Japan Synopsis
水グモもんもん
The short film's main character is a diving bell spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Although she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.
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The 2005–2007 Japan Window
Mon Mon the Water Spider holds position #186 of 364 Japan films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Mon Mon the Water Spider. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1777th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 25% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 33th percentile among Japan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,427 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,626 of 2,532 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Studio Ghibli |
| Runtime | 15m |
| Release Date | January 3, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0768132 |