akutagawa Award-winning novelist TAKAGI Nobuko, based on the author’s childhood. Set in Kokuga area, Hofu City of Yamaguchi Prefecture in the time around 1960, the film tells the story of a susceptible third grader, Shinko, who grows up with her friends surrounded by the riches of nature, while giving thought to the city from 1,000 years back. This is a legitimate successor to the animated children’s movies that have continuously existed over the years. The approach of bringing together the past and the present accurately embodies the nature of a child’s imagination.