Japan Synopsis
カラフル
Upon reaching the train station to death, a dejected soul is informed that he is lucky and will have another chance at life. He is placed in the body of a 14-year-old boy named Kobayashi Makoto, who has just committed suicide. Watched over by a neutral spirit named Purapura, the soul must figure out what his greatest sin and mistake in his former life was, before his time limit in Makoto's body runs out. He also has a number of other lesser duties he must complete, such as understanding what led Makoto to commit suicide in the first place and learning how to enjoy his second chance at life.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Colorful. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From SUNRISE
Animation + Drama in Japan
730 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Colorful itself).
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
Colorful holds position #120 of 400 Japan films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Colorful premiered alongside 136 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 136 other Japan films in 2010.
The 2365th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
251 audience reviews — more than 88% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (88th percentile) outruns trending popularity (67th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Colorful, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- rebirth · 4
- first person view · 2
- school life · 21
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- adult animation · 101
- slice of life · 58
- suicide · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,544 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,142 of 2,532 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SUNRISE, Ascension |
| Runtime | 2h 7m |
| Release Date | August 21, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1677561 |
| Official Site | www.sentaifilmworks.com |