The first title in the series of anime films by the Happy Science cult.

In the year 2403 AD a young student named Satoru is visited by a time traveler from the future, a cute girl named Alisa. The two go back in time together to explore the 21st century when a malfunction sends them hurdling through seemingly random episodes of religious and perhaps historic importance. <br><br>
Japan's answer to Scientology, Kyoufuku no Kagaku (&#24184;&#31119;&#12398;&#31185;&#23398;, also known as The Institute for Research in Human Happiness), returns with their third animated feature.  

Ryuta and his friends from the science club visit a museum exhibit on Thomas Edison and it's there they learn about one of his proposed inventions called the "spirit phone" which would enable communication with the deceased. Later that day they bump into a shaman who claims she has a message from Edison. In an instant Ryuta is given the necessary knowledge he needs to construct the device and decides to go for it, so beginning a spiritual adventure.
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(Source: Anime News Network)

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