. >> the puppeteers aged 14 to over 60 are called odoriko. of them are responsible for the puppeteering. look at the expressions on the faces of the puppeteers. so serious. as the tempo of the music accompanying the puppet show quickens, the komi-sumo begins. sumo wrestlers divided into east and west sides appear on stage. these wrestlers are also gods. the battle depends on the enthusiasm of the puppeteers. ♪ now for the climax, a 66-centimeter-tall wrestler, the tallest god and grand champion giron-sama, appears from the east. and opponent, the grand champion of the west, also appears. the atmosphere is heating up. sumiyoshi-sama is only half the size. sumiyoshi-sama is quite powerful despite his appearance. in the end, all the gods of the east charge toward sumiyoshi-sama. i, the evening star, back up sumiyoshi-sama with what small strength i have. ♪ a great triumph for ♪ ♪ a great triumph for sumiyoshi-sama, and that's the end. don't you think the show went quite well? >> translator: leave sumiyoshi-sama on stage longer. he retreated too q

watching kids create stories at an older age and play with action figures and dolls and legos and puppets at a younger age and we wanted to bring those two together, the app around creative play and creative writing in older elementary years. >> what is interesting about it, though, it's connected to story telling which i don't think people realize, little kids always create a drama, a story. when they can't really write it down yet, it allows them to create it. >> yeah. you see them go to the toy box and they pick out their action figures or dolls. they startling stories right away. it provides sparks for us, or catalyst for our information and we wanted to build a tool that would capture those stories and that creative play and action basically the figures with the record button. >> because the kids get to record their own voice, too. they get to narrate it? >> right. >> i think we have one of those. >> i'd like fresh bananas today. king kong, i'm going to go to the special banana island. >> the child adds their own voice to that? >> yes, that's a 6-year-old girl. >> how does this go fr