Kuchiba (Ghibli Movie Idea)

Premise
An 10-year-old orphan is turned into a kitsune, As She and a rabbit traverse in a world inhabited by Kitsunes, after going past a vermilion gate in one of Kyoto’s Inari shrines.

Full Story
In 1990s Hiroshima, a 10-year-old girl named Aisa visits Okunoshima, also known as Rabbit Island, via ferry. Once there, Aisa purchases rabbit feed to give to the rabbits, as only one rabbit approached her, and ate some of the food. As Aisa leaves, the rabbit, without being seen by security, jumps on the ferry. Once Aisa gets off, the rabbit jumps into Her arms, and to her shock, spoke. Aisa, thinking someone’s pulling a prank, asks the rabbit to say something. The rabbit spoke, “Anywhere is better than being isolated in that island.” Aisa repeats the words, shocking the rabbit, realizing a human child understood what He said. the Fushimi Inari Shrine goes to, to make a wish with an Ema and write it down (Even though the audience does not see the written wish). Aisa, while exploring the shrine, notices some of the torii gates’ paint peeling off from age, but is forced to run when a red fox scares her. Later that night, Aisa unpacks her paint tubes from her backpack, mixes a few droplets of red and yellow to make a vermilion color and paint on the gate’s peeled areas. Once Aisa completes painting the gate, however, the same fox attacks Aisa but, a brownish fox tackles the red fox, as the former thanks Aisa as she runs away, but toward the Torii gate, as Aisa passes out.

After waking up, Aisa, explores a forest and has turned into, a brownish Kitsune, a fox-like yokai that use mythical powers, be it for good or bad intentions. Aisa, surprised that She’s a Kitsune, goes to a village in hopes of returning to human form, but the villagers (who happen to be Kitsune) refuse to help her, due to Her blue eyes. One Kitsune goes to kill Aiko, but another brownish fox protects and helps her escape.