Synopsis
Rita likes getting dressed with mom's clothes, running everywhere andordering. Whatsit likes to chew objects, to sleep and to cheat when palying checkers. Put them together and you have the best friends in the world.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Planet Nemo Animation
- Foreign production company : Nippon Animation Company
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Frédéric Puech
- Screenwriter : Yoshimi Narita
- Music Composer : Yukie Kaeru Mizugaki
- Editor : Manabu Ohashi
- Foreign Producer : Kazuko Ishikawa
- Authors of original work : Jean-Philippe Arrou, Olivier Tallec
- Voice : Rinka Inagaki, Haruhiko Hirata
- Production Manager : Kazuko Ishikawa
- Sound Editor : Sadayoshi Fujino
- Continuity supervisor : Yoshimi Narita
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : Cartoon, Literary adaptation , Comedy
- Themes : Childhood, Friendship, Dreams
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Japan, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Minority French (Japan, France)
- Production year : 2010
- Runtime : 5 min
- Production formats : HD - DVD
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.33
- Audio format : Digital DTS
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Series of 26 x 5 minutes, adapted from Rita and Whatsit by Jean-Philippe Arrou and Olivier Tallec.
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