In the movie’s opening, she explains how she experiences colors differently. She feels colors more than sees them, like an aura she senses from another person. “When I see a pretty color, my ...

Totsuko is a student at an all-girls Catholic boarding school. In the movie's opening, she explains how she experiences colors differently. She feels colors more than sees them, like an aura she ...

Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko's luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of ...

Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime The Colors Within gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.

This image released by GKIDS shows animated character Kimi Sakunaga in a scene from the film "The Colors Within." (GKIDS via AP) Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of ...