Synopsis

The small rice ball, Konigiri-kun, is at the Sports Day with his kitchen friends today. However, Konigiri-kun got excited when he spotted ninjas as he has been aspiring to become one. He immediately became a ninja apprentice. But... wait. What they are aiming for is... the medal?! Even if it is the same medal, you will feel much happier if everyone else congratulates you on the medal that you have earned through hard work, rather than obtaining it through dishonest means. This is the type of message that this piece of work aims to convey.

Mari Miyazawa

Mari Miyazawa graduated from the Graduate School at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2014. She is a boxed lunch artist and an animation film director. She began to make  animations with her original character from a boxed lunch in 2012, and Konigiri-kun, her animated film in which a rice ball acts as a hero, has been  broadcasted by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) since 2014. She has received many awards at film festivals, such as the Grand Prix for preschool children at Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2018.