MADHOUSE, the animation studio which released popular anime hits such as Chobits, Cardcaptor Sakura, Death Note, and popular animated film Paprika, is set to release their newest animated film Mai Mai Miracle (マイマイ新子と千年の魔法 Maimai Shinko to Sen-nen no Maho) this November 21st in Japan. [hidepost]
The book is based on Nobuko Takagi's novel of her autobiography. The plot centers around nine-year old Shinko Aoki who is a young girl growing up in a small town in Japan in 1955. She discovers that she has a family connection to a thousand-year-old province of a legend called Suō. Along with her classmate Kiiko Shimazu, the two young children go on a journey full of magic to find out about a girl named Nagiko Kiyohara who lived on the same land 1,000 years ago.
At the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair, the film and its new director, Sunao Katabuchi, were announced. The trailer to the film shows somewhat of a Hayao Miyazaki feel to it. That's because Katabuchi had worked with Miyazaki himself on the Studio Ghibli animated film, Sherlock Hound.
MADHOUSE never lets down! Look forward to the new film by director Sunao Katabuchi!
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