

When I was a child, I was all about this anime movie and for years now I have
not been able to find it nor pinpoint the title.  
The description is going to be a bit ambiguous so just stay with me here and
keep a very open mind. This is coming from the memory of a 5 year old.

Timeframe for when movie was made: mid 80s to sometime throughout the 90s

In the beginning there is a brunette little girl (maybe even a pre teen) that
does not appreciate something in her life. I believe she gets upset with her
mother and takes her for granted then runs outside to her backyard upset.
There she encounters... something... a spirit... or animal. I can't remember
but she is sent on a mission and it gets pretty hazy from there. I remember
the end is her waking up in the backyard and it was all a dream and she runs
back inside and hugs her mother.

No, it's not Spirited Away. Really.


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Help me remember this movie that isn't Spirited Away


Here is a guess, it doesn't fit exactly - but hopefully the fuzziness is to
blame for that.

I looked through all the old Ghibli works, but didn't find anything that
seemed to match up. However, there was one show that some of the larger names
from Ghibli worked on before Ghibli was created. This show was _Chie The Brat_
or _Jarinko Chie_. This was back in 1981, but it could have taken a while to
be translated and localised for English speakers - placing it roughly mid 80s.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jaq8Gl.png)

Chie is a hardworker at home, but she's not without her brattiness - Flicking
through the first few minutes of the show, she takes a cut of the family's
earning and keeps it for herself:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SgMInm.png)

She eventually leaves on an adventure after her school-life is disrupted by
her relatives, who barge in and embarrass both the teacher and herself.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IqFS3m.png)![enter
image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LD02Lm.png)

She then takes the money she has stored away and travels into the city. There
she finds a woman she treats like her mother (whom she embraces occasionally)
and rides rollercoasters, paddles boats, and other adventure-y things.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7QQmO.png)

And as for the spirit/animal - there are some talking cats which maybe are
what you remembered. The two cats are both from Chie's home village and have a
large fight in a graveyard near the conclusion of the show.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oYYJe.png)

Again, this only loosely fits the description you've offered - but it's the
best I could find.


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