- Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror
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Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror 
Kanji ホッタラケの島 〜遥と魔法の鏡〜 Rōmaji Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami Directed by Shinsuke Sato Studio Production I.G Distributed by TOHO
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August 22, 2009Country Japan Language Japanese Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (ホッタラケの島 〜遥と魔法の鏡〜 Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami) is a 2009 Japanese CG animated film directed by Shinsuke Sato. It was nominated for the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize.[1]
Contents
Plot
Haruka lost her mother at a young age. While her mother was still alive, she received a hand mirror from her. After her mother's death, she forgot about the mirror and eventually lost it. One day, she decides to go to a local shrine and pray for the hand mirror to be returned to her. It is there that she accidentally encounters a small masked creature which she secretly follows to the land of forgotten items.
Cast & Staff
Cast
- Haruka - Voiced by: Haruka Ayase (Japanese), Christine Marie Cabanos (English)
- Sixteen-year-old Haruka has a strained relation with her struggling father after her mother's death. One day she remembers the hand mirror she got from her mother, and believes that finding it can connect her to her memories.
- Teo - Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Cassandra Lee (English)
- A resident of Oblivion Island endowed only with minimal power, he is one of the collectors who gather items that people have lost or forgotten for their city.
- Cotton - Voiced by: Tamaki Matsumoto (Japanese), Julie Maddalena (English)
- A stuffed sheep toy that used to belong to Haruka.
- Baron - Voiced by: Iemasa Kayumi (Japanese), Patrick Seitz (English)
- Ambitious and pompous, Baron is the de-facto ruler of the Oblivion Island who cherishes long-reaching, convoluted plans.
- Haruka's mother - Voiced by: Naho Toda (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)
- Haruka's father - Voiced by: Tomo Omori (Japanese), David Roach (English)
Staff
- Director: Shinsuke Sato
- Screenplay: Hirotaka Adachi and Shinsuke Sato
- Music: Tadashi Ueda
- Character Design: Ren Ishimori and Ryō Hirata
- Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
- Sound Director: Takashi Ui
- Cgi Director: Takashi Nagasaki
- Executive producer: Chihiro Kameyama and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Reception
The film was nominated for the 4th Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Animated Feature Film.[2]
References
- ^ "Eva 2.0, Summer Wars Win Japan Academy Awards". Anime News Network. December 22, 2009. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-12-22/eva-2.0-summer-wars-win-japan-academy-awards. Retrieved 2010-3-14.
- ^ "The Awards Nominated Asia Pacific Screen Awards Best Animated Feature Film". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. http://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/the_awards/nominees_2010/best_animated_feature_film. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
External links
- Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror at the Internet Movie Database
Films directed by Shinsuke Sato The Princess Blade (2001) · Sand Chronicles (2008) · Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (2009) · Gantz (2011)
Works by Production I.G Feature films Blood-C • Blood: The Last Vampire • Book Girl • Broken Blade • Cyber Team in Akihabara: Summer Holidays of 2011 • Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic • Dead Leaves • Evangelion: Death and Rebirth • The End of Evangelion • Ghost in the Shell • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society • Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade • Kill Bill: Volume 1 (animated sequence) • A Letter to Momo • Loups=Garous • Nadesico: Prince of Darkness • Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror • MiniPato • Patlabor: The Movie • Patlabor 2: The Movie • Sakura Wars: The Movie • Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters • The Sky Crawlers • Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai • The Weathering Continent • Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeTelevision series Ani*Kuri15 (animated sequence) • Blade of the Immortal • Blood+ • Blood-C • Blue Seed • Bunny Drop • Cromartie High School • Eden of the East • Medabots Damashii • Ghost Hound • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG • Guilty Crown • Idaten Jump • Immortal Grand Prix • Kimi ni Todoke • K-tai Investigator 7 • Kuroko's Basketball • Le Chevalier D'Eon • Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit • Otogi Zoshi • PaRappa the Rapper • PoPoLoCrois • The Prince of Tennis • Reideen • Real Drive • Sengoku Basara • Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings • Toshokan Sensō • Vampiyan Kids • Windy Tales • xxxHolicOriginal video animations Batman: Gotham Knight (animated sequence) • Book Girl • Chocolate Underground • FLCL • Halo Legends (animated sequence) • Kai Doh Maru • One Piece: Defeat The Pirate Ganzak! • Please Save My Earth • The King of Fighters: Another Day • Zillion: Burning Night • The Prince of Tennis • Tokyo Marble Chocolate • HiyokoiVideo games Children of Mana • Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance • Ghost in the Shell • Jikkyō Powerful Pro Yakyū 12 • Namco × Capcom • Professor Layton and the Curious Village • Sonic Riders • Star Ocean: First Departure • Star Ocean: Second Evolution • Summon Night 4 • Surveillance Kanshisha • Tales • Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria • Wario Land: The Shake Dimension • Xenogears • Sands of DestructionCategories:- Japanese films
- Japanese-language films
- 2009 films
- Anime films
- Anime of 2009
- Computer-animated films
- Films directed by Shinsuke Sato
- Funimation Entertainment
- Production I.G
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