Moustique, Cigale & Cambriole

Appleton, Wisconsin, 1886. Harry, 12 years old, has lived and breathed magic since his early childhood. But the small village Appleton is not the best spot for his natural talent to blossom. Although he rehearses endlessly in his parent’s barn he does realize that his dream is far stretched out. One day Harry catches the glimpse of a chance: the New York mayor has called out for a large contest in view of the Statue of Liberty’s official opening. However one must be tutored by a «real» magician and he doesn’t have the slightest idea of how to contact one… until his father tells him that the great Tesla is in town! Despite the young boys’ lack of knowledge Tesla spots talent, creativity and boldness in Harry. He decides to give him a chance and invites him to his own home, accompagnied by his niece Beth and his robot assistant Amrold.

The cycle of life. A boy whose father is a pilot imagines that his toy plane becomes the real thing, allowing him to fly side-by-side through the heavens with his father. He takes off from a tree house overlooking the sea and his father's landing strip. Their flight is graceful and full of adventure. Then, we watch the boy grow, study, marry, father a child, and become, himself, a grandfather. Holding a toy plane, he takes his grandchild to the same cliff from whence his own imagination took off years before.

Driven by an insatiable thirst for knowledge, TicToc, 35, created a revolutionary principle for traveling through time: temportals. By going through them, he can see the world at decisive moments in the development of mankind. By garnering the long-gone wisdom of the greatest geniuses in history, TicToc hopes to solve the environmental problems of his time: 2040. However, MMM, the company he works for, wants to use it for commercial purposes, creating even more environmental damage. TicToc has no choice than sabotaging his own work, but MMM sends its Chickadees (time travelers) to stop him. To escape, TicToc will travel through time, meeting long-lost relatives having a crucial role in his mission...

A woman lends an admirer her arm for the course of one night for him to find pleasure with it... An eerie erotic short story by Nobel Prize laureat Kawabata Yasunari is turned into minimalist animation of dazzling beauty indebted to Alfons Maria Mucha. A true gem created by two anime giants.