Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
Kanji ホッタラケの島 〜遥と魔法の鏡〜
Rōmaji Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami
Directed by Shinsuke Sato
Produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Michiru Ishikawa
Chihiro Kameyama
Yoshio Takada
Written by Otsuichi
Shinuske Sato
Starring Haruka Ayase
Miyuki Sawashiro
Mitsuki Tanimura
Music by Tadashi Ueda
Art Directed by Masanobu Nomura
Editing by Tsuyoshi Imai
Studio Production I.G
Dentsu
Distributed by TOHO
FUNimation Entertainment
Gkids
Release date(s) August 22, 2009
Running time 100 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (ホッタラケの島 〜遥と魔法の鏡〜 Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami?) is a 2009 Japanese CG animated film directed by Shinsuke Sato. It was nominated for the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.[1]

Contents

Plot

Haruka lost her mother at a young age. While her mother was still alive, she received a hand mirror from her. After her mother's death, she forgot about the mirror and eventually lost it. One day, she decides to go to a local shrine and pray for the hand mirror to be returned to her. It is there that she accidentally encounters a small masked creature which she secretly follows to the land of forgotten items.

Cast & Staff

Cast

Haruka - Voiced by: Haruka Ayase (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
Sixteen-year-old Haruka has a strained relation with her struggling father after her mother's death. One day she remembers the hand mirror she got from her mother, and believes that finding it can connect her to her memories.
Teo - Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Cassandra Lee (English)
A resident of Oblivion Island endowed only with minimal power, he is one of the collectors who gather items that people have lost or forgotten for their city.
Cotton - Voiced by: Tamaki Matsumoto (Japanese), Julie Maddalena (English)
A stuffed sheep toy that used to belong to Haruka.
Baron - Voiced by: Iemasa Kayumi (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
Ambitious and pompous, Baron is the de-facto ruler of the Oblivion Island who cherishes long-reaching, convoluted plans.
Haruka's mother - Voiced by: Naho Toda (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)
Haruka's father - Voiced by: Tomo Omori (Japanese), David Roach (English)
Miho Voiced by: Mitsuki Tanimura (Japanese), Maki-Terashima Furuta (English)

Staff

Reception

The film was nominated for the 4th Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Eva 2.0, Summer Wars Win Japan Academy Awards". Anime News Network. December 22, 2009. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-22/eva-2.0-summer-wars-win-japan-academy-awards. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
  2. ^ "The Awards Nominated Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Animated Feature Film". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/the_awards/nominees_2010/best_animated_feature_film. Retrieved 2010-12-17. 

External links

Films directed by Shinsuke Sato
Feature films
Blood-C  • Blood: The Last Vampire • Book Girl  • Broken Blade • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Holidays of 2011 • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic • Dead Leaves • Evangelion: Death and Rebirth • The End of Evangelion • Ghost in the Shell • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (animated sequence) • A Letter to Momo  • Loups=Garous  • Nadesico: Prince of Darkness • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror • MiniPato • Patlabor: The Movie • Patlabor 2: The Movie • Sakura Wars: The Movie • Sengoku Basara: The Last Party  • Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters • Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai • The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom  • The Sky Crawlers • The Weathering Continent • Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike • xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Television series
Original video animations
Video games