The Day I Bought a Star is an anime film that premiered in winter 2006.

About the production: the story comes from a other, the film runs about 16 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are sci-fi.

On AniList, The Day I Bought a Star has an average score of 63%, an average score, and appears on 2,163 users' lists.

A short film only screened at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. This work is set in a mysterious world "Iblard," imagined and depicted by the artist Naohisa Inoue. In the city where Nona lives, the Time Bureau watches how its citizens use time. The Bureau supervises those who are wasting time or using time incorrectly. Nona is unable to bear this and runs away from home. He meets a mysterious woman named Ninya, and begins life on her farm. One day, Nona obtains a seed of a star in exchange for his vegetables, and decides to grow it. (Source: Ghibli Museum)

Official synopsis from AniList.