Posted: Dec 11, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT INC. TO RELEASE KADOKAWA PICTURE USA’S ANIME FEATURE FILM THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME
December 9, 2007 (Cypress, CA) – At the New York Anime Festival today, Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced that it will be releasing the anime feature film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in North America in 2008.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (also known as TokiKake) was directed by Mamoru Hosoda with original character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (Evangelion) and features animation from Studio Madhouse. A continuation of the novel The Little Girl Who Conquered Time by Tsutsui Yasutaka, the film centers on a high school girl, Makoto, who gains the power to go backward in time after a near-death accident at a train crossing. Since its release, the film has received great critical accolades and international awards including the “Best Animated Film” at the thirty-ninth Sitges International Film Festival, “Animation Grand Award” at the sixty-first Mainichi Film Awards, “Animation of the Year” at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize, and received “Animation of the Year” at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. and Kadokawa Pictures USA will present a limited theatrical run starting in Summer 2008 with DVD release to follow.
“The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is an exceptional anime feature with a very moving story that we feel has great mass appeal for the U.S. audience,” said Bandai Entertainment Inc. President Ken Iyadomi.
Details on the limited theatrical run and DVD release will be forthcoming in the near future.
For more information visit:
www.bandai-ent.com
www.kadokawapicturesusa.com
About Bandai Entertainment Inc.
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc. and the premier distributor of Japanese animation on DVD and programming for television broadcast in North America. Titles include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gundam Seed Destiny, My Hime, and many more.
About Kadokawa Pictures USA
Kadokawa Pictures USA (KPUSA) the Los Angeles-based arm of the Japanese Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. (KGH, Inc) expands its brand of content in the growing international world of multimedia. KPUSA, remakes films and distributes its film libraries of live-action and anime from over 1700 film titles. KGH, Inc. includes Kadokawa Shoten Publishing, one of the largest publishers in Japan with over 60 year history, and Kadokawa Pictures, Japan's major production and distribution division.
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