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The anime movie of Mizuki Tsujimura‘S Lonely fortress within the mirror (Kagami no Kojō) novel gained a particular point out for the AniMovie Prize on the Stuttgart Worldwide Pageant of Animated Movie in Germany. The pageant was held from April 23 to twenty-eight.
The jury acknowledged that the movie gained the particular point out “for its brave and delicate storytelling on the necessary theme of overcoming loneliness by unlikely friendship.”
Benoit Chieux Sirocco and the dominion of the winds gained crucial AniMovie award this 12 months for finest animated movie.
Hayao Miyazaki‘S Therapeutic gained the AniMovie award in 2010, and Makoto Shinkai‘S The backyard of phrases movie gained the award in 2014. Mamoru Hosoda‘S Mirai gained the award in 2019. Sunao Katabuchi‘S On this nook of the world movie gained the Particular Point out for the Animovie Prize in 2017.
Lonely fortress within the mirror opening in Japan in December 2022. GKIDS screened the movie in Japanese with English subtitles and with English dubbing in choose theaters in North America in June 2023.
Keiichi Hara (Colourful, Mrs. Hokusai, The Wonderland) based the movie A-1 Photographs. Miho Maruowho wrote the script for Hara’s Mrs. Hokusai And The Wonderland films, wrote the script. Keigo Sasaki (Blue Exorcist, DELETED, The Seven Lethal Sins) designed the characters, and was additionally the lead animation director. Russian artist Ilya Kuvshinovwho drew the character designs for The Wonderlandwas credited with visible idea and chateau design. Harumi Fuukiwho composed the music for Hara’s earlier movies, returned for this new movie. Shochiku the movie distributed.
The Japan Academy Movie Prize Affiliation for Excellence in Movie nominated the movie for Animation of the Yr on the forty sixth annual awards ceremony.
Doubleday launched the novel in English in April 2021 and describes the story:
In a quiet space of Tokyo, seven youngsters get up to search out their bed room mirrors glistening.
With one contact, they’re drawn from their lonely lives to a wondrous fortress filled with winding staircases, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. On this new sanctuary, they’re confronted with a collection of clues that result in a hidden room the place one in all them will grant a want. However there is a catch: if they do not depart the fortress by 5 o’clock, they are going to be punished.
As time passes, a devastating reality emerges: solely these courageous sufficient to share their tales will probably be saved.
Tsujimura (Anime supremacy! novel, author for Naoshi Arakawa‘S A college frozen in time manga) launched the unique novel in Japan in 2017.
Sources: Stuttgart Worldwide Pageant of Animated Movie, Animation Enterprise Journal (Tadashi Sudo)
