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Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope (special)

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Alternative title:
Hotori - Tada Saiwai o Koinegau (Japanese)
Hotori - The Simple Wish for Joy
I Only Want Happiness
ほとり～たださいわいを希う (Japanese)
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: At the Personality Plant, robots are being built and slowly outfitted with the artificial memories of real people. Suzu is one such robot, being made to replace the young boy a family has lost. By chance, he meets Hitori, a young girl suffering from progressive memory loss. The two children become friends and attempt to define themselves in the light of their changing memories.
User Ratings: 169 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 16 votes (sub:15, raw:1)
 Excellent: 33 votes (sub:30, raw:1, dub:1, others:1
1 Spanish edited dub
)
 Very good: 55 votes (sub:50, dub:1, raw:1, others:3
1 French subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 34 votes (sub:32, dub:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 17 votes (sub:15, ?:1, others:1
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:9)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 230 users, rank: #3638 (of 10256)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.692 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.4636, rank: #1335 (of 10428)
Weighted mean: 7.685 (Very good−), rank: #1248 (of 10428) (seen all: 7.68)
Bayesian estimate: 7.671 (Very good−), rank: #985 (of 7916)
Running time: 40 minutes
Vintage: 2005-08-28
Ending Theme:
"Yakusoku" by Sachiko Muratani
Trivia: We have 1
News: Show:
AnimEigo to Release Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope Anime Special With English Dub (Jan 9, 2026)
English Dub for Nukitashi The Animation Series Releases on December 17 (Dec 12, 2025)
OceanVeil Reveals Nukitashi The Animation's English Dub Cast, Staff (Nov 17, 2025)
AnimEigo to Release Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope, Alien Nine Anime (Aug 9, 2025)
Press Release:
AnimEigo Previews Upcoming Home Media Releases and Other Projects at Otakon 2025 (Aug 13, 2025)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takashi Anno
Screenplay:
Maya Miyazaki
Tomoko Konparu
Original Work: Maya Miyazaki
Original Character Design: Shinichi Yamashita
Executive producer:
Masao Takiyama (Animax Broadcast Japan)
Takayuki Yoshii (Sunrise)
Producer: Katsunori Narumo (Animax Broadcast Japan)

Color design: Akiyo Yamaura
Creative Producer: Ryōsuke Takahashi
Planning:
Akira Sasaki (Animax Broadcast Japan)
Masaru Uchida (Animax Broadcast Japan)
Masayuki Ozaki (Sunrise)
Toshiyoshi Chiyo (Animax Broadcast Japan)
Planning Manager: Shunsuke Ikuchi (Sunrise)
Public Relations:
Koichiro Takei
Masato Oda
Theme Song Arrangement: Ayako Ōtsuka
Theme Song Composition: Ayako Ōtsuka
Theme Song Lyrics: Ayako Ōtsuka
Theme Song Performance:
Prismix
Sachiko Muratani
Ayako Kawasumi as Hotori
Ryōko Shiraishi as Suzu

Daisuke Namikawa as Shimizu Tatsuki
Houko Kuwashima as Usui
Kazuhiko Inoue as Professor Shimizu
Maya Miyazaki as girl watching fireworks
Miho Hino as boy
Mika Doi as Mayu Ogura
Momoe Nemoto as boy watching fireworks
Noboru Yamaguchi as stuffed toy
Shōji Izumi as Jun Ogura
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Hayden Davis

Assistant ADR Director: Phebe Fabacher
Script Adaptation: Hayden Davis
Mana T. Johnson as Hotori Shimizu
Muriel Hofmann as Suzu 
Sky Santacruz as Suzu

Betty BAT as Mayu Ogura
Freddie Heinz as Kaname Shimizu
Hunter Peterson as Jun Ogura
Jayme Mantos as Akira Usui
Joseph DuVall as Tatsuki Shimizu
English companies
ADR Production: SkySet Entertainment
Broadcaster: Animax Asia
Distributor: MVD Visual (United States and Canada)
Licensed by: AnimEigo
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