Miss Hokusai
| Sarusuberi | |
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| 百日紅 | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Hinako Sugiura |
| Published by | Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Weekly Manga Sunday |
| Original run | 1983 – 1987 |
| Anime film | |
| Miss Hokusai | |
| Directed by | Keiichi Hara |
| Written by | Miho Maruo |
| Music by | Harumi Fuki, Yo Tsuji |
| Studio | Production I.G |
| Released | May 9, 2015 |
| Runtime | 90 minutes |
Sarusuberi (百日紅 Crape Myrtle) is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Sugiura.
It was adapted into an anime film, Miss Hokusai, directed by Keiichi Hara, that was released in 2015.[1]
Production
The manga is a collection of short stories that are not connected. In producing the adaptation Hara chose to focus on the character of O-Ei due to how her role becomes more important as the original manga progressed. Original sequences were added during the middle and end of the movie.[2]
Cast
- Anne Watanabe as O-Ei
- Yutaka Matsushige as Hokusai, O-Ei's father
- Gaku Hamada as Genjirō Ikeda
- Kengo Kora as Kuninao Utagawa
- Jun Miho as Koto
- Shion Shimizu
- Michitaka Tsutsui
- Kumiko Aso
- Danshun Tatekawa
- Miyu Irino as Kagema
- Akiko Yajima
- Keiji Fujiwara
Release
The film opened in Japan on May 9, 2015. It received it's North American premier at the Fantasia International Film Festival between July 12 and August 5, 2015. [3] Anime Limited screened the movie in the United Kingdom, with the premiere On October 10, 2015, with Hara in attendance.[4]
Reception
Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an episodic but extremely rich anime."[5]
The movie won the Jury Award at the 39th Annecy International Animated Film Festival. At the Fantasia International Film Festival it won three awards. The Séquences Award for best Asian feature film, the Satoshi Kon Award for best animated feature film for excellence in animation, and the Gold Audience Award for best animated feature film. Keiichi Hara won the Asiagraph 2015 Tsumugi Prize for the film.[3]
References
- ↑ "I.G & Colorful's Keiichi Hara Make Historical Anime Miss Hokusai". Anime News Network. April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
- ↑ "MISS HOKUSAI: KEIICHI HARA INTERVIEW". Anime Limited. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- 1 2 "Director Keiichi Hara Wins Asiagraph 2015 Tsumugi Prize for Miss Hokusai Film". Anime News Network. August 11, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Miss Hokusai". Glasgow Film]]. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ↑ Boyd van Hoeij (October 30, 2015). "'Miss Hokusai' ('Sarusuberi: Misu Hokusai'): Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Sarusuberi Miss Hokusai at the Internet Movie Database
- Sarusuberi Miss Hokusai (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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