episode 004 - ANIME!

EPISODE FOUR

ANIME

Films Discussed

Boy and the Beast

Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Runtime: 1:56:00

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NOTES

The Boy and the Beast

The Boy and the Beast
Theatrical release poster
Japanese	バケモノの子
Hepburn	Bakemono no Ko
Literally	The bakemono's child
Directed by	Mamoru Hosoda
Produced by	Yuichiro Saito Takuya Itō Atsushi Chiba Genki Kawamura
Written by	Mamoru Hosoda
Starring	Kōji Yakusho Aoi Miyazaki Shōta Sometani Suzu Hirose
Music by	Masakatsu Takagi
Edited by	Shigeru Nishiyama
Production company	Studio Chizu
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 11, 2015
Running time	120 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	US$49.7 million[2]

Character [8][9][10][11]	Cast
	Japanese	English
Kumatetsu (熊徹)	Kōji Yakusho	John Swasey
Kyūta (九太)/Ren (蓮)	Shōta Sometani, Aoi Miyazaki (child)	Eric Vale, Luci Christian (child)
Kaede (楓)	Suzu Hirose	Bryn Apprill
Tatara (多々良)	Yo Oizumi	Ian Sinclair
Hyakushūbō (百秋坊)	Lily Franky	Alex Organ
Sōshi (宗師)	Masahiko Tsugawa	Steve Powell
Iōzen (猪王山)	Kazuhiro Yamaji	Sean Hennigan
Ichirōhiko (一郎彦)	Mamoru Miyano, Haru Kuroki (child)	Austin Tindle, Morgan Berry (child)
Jirōmaru (二郎丸)	Kappei Yamaguchi, Momoka Ono (child)	Josh Grelle, Brittney Karbowski (child)
Chiko (チコ)	Sumire Morohoshi	Monica Rial
Kyūta's Father	Keishi Nagatsuka	Chuck Huber
Kyūta's Mother	Kumiko Aso	Jessica Cavanagh

Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times said "'[The] Boy and [the] Beast' is a bracing tale of two flawed individuals who find the love and discipline they need to assume their rightful places in their respective worlds."^[29] Peter Debruge of Variety called it, "an action-packed buddy movie that strategically combines several of Japanese fans’ favorite ingredients: conflicted teens, supernatural creatures and epic battles."^[30] Peter Keough of The Boston Globe gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars and wrote, "[Hosoda] does know how to mix an eclectic array of film plots and concepts into a mish-mash that seems original."^[31] Pat Padua of The Washington Postwrote, "But it is the world of man, not beast, that makes this coming-of-age movie most touching."

JIN ROH: The Wolf Brigade 

Jin-Roh
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hiroyuki Okiura
Produced by	Tsutomu Sugita Hidekazu Terakawa
Written by	Mamoru Oshii
Based on	Kerberos Panzer Cop by Mamoru Oshii
Starring	Yoshikatsu Fujiki Sumi Mutoh Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Narrated by	Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Music by	Hajime Mizoguchi
Cinematography	Hisao Shirai
Edited by	Shūichi Kakesu
Production company	Production I.G
Distributed by	Bandai Visual
Release date	November 17, 1999(France) June 3, 2000 (Japan)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

• Yoshikatsu Fujiki (Michael Dobson in the English version) as Corporal Kazuki Fuse
• Sumi Mutoh (Moneca Stori in the English version) as Kei Amemiya
• Hiroyuki Kinoshita (Colin Murdock in the English version) as Atsushi Henmi
• Eri Sendai (Maggie Blue O'Hara in the English version) as Nanami Agawa
• Kenji Nakagawa (French Tickner in the English version) as Isao Aniya
• Kousei Hirota (Dale Wilson in the English version) as Bunmei Muroto
• Ryuichi Horibe (Ron Halder in the English version) as Shiroh Tatsumi
• Yukihiro Yoshida (Michael Kopsa in the English version) as Hajime Handa
• Tamio Ōki as Capo Officer
• Yoshisada Sakaguchi (Doug Abrahams in the English version) as Hachiroh Tohbe

Hyper commends the film for its "art direction and character design which are beautiful examples of hand-drawn animation and the music fits the action (or lack thereof) brilliantly. However, the film's "slow, deliberate pace" is criticised.^[8] Helen McCarthy in 500 Essential Anime Movies called the anime "a must-see" and praised the score and the design, commenting on "some breathtakingly composed scenes".^[9]

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Theatrical release poster
Japanese	時をかける少女
Hepburn	Toki o Kakeru Shōjo
Directed by	Mamoru Hosoda
Produced by	Takafumi Watanabe Yuichiro Saito
Screenplay by	Satoko Okudera
Based on	The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Starring	Riisa Naka Takuya Ishida Mitsutaka Itakura Sachie Hara
Music by	Kiyoshi Yoshida
Cinematography	Yoshihiro Tomita
Edited by	Shigeru Nishiyama
Production company	Madhouse
Distributed by	Kadokawa Herald Pictures
Release date	July 15, 2006
Running time	98 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥260 million (Japan)[2]

Makoto Konno (紺野真琴 Konno Makoto)

Voiced by: Riisa Naka (Japanese); Emily Hirst (English)

Chiaki Mamiya (間宮千昭 Mamiya Chiaki)

Voiced by: Takuya Ishida (Japanese); Andrew Francis (English)

Kousuke Tsuda (津田功介 Tsuda Kousuke)

Voiced by: Mitsutaka Itakura (Japanese); Alex Zahara (English)

Yuri Hayakawa (早川友梨 Hayakawa Yuri)

Voiced by: Ayami Kakiuchi (Japanese); Kristie Marsden (English)

Kaho Fujitani (藤谷果穂 Fujitani Kaho)

Voiced by: Mitsuki Tanimura (Japanese); Natalie Walters (English)

Kazuko Yoshiyama (芳山和子 Yoshiyama Kazuko)

Voiced by: Sachie Hara (Japanese); Saffron Henderson (English)

Miyuki Konno (紺野美雪 Konno Miyuki)

Voiced by: Yuki Sekido (Japanese); Shannon Chan-Kent (English)

Sojiro Takase (高瀬宋次郎 Takase Sojiro)

Voiced by: Yoji Matsuda (Japanese); David Hurwitz (English)

Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice said, "there's real craftsmanship for how [the film] sustains its sense of summer quietude and sun-soaked haziness through a few carefully reprised motifs: three-cornered games of catch, mountainous cloud formations, classroom still-lifes." Pinkerton also said that the film is the "equivalent of a sensitively wrought read from the Young Adult shelf, and there's naught wrong with that."^[9] Author Yasutaka Tsutsui praised the film as being "a true second-generation" of his book at the Tokyo International Anime Fairon March 24, 2006.