Miss Hokusai

Miss Hokusai
百日紅
(Sarusuberi)
Genre Historical
Manga
Written by Hinako Sugiura
Published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Weekly Manga Sunday
Original run 1983 – 1987
Anime film
Directed by Keiichi Hara
Written by Miho Maruo
Music by Harumi Fuki, Yo Tsuji
Studio Production I.G
Released May 9, 2015 (May 9, 2015)
Runtime 90 minutes

Miss Hokusai (百日紅 Sarusuberi) is a Japanese historical manga series written and illustrated by Hinako Sugiura. It was adapted into an anime film, Miss Hokusai, directed by Keiichi Hara, that was released in 2015.[1]

Production

The manga is a collection of short stories that are not connected. In producing the adaptation Hara chose to focus on the character of O-Ei due to how her role becomes more important as the original manga progressed. Original sequences were added during the middle and end of the movie.[2]

Cast

Release

The film opened in Japan on May 9, 2015. It received its North American premier at the Fantasia International Film Festival between July 12 and August 5, 2015.[3] Anime Limited screened the movie in the United Kingdom, with the premiere On October 10, 2015, with Hara in attendance.[4]

Reception

Boyd van Hoeij of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "an episodic but extremely rich anime."[5]

The movie won the Jury Award at the 39th Annecy International Animated Film Festival. At the Fantasia International Film Festival it won three awards. The Séquences Award for best Asian feature film, the Satoshi Kon Award for best animated feature film for excellence in animation, and the Gold Audience Award for best animated feature film. Keiichi Hara won the Asiagraph 2015 Tsumugi Prize for the film.[3] At the 19th Fantasia International Film Festival, it won the Gold Audience Award for best animated feature film, the Satoshi Kon Award for best animated feature film and the Sequences Award for best Asian feature film.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "I.G & Colorful's Keiichi Hara Make Historical Anime Miss Hokusai". Anime News Network. April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "MISS HOKUSAI: KEIICHI HARA INTERVIEW". Anime Limited. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Director Keiichi Hara Wins Asiagraph 2015 Tsumugi Prize for Miss Hokusai Film". Anime News Network. August 11, 2015. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Miss Hokusai". Glasgow Film]]. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Boyd van Hoeij (October 30, 2015). "'Miss Hokusai' ('Sarusuberi: Misu Hokusai'): Film Review". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Miss Hokusai Wins 3 Awards at Fantasia Int'l Film Festival". Anime News Network. August 11, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

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