Kuchiba (Ghibli Movie Idea)

Premise
A 14-year-old orphan gets turned into a kitsune, in a strange world, after She goes past a vermilion gate in one of Kyoto’s inari shrines.

Full Story
In 1980s Kyoto, a group of 10th grade students look at the sights and sounds of the cityscape on a school trip. One of the students, Aisa, notices a dilapidated mansion that no one else could see. Confused, She goes inside the mansion and the rooms she went in come in colors of Red, Yellow, and Blue. In a bedroom, Aisa saw a child sleeping. Just as Aisa was leaving, the child woke up and turned into a light-red kitsune, who proceeds to exit the mansion, which was only an illusion. But, the kitsune unintentionally causes a panic in the city, as Aisa leaves the area to avoid arrest by the police. Aisa continues her school trip, and while the rest of the students buy souvenirs, Aisa purchases 5 packets of watercolor paint along with a color mixing guide. One of the students asked why She didn’t buy any souvenirs for her family, and Aisa responded that She doesn’t have any family. Then, at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, as the students look at the sights, Aisa looks at the kitsune statues, then notices some paint of the wrong color on one of the torii gates. she explains it to the guide, but refuses to listen, saying the color is true vermilion. At Night, With the students resting at a hotel for the night, one of them notices that Aisa isn’t here. As She is painting the torii gate without being seen. Once Aisa (in dark clothes) completes painting the gate, The guide, who was checking around the park spots her and tries to call the police, but the reddish kitsune attacks him as Aisa makes a run for it, but, through the torii gate, with the reddish kitsune following.