Ancien and the magical kingdom
| Ancien and the magical kingdom | |
|---|---|
| Original title | ひ る ね 姫 ～ 知 ら な い ワ タ シ の 物語 ～ |
| transcription | Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari |
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| genre | Drama, adventure, fantasy |
| Anime movie | |
| Original title | 夜 は 短 し 歩 け よ 乙 女 |
| transcription | Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| Studio | Signal.MD |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Director | Kenji Kamiyama |
| script | Kenji Kamiyama |
| production | Naoki Iwasa , Yoshiki Sakurai |
| music | Yoko Shimomura |
| Manga | |
| title | Napping Princess |
| Original title | ひ る ね 姫 ～ 知 ら な い ワ タ シ の 物語 ～ |
| transcription | Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Kenji Kamiyama |
| Illustrator | Hana Ichika |
| publishing company | Kadokawa Shoten |
| magazine | Comic Newtype |
| First publication | February 27, 2017 - December 1, 2017 |
| expenditure | 2 |
Ancien and the Magical Kingdom ( Japanese ひ る ね 姫 ～ 知 ら な い ワ タ シ の 物語 ～ , Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari ) is an anime film from 2017. Production by Studio Signal.MD and director and screenwriter Kenji Kamiyama has been translated into several languages and adapted as a manga and novel. The manga was published in German under the title Napping Princess . The film was released in English under the same title.
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The high school student Kokone Morikawa is about to graduate and is wondering which university she will go to afterwards. In her dreams she travels to the fantastic heartland , where everything revolves around cars and the king resides in a car factory. His daughter Ancien, in whose role Cocoons slips in a dream, can breathe life into machines with her magical tablet . But after she did that on the Bear Joy and the motorcycle Heart, she was banished to a tower by her father. The land is threatened by gigantic monsters made from molten metal, against which giant robots are sent into battle. Ancien wants to support the fight with her tablet against her father's will and is teaming up with the biker Peach. During this time, Bewan's adviser intrigues against the Ancien and his king. In addition to her wild dreams, Kokone is plagued by the fact that her father Momotarō told her so little about her deceased mother. And otherwise the auto mechanic is eccentric and closed. When Kokones childhood friend Morio - shortly before the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo - returns from his first year at university, Momotarō is suddenly arrested for allegedly stealing a car. He is said to have stolen a Shijima Motors vehicle along with company secrets. While he is in custody, his home is searched by company agent Watanabe. Momotarō warns his daughter not to give him his damaged tablet and her plush bear. Together with Morio, Kokone escapes on her father's motorcycle. They discover the business card of Isshin Shijima, the boss of Shijima Motors, and decide to travel to see him. In the process, Kokone discovers that her mother Izumi was the daughter of Isshin Shijima. On the way they spend the night in a motorcycle and travel together to Heartland in their sleep, where they travel through the air on a motorcycle. The next day they find themselves in Osaka, where they drove their motorcycle on their own.
For the further journey to Tokyo, they unexpectedly receive tickets for the Shinkansen on their tablet. Arrived at their destination, Morio meets technicians from Shijima Motors, who were in contact with Momotarō via the tablet and thus also procured their tickets for the two of them. Momotarō had previously worked for them and developed self-driving cars with his wife . However, her research was rejected by Ikumi's father and after her death, Momotarō left the company. The technicians stayed in contact with him and wanted to help him. Kokone experiences another Heartland dream, in which she has become an observer. She sees Ancien's attempt to animate a robot with her tablet fails and Ancien falls to her death. She vows to help Peach one last time. Her tablet falls with her and is recovered by Peah. Kokone understands that the Heartland stories her father used to tell her and dreams about are really stories about her parents. After the dream, she confronts Isshin Shijima, who regrets dealing with her parents. The company is now in crisis and urgently needs the research results on self-driving cars. Watanabe joins them, who like Bewan had intrigued against Isshin Shijima in Heartland. In Heartland, Bewan wants to seize power by sabotaging the king and saving the country from the monster himself. But Bewan and Watanabe have Isshin Shijima arrested. While Bewan sabotages the robots in a last attempt to implement his plan, Peach is able to save the country at the wheel of the last robot and with the help of the magic tablet. In the real world, Momotarō and Kokons fall in the Shijima Motors building, just like Ancien did in Heartland. But the motorcycle Heart catches her fall. The family from Isshin Shijima, his son-in-law and his granddaughter are reunited and the company can get the software developed by him and his wife from Momotarō to overcome their crisis.
Production and publication
The film was based on a script by Kenji Kamiyama , who also directed, at Studio Signal.MD . The music was composed by Yoko Shimomura and the artistic directors were Kaori Hino and Kiyoshi Samejima . The character design comes from Atsuko Sasaki and Hiroshi Shimizu and Taeko Itsuno were hired for the mechanical design. The opening credits are accompanied by the song Day Dream Believer ( デ イ ・ ド リ ー ム ・ ビ リ ー バ ー ) by Mitsuki Takahata.
The 111-minute film was released in Japanese cinemas on March 18, 2017. A German version was licensed by Universum Anime and released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 15, 2017. In addition, the anime was translated into English, Spanish and French, and it became known internationally under the title Napping Princess . The film was screened in June 2017 at the Festival d'Animation Annecy , the North American premiere of the film took place on November 10, 2017 at the New York International Children's Film Festival. This was followed by demonstrations at other festivals, including the Erlangen Comic Salon in 2018.
synchronization
The German dubbed version was created by Neue Tonfilm with author and director Inez Günther.
| role | Japanese speakers ( seiyū ) | German speakers |
|---|---|---|
| Cocoons Morikawa | Mitsuki Takahata | Maresa Sedlmeir |
| Watanabe | Arata Furuta | Matthias Klie |
| Isshin Shijima | Hideki Takahashi | Walter von Hauff |
| Joy | Rie Kugimiya | Patricia Strasburger |
| Morio | Shinnosuke Mitsushima | Maximilian Belle |
| Kijita | Tomoya Maeno | Jochen Paletschek |
| Momotaro | Yōsuke Eguchi | Martin Bonvicini |
Adaptations
A light novel about the film, written by screenwriter Kenji Kamiyama , was released on February 25, 2017 in advance of the premiere . It was illustrated by Hana Ichika and published by Kadokawa Shoten . Yen Press published it in English.
A manga for the film was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Comic Newtype magazine from February 27, 2017 . The story of Kenji Kamiyama was implemented in drawings by Hana Ichika. The series was completed on December 1, 2017 and was also published in two edited volumes. In January and March 2019, these were published in German by Egmont Manga & Anime . An English version is published by Yen Press.
Nominations
The anime was nominated for the Annie Awards 2018 and the Japan Academy Prize that same year. It was also Ancien and the Magic Kingdom for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature filed, but reached no nomination.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
- Entry in the Incomplete Manga Guide
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ancien and the Magical Kingdom. In: Universe Anime. Retrieved February 18, 2019 .
- ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda: Annecy Festival Screens A Silent Voice, In This Corner of the World, Lu over the wall. In: Anime News Network. April 25, 2017, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Karen Ressler: NY Int'l Children's Film Fest to Show N. American Premiere of Hirune Hime / Ancien and the Magic Tablet Anime Film. In: Anime News Network. January 19, 2017, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ^ Karen Ressler: In This Corner Of The World, Napping Princess Nominated for Annie Awards. In: Anime News Network. December 4, 2017, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ^ Rafael Antonio Pineda: Fireworks, Napping Princess, More Nominated for 41st Japan Academy Prize. In: Anime News Network. January 15, 2018, accessed February 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Karen Ressler: 5 Anime Films Submitted for Animated Feature Oscar. In: Anime News Network. November 10, 2017, accessed February 20, 2019 .