ChatGPT led me down the path of a short called “Friends Are Forever” (1987, directed by Pino Van Lamsweerde), but I cannot find anything related to that film, if it even exists.
The animation definitely has some Pino Van Lamsweerde vibes like The Velveteen Rabbit.
I just remember the alien at the end saying that it “must grow.” which made the boy very sad. I think it said its own name in 3rd person. I can’t remember if it was part of the alien’s way of growing up which was to shed off some version of itself or something.
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The animation definitely has some Pino Van Lamsweerde vibes like The Velveteen Rabbit. I think the alien was red/brown in color but I could be wrong.
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I don’t know if I’m allowed to post certain…anime links in here but episode 15(jap) or episode 6 (us) of Astro Boy has “Plant People” / “Grass Boy” which is about an alien invasion and one of the aliens who befriends astro boy is a plant alien who is planted in the ground at the end. He says something like “plant me the in the ground” in the dub. He sheds his outer body and becomes just a flower