Anime Released in Tokyo Cinemas (20/12/2014)
The year is winding down and so there are fewer films being released in cinemas. This week features two anime, one from a massive franchise, the other a title from the 90s. Trailers in the forum:
Youkai Watch the Movie: It’s the Secret of Birth, Meow!
Youkai Watch is based on a video game created by LEVEL-5, the company responsible for those addictive Professor Layton puzzlers as well as the forgotten gem, Steambot Chronicles, and kid friendly tactical football game Inazuma Eleven. Youkai Watch is another game aimed at kids and it is a big deal in Japan. How big a deal? This is the movie release from a multimedia franchise that has spawned a TV anime and it has broken records for the number of tickets pre-booked. It has yet to penetrate the West but according to Anime News Network, Youkai watch anime will be localised in North America, Europe, and elsewhere… Could this be the next Pokemon?
Synopsis
The story of the film centres on Keta who got his mysterious watch from an old capsule toy vending machine in a forest and found it could detect and catch ghosts. The adventure starts when the watch disappears while he is asleep in his grandmother’s house. With his ghostly friend Whisper and super cat Jibanyan, he sets out to get the watch back.
Chibi neko Tomu no daiboken Chikyuu o Sukue! Na kamatachi
Just over a year ago on July 26th, 2013 the director Ryutaro Nakamura (Kino’s Journey and Serial Experiement Lain). One of his first feature-length films was the 1992 title, Chibi Neko Tou no Daiboken and the story focussed on a cat named Tom and his companions who go on a big adventure to save the world.
