Colorful
7.3
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.
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Cast
18 people
Kazato Tomizawa
Makoto Kobayashi (voice)
Known for
Summer Days with Coo
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Akina Minami
Hiroka Kuwabara (voice)
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Aoi Miyazaki
Shoko Sano (voice)
Known for
Wolf Children
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Jingi Irie
Saotome (voice)
Known for
THE DAYS
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Akiyoshi Nakao
Mitsuru Kobayashi (voice)
Known for
First Love
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Kumiko Aso
Makoto's Mother (voice)
Known for
Pulse
Mirai
Katsumi Takahashi
Makoto's Father (voice)
Known for
From Today, It's My Turn!!
Hula Girls
Michael
Purapura (voice)
Manatsu Hayashi
Mao (voice)
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Keiji Fujiwara
Mr. Sawada (voice)
Known for
Death Note
Fighting Spirit
Rokuro Naya
Principal (voice)
Known for
Yu Yu Hakusho
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Akiko Yajima
Child at Candy Store (voice)
Known for
InuYasha
Fairy Tail
Keiichi Hara Director · Miho Maruo Screenplay Eto Mori Author
Worldwide gross $3.9M · United States release May 14, 2013 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,900,000
Production
SUNRISE
Production
Ascension
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
カラフル
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 21, 2010
Theatrical
United States · May 14, 2013
Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Australia
May 14, 2013 · Physical · DVD & Bluray
France
November 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Germany
April 22, 2021 · Physical
Italy
April 20, 2011 · Premiere · Future Film Festival
Lithuania
December 2, 2010 · Premiere · Anime Days OTAKA
United Kingdom
October 9, 2011 · Premiere · Scotland Loves Anime
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