Arashi Fukasawa

Based on Saibara Rieko's manga, Ike-chan to Boku (a.k.a. Good Bye My Secret Friend) tells the heartfelt story of a young boy named Toshio and his imaginary friend Ike-chan. Toshio's floating blob of a friend has two big eyes and a mouth, and changes colors and sizes depending on the mood. When Toshio is sad, she turns small. When Toshio makes friend with a girl, she turns bright red from anger. Ike-chan stays by Toshio's side as he grows older, but the day he finds his first love, Ike-chan disappears from his life. Child actor Fukasawa Arashi (Helen the Baby Fox) takes the leading role in this affecting fable about childhood, friendship, and growing up from director Ohoka Toshihiko. Popular actress Aoi Yu voices Ike-chan.

Ambientada en Japón, durante los primeros años de la Era Showa (1932). Un trío de karatekas de un pequeño dojo, ubicado en los bosques del centro de Kyushu, están bajo la tutela del anciano maestro llamado Eiken Shibahara. Entre ellos se debaten el Kuroi Obi, que designará al sucesor del dojo. Choei, Taiken y Giryu se enfrentan a una compañía de la policía militar Kenpeitai, que ha llegado a requisar su dojo para usarlo como una base militar.

A young boy named Taichi Ogawara finds a fox cub on the side of the road and takes it home as a pet. He discovers it is blind, deaf, and mute. Because of this, he names it Helen, after Helen Keller.