Synopsis

The energetic little rice ball boy, Konigiri-kun, with his triangular body and sesame-seed-sprinkled head, meets a cracked egg one day. After trying to patch it up with some tape, he's unsure what to do next. Just then, he stumbles upon a scene where a hot plate is being used to solve everyone's problems! When Konigiri-kun asks for advice on the cracked egg, he's met with a confident ‘No worries!’ What kind of solution will they come up with?

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.