The 2012 Waterloo Festival of Animated Cinema added another anime film to its schedule lineup. The festival will show Kônosuke Uda‘s Rainbow Fireflies (Niji-Iro Hotaru – Eien no Natsu Yasumi) feature along with the previously announced Asura, Blood-c: The Last Dark, A Letter to Momo, Wolf Children films and the Anime Mirai shorts.
Based on Masayuki Kawaguchi‘s 2007 novel, Rainbow Fireflies follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta, voiced by Akashi Takei, on his summer vacation. His father passed away one year ago in a traffic accident, and Yūta now goes alone to visit a place where he and his father once shared memories. The two had gone often to an unused dam deep in the mountains to collect the rhinoceros beetles nearby. Yūta suddenly receives a shock in a thunderstorm, loses his footing, and gets knocked out. When he wakes up, he see a small girl and a village – except this...
Based on Masayuki Kawaguchi‘s 2007 novel, Rainbow Fireflies follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta, voiced by Akashi Takei, on his summer vacation. His father passed away one year ago in a traffic accident, and Yūta now goes alone to visit a place where he and his father once shared memories. The two had gone often to an unused dam deep in the mountains to collect the rhinoceros beetles nearby. Yūta suddenly receives a shock in a thunderstorm, loses his footing, and gets knocked out. When he wakes up, he see a small girl and a village – except this...
- 11/5/2012
- by Vesna Sunrider
- Filmofilia
First trailer for Niji-Iro Hotaru ~Eien no Natsu Yasumi~ (Rainbow-Colored Fireflies: The Eternal Summer Vacation) by One Piece and Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy director Kônosuke Uda.
The film from Toei Animation is based on a novel by and will open in Japan on May 19th.
Synopsis:
The film follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta who slips back in time 30 years during summer vacation. After his father’s death, Yūta tries to reclaim what was lost by experiencing summer activities like insect collecting and fireworks and discovering his first love in a village that should be underwater.
[via Ann]...
The film from Toei Animation is based on a novel by and will open in Japan on May 19th.
Synopsis:
The film follows a sixth-grade boy named Yūta who slips back in time 30 years during summer vacation. After his father’s death, Yūta tries to reclaim what was lost by experiencing summer activities like insect collecting and fireworks and discovering his first love in a village that should be underwater.
[via Ann]...
- 2/2/2012
- by Ulrik
- Affenheimtheater
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