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A young boy finds a robot dog in a forest under a pile of garbage. The two become close and spend time playing, fishing, and biking together as the seasons change. The boy gets older and, during a fireworks display, his city starts getting bombed. The boy leaves the city while the dog gets left
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by an unnamed animator before being processed using artificial intelligence several times and tweaked by hand again. According to Daiki
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and character designer, Aya Hida as editor, Yūko Fujita as color supervisor, Kōji Tanaka as composition director, and Chieko
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