Akiko Yano

The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Tokyo. (imdb)

An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.

Fuki sets out with a big rucksack in high spirits on a journey to look for a new house. Along her way, Fuki encounters and befriends numerous manifestations of the natural world, from fish to insects to a kami who resembled Totoro. All the sound effects in this film were done by human voice. As a nod to the non-Japanese speaking audience, this short film contains little to no spoken Japanese, and the story is conveyed almost entirely through art and sound effects. (wikipedia.org)

The short film's main character is a water spider who seems to have fallen in love with a water strider. Though she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider. (wikipedia.org)