Hit manga and video game, Alice in the Country of Hearts has been adapted into a film. QuinRose announced that the movie will follow a new story-line, that still fits with the Alice in Wonderland theme that made the series popular. Along with a note from the developer, who said that the movie could be easily viewed by both the manga readers, and those who've played the game, and that previous knowledge of the game was not required for full enjoyment. The cast list includes Rie Kugimiya as Alice Liddell, with Yuko Kaida as Vivaldi, Jun Fukuyama as both Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, Tsugou Mogami as Elliot, Katsuyuki Konishi as Blood Dupre, Kouki Miyata as Peter White, Daisuke Hirakawa as Ace, Noriaki Sugiyama as Boris, Akira Ishida as Joker, Tomokazu Sugita as Nightmare, Takehito Koyasu as Julius, and Kenyuu Horiuchi as Mary Gowland.The film is set to open in seven Japanese cities on the 30th of July.
Mamenosuke Fujimaru will began a new manga series entitled Alice in the Country of Joker:The Circus and the Lying Game, which aired in the June issue of Monthly Comic Zero-Sum.
Alice in the Country of Hearts Volumes 1-5 have been published by TokyoPop, and the future of Volume 6 is still unknown. Two more video games, Alice in the Country of Clover, and Alice in the Country of the Joker, have also been released.
For a preview of the movie go to http://quinrose.com/game/alice_h_m/movie.html, or click the picture below. All pictures are copyrighted to QuinRose. Source:ANN
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Chizuru Takahashi is a popular shojo manga that goes through the life of high school girl named Komatsuzaki and her two boyfriends. The man tasked with creating this new movie is Goro Miyazaki ,son of founder Hayao Miyazaki and director Gedo Senki , along with Keiko Niwa, who helped write the screen play. Katsuya Kondo, Kiki's Delivery Service, will be in charge of character design, and Aoi Teshima will sing the theme.
The elder Miyazaki is heading the creation of Kokuriko-Zaka Kara as a animated movie.
*On a side note, the Karigurashi no Arrietty still has no US release date, however France and Taiwan have had the movie released in those countries.
Sources:
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/12/17/next-ghibli-film-announced/ (not very helpful)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-15/ghibli-adapts-kokuriko-saka-kara-manga
http://www.kokurikozaka.jp/ (I can't get it to translate out of Japanese)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11212Image © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi, Tetsurō Sayama, GNDHDDT , image from
http://www.animenation.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PN2010121501000932.-.-.CI0003-212x300.jpg
The elder Miyazaki is heading the creation of Kokuriko-Zaka Kara as a animated movie.
*On a side note, the Karigurashi no Arrietty still has no US release date, however France and Taiwan have had the movie released in those countries.
Sources:
http://www.animenation.net/blog/2010/12/17/next-ghibli-film-announced/ (not very helpful)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-15/ghibli-adapts-kokuriko-saka-kara-manga
http://www.kokurikozaka.jp/ (I can't get it to translate out of Japanese)
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11212Image © 2011 Chizuru Takahashi, Tetsurō Sayama, GNDHDDT , image from
http://www.animenation.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PN2010121501000932.-.-.CI0003-212x300.jpg
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