The Garden of Words
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | The Garden of Words |
| Original title | 言 の 葉 の 庭 |
| transcription | Kotonoha no Niwa |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| Studio | CoMix Wave Films |
| length | 46 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Makoto Shinkai |
| script | Makoto Shinkai |
| production | Noritaka Kawaguchi |
| music | Daisuke Kashiwa |
The Garden of Words ( Japanese 言 の 葉 の 庭 , Kotonoha no Niwa , eng. "Garden of leaves made of words") is an anime film by the Japanese director Makoto Shinkai , which was released on May 31, 2013 in Japanese cinemas and was released on Premiere on April 28, 2013 at the Gold Coast Film Festival in Australia .
A 7-minute short film called Dareka no Manazashi ( だ れ か の ま な ざ し ) was shown along with the main film . Both titles were licensed for German-speaking countries by VIZ Media Switzerland and were released in March 2014 on DVD and Blu-ray via the Kazé label.
content
15-year-old Takao Akizuki lives with his melodramatic mother and older brother Shouta. His biggest dream is to become a shoemaker. On his way to school one morning on a rainy day, he stopped at the local park and sketched shoes. He discovers an attractive woman, Yukari Yukino, who drinks beer and eats chocolate in the drizzle. At first they don't talk to each other, but when the rain stops, Yukari decides to see him off with a waka . Then she leaves him; amazed at its origin. The two continue to meet in the park in the morning and get to know each other better. Yukari is more and more interested in Takao's shoe sketches and so Takao decides to make a pair of shoes for Yukari. He measures her feet and tells her that she must finally learn to stand on her own two feet. The rainy season is nearing its end and they both feel they should get back to their normal lives. In their minds, however, they dearly wish that the rainy season would never end so that they could continue their meetings.
Publications
The Garden of Words was first shown at the Gold Coast Film Festival in late April . Regular theatrical release took place in Japan on May 31, 2013. Sentai Filmworks will release the film in North America . The publisher VIZ Media Switzerland holds the rights for all German-speaking countries . The Garden of Words was released in Germany on March 31, 2014 via the anime label Kazé Germany .
synchronization
The VSI Berlin dubbing studio was responsible for the German language version . The German dialogue book was written by Frank Preissler , who also directed the dubbing.
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
|
Takao Akizuki ( 秋月 孝 雄 , Akizuki Takao ) |
Miyu Irino , Wataru Sekine (as a child) |
Ricardo Richter , Sarah Tkotsch (as a child) |
|
Yukari Yukino ( 雪野 百 香 里 , Yukino Yukari ) |
Kana Hanazawa | Rubina Nath |
|
Takao's mother ( タ カ オ の 母 , Takao no Haha ) |
Fumi Hirano | Dana Friedrich |
|
Shouta Akizuki ( 秋月 翔 太 , Akizuki Shōta ) |
Takeshi Maeda | Jan Makino |
|
Shouta's girlfriend ( 寺 本 梨花 ) |
Yuka Terasaki | Julia Stoepel |
|
Matsumoto ( 松本 , Matsumoto ) |
Suguru Inoue | Amadeus Strobl |
|
Satou ( 佐藤 , Satō ) |
Megumi Han | Sarah Tkotsch |
|
Aizawa ( 相 沢 , Aizawa ) |
Mikako Komatsu | Inken Baxmeier |
|
Itou ( 伊藤 , Itou ) |
Takanori Hoshino | Jaron Lowenberg |
Adaptations
In Kōdanshas manga magazine Afternoon 6/2013 (April 25, 2013) was published by Edition to 12/2013 (Oct. 25, 2013) is a manga adaptation drawn by Midori Motohashi. The chapters were also summarized in an anthology ( Tankōbon ), which was published on November 22, 2013 ( ISBN 978-4-06-387941-4 ). This was licensed by Vertical in the USA and should appear from autumn 2014.
Makoto Shinkai has published a serial in Media Factory's literary magazine Da Vinci since issue 9/2013 (August 6, 2013), although a draft was already published in the previous issue.
Awards
The film won the Satoshi Kon Award for Best Animation at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal in 2013 and the award for the best animated film (AniMovie) at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film 2014.
Web links
- Official website of the film (Japanese)
- Website of the novel (Japanese)
- Entry in the Anime News Network (English)
- Garden of Words in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ANIME NEWS: Shinkai's 'Garden of Words' to debut at Gold Coast festival. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 13, 2013 ; Retrieved December 28, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Garden of Words: The rainy season begins in March. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
- ↑ Sentai Filmworks Adds Makoto Shinkai's The Garden of Words Film. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
- ^ Synchronized files : "The Garden of Words". Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
- ^ A b Garden of Words Wins Stuttgart Fest of Animated Film's Top Award. In: Anime News Network. April 29, 2014, accessed May 1, 2014 .
- ↑ 小説 『言 の 葉 の 庭』 新海 誠 - 特設 サ イ ト . In: Da Vinci. Kadokawa, August 22, 2013; Retrieved December 29, 2013 (Japanese).
