Mizugumo Monmon

{{Infobox film

| name = Mizugumo Monmon

| image = Monmon the Water Spider.jpg

| director = Hayao Miyazaki

| producer = Toshio Suzuki

| writer = Hayao Miyazaki

| starring = Akiko Yano

| music = Rio Yamase

| cinematography = Atsushi Okui

| studio = Studio Ghibli

| distributor = Ghibli Museum

| released = {{Film date|2006|01|03}}

| runtime = 15 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

}}

{{nihongo|Mizugumo Monmon|水グモもんもん|extra=lit. Water Spider Monmon}} is a fifteen-minute Japanese animated short film released on January 3, 2006. It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki for animation studio Studio Ghibli."[https://archive.today/20130117212627/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/142617-Mizugumo_Monmon.html Mizugumo Monmon] ". Big Cartoon DataBase, June 10, 2012 It can be seen at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.

Synopsis

It is based in part on Boro, the Caterpillar, a story idea which Hayao Miyazaki considered working on prior to the start of production on Princess Mononoke. The short film's main character is a diving bell spider who has fallen in love with a water strider. Although she is scared of him at first, the water strider soon gets used to the presence of the spider.