This is the kind of thing you put on when the world has been too loud for too long. Sanrio looked at My Melody, already wearing a red hood as her permanent design, and made the only casting decision that was ever available: she IS Little Red Riding Hood, no adaptation required. It runs the fairytale straight, no irony, no darkness reclaimed, no clever subversion, just soft 1989 cel work moving through beats you already know by heart. It premiered at the first Sanrio Anime Festival next to Hello Kitty's Cinderella and Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori, which tells you exactly what this is: a studio handing its mascots the classics and letting them play dress-up. Watch it in one sitting with the lights low and let it be the shortest, kindest thing on your list this month.

The classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale gets a Sanrio retelling in this 1989 fantasy film, with the red-hooded rabbit My Melody cast in the title role. The film was one of the entries shown at the first Sanrio Anime Festival, where it screened on the same program as Hello Kitty's Cinderella and Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori. Fans of storybook adaptations featuring familiar Sanrio characters will find a gentle take on a well-known tale.