Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

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Nasu: Summer in Andalusia

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茄子 アンダルシアの夏
(Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu)
Genre Cycling, Sports, Romance
Animated film
Director Kitarō Kōsaka
Producer Masao Maruyama
Composer Toshiyuki Honda
Studio Madhouse
Released 21 December 2003
Runtime 47 minutes

Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (茄子 アンダルシアの夏 Nasu: Andarushia no Natsu?) is a 2003 Japanese anime film by Madhouse, directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, the famed animation supervisor of the Oscar-winning anime film Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, and adapted from a short 3-tankōbon manga by Iō Kuroda, entitled Nasu, which was serialized in the Afternoon manga magazine.

It was the first Japanese anime film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival [1]. Nasu: Summer in Andalusia has been translated and dubbed into English by the anime television network Animax, who has broadcast the film in Southeast Asia, the Philippines, the Indian subcontinent, and other regions. It was also translated into French, under the title Nasu - Un été andalou, and Italian, under the title Melanzana: Un'Estate in Andalusia. The German version was released as Nasu - Sommer in Andalusien.

It has been an announced that a sequel to the film, Nasu 2 (茄子2?) (temporary name), is currently being produced, which will be set in Japan on the Japan Cup Cycle Road Race, and is slated to be released in 2007.[2] The sequel film will also be directed by Kitarō Kōsaka, and Ken'ichi Yoshida, another long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, who has worked on several Studio Ghibli films such as Princess Mononoke and Porco Rosso, will be joining as animation director.

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Nasu: Summer in Andalusia follows the story of a professional Spanish cyclist, Pepe Benengeli, as he competes in the Vuelta a España road bicycle race through his home town in the Iberian region of Andalusia. As the story progresses, Pepe is faced with frustrating consequences, with him facing pressure from his sponsors and the wedding of his former girlfriend, Carmen, to his elder brother, Angel, coinciding on the same day of the penultimate stage of the bicycle race, and strives to gain the respect of his team and family.

[edit] Credits

Nasu: Summer in Andalusia was produced by the anime studio, Madhouse, and directed and written by Kitarō Kōsaka, the famed animation supervisor of the Oscar-winning anime film, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, and long-time collaborator of Studio Ghibli, and was his theatrical film directorial debut. The music for the film was conducted by Toshiyuki Honda, and its sound was produced by Masafumi Mima. Its directors of photography were Katsuyoshi Kishi and Hisao Shirai, its art director was Naoya Tanaka and its editing was done by Takeshi Seyama. Its producer was Masao Maruyama and its executive producer was Tamotsu Shiina.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Review: Nasu: Summer in Andalusia - by Tom Mes, Midnight Eye.
  2. ^ 茄子 アンダルシアの夏 from the Japanese-language Wikipedia. Retrieved on March 18, 2007.

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