Tokyo Godfathers
| Anime movie | |
|---|---|
| title | Tokyo Godfathers |
| Original title | 東京 ゴ ッ ド フ ァ ー ザ ー ズ |
| transcription | Tōkyō goddofāzāzu |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Satoshi Kon |
| script |
Satoshi Kon Keiko Nobumoto |
| production |
Masao Maruyama , Shinichi Kobayashi , Taro Maki , Masao Takiyama |
| music | Masafumi Mima |
Tokyo Godfathers ( Japanese 東京 ゴ ッ ド フ ァ ー ザ ー ズ , Tōkyō goddofāzāzu ) is an anime by the director Satoshi Kon and animated by Studio Madhouse . John Ford's Western Footprints in the Sand (English original title: 3 Godfathers ) from 1948 served as a template for the director's third film .
action
The alcoholic Gin, the former drag queen Hana and the runaway Miyuki live on the streets of Tokyo and from what the garbage of the posh Shinjuku district has to offer. On Christmas Eve , on one of these tours, they find an abandoned baby girl behind garbage bags. They go in search of their parents, in the course of which they are repeatedly confronted with their own past.
people
- Miyuki
- The youngest member of the group ran away from home after she seriously injured her father, a police officer, with a knife in an argument. The father survived the attack, but out of shame Miyuki no longer dares to go home, even though she tries several times to re-establish contact. But since her father is the official in charge of the missing baby, they meet again towards the end of the film.
- Hana
- Hana worked and lived in a night bar. After an incident with a drunken guest, she decides to go homeless. Here too, shame was the main trigger.
- gin
- Gin lived a reasonably normal life with his wife and daughter Kiyoko. Due to his addiction to alcohol and gambling, he gets further and further into the debt trap and takes refuge in homelessness in order to save his family further trouble. He meets his daughter again when Hana has to be admitted to the hospital because of a car accident, where Kiyoko now works as a nurse.
Production and publication
The film was produced from 2001 to 2003 by Studio Madhouse under the direction of Satoshi Kon . The character design was created by Kenichi Konishi and Satoshi Kon, the artistic direction was carried out by Nobutaka Ike and the music was composed by Keiichi Suzuki.
The anime was released by Sony Pictures in Japan in 2003 . Translations into English, French, Spanish and Russian, among others, followed. In February 2005 the film was released by Columbia TriStar in Germany.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Miyuki | Aya Okamoto | Caroline Combrinck |
| Hana | Yoshiaki Umegaki | Kai Taschner |
| gin | Tōru Emori | Walter von Hauff |
Awards
- 23. Fujimoto-shō ( 藤 本 賞 ): Young Talent Award
- Tōkyō Kokusai Anime Fair 2004: Best Film, Best Director (for Satoshi Kon) and Best Artistic Direction (for Nobutaka Ike)
- 2004: 58th Mainichi Eiga Concours : Best Animated Film
- 2004: Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival : Audience Award
- Future Film Festival (Italy): Best Film
- Bunka-chō Media Geijutsusai of the Ministry of Education : Excellent animation film (one class below the Grand Prize)
- 2003: 36th Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya (Spain): Audience award for the best animated film
- 18th Digital Content Grand Prix: Minister of Economics Prize
reception
The specialist magazine AnimaniA praises the "detailed and realistic backgrounds" and the charm of the "enchanting Christmas fairy tale" . The animations are excellent, with warm and dark colors dominating. The plot is gripping and full of improbable twists and turns, showing a "realistic portrait of a part of everyday Japanese life" . The “poppy and lively orchestral sounds” of the soundtrack matched the respective scenes well. The German synchronization is technically solid, but Kai Taschner couldn't really convince in his role as Hana. The top video news from the Children's and Youth Film Center says: “'Tokyo Godfathers' is a rousing animated film that is emotionally moving, but also offers fast-paced action sequences. [...] In this anime, Satoshi Kon combines emotions and actions into cinematic forms of expression that immerse the audience in an extraordinary, moving and gripping fairytale story. "
Web links
- Tokyo Godfathers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- International website of the film (English)
- Japanese website of the film at Sony Pictures (Japanese)
- Entry in the Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 制作 日誌 . (No longer available online.) In: 東京 ゴ ッ ド フ ァ ー ザ ー ズ . Sony Pictures Japan, June 24, 2003, archived from the original on April 14, 2006 ; accessed on 16 June 2009 (Japanese) " .そう「三人の名付け親」こそ,監督がホームレスと赤ん坊というテーマを思いついた初っ端から,頭の片隅に置かれていた作品" info: The archive link is automatically used and not yet tested. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Animania 3/2005, p. 10 ff.
- ↑ TOKYO GODFATHERS . Top video news. Publisher: Children's and Youth Film Center on behalf of the BMFSFJ .
