Mai Mai Miracle Japanese Movie
Genre:Animation
Cast: Mayuko Fukuda, Nako Muzusawa, Ei Morisako, Manami Honjo
Release date:26 November 2009
Director:Sunao Katabuchi
Writer:Sunao Katabuchi (written by)
Music: Shuhei Murai, Minako Obata
Plot:
Shinko is an imaginative third-grader living in rural post-war Japan who, inspired by the stories told by her grandfather about their ancesters, often daydreams about what the world was like 1,000 years ago. Within her fantasies she travels all the way back to the Heian Period (794-1185). One day a new girl named Kiiko joins Shinko’s class and soon the two girls begin using the power of their imaginations to travel to the past together and have strange adventures.
The film is being produced by Madhouse (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Paprika) and directed by Sunao Katabuchi, assistant director for Hayao Miyazaki‘s 1989 Studio Ghibli anime, Kiki’s Delivery Service, among others. Distributor Shochiku will be releasing it in Japan sometime this November.
Mai Mai Miracle Japanese Movie Reviews
South Korea — “Mai Mai Miracle” unfurls the shared destinies of a country girl living in post-war Japan and a little princess from the Heian period (794-1185 AD). The animated feature directed by Sunao Katabuchi is as beautifully illustrated as a Monet landscape painting. It is also as impressionistic, having little depth or momentum. Meticulous production standards ensure “Mai Mai” will be eagerly consumed, and soon forgotten by the anime-hungry domestic and worldwide markets.
If Mai Mai Miracle’s characters and story resemble a Studio Ghibli film, rest assured that this movie earns such comparisons honourably. In addition to directing several episodes of Madhouse’s well-regarded Gunslinger Girl, writer/director Sunao Katabuchi also assisted Hayao Miyazaki on 1989’s Kiki’s Delivery Service. Mai Mai Miracle’s lyrical simplicity has much in common with that classic anime, but develops its own unique voice.
One of the film’s strengths is that Katabuchi accurately conveys the joy, passion and thoughtlessness of childhood. Shinko is capable of incredible kindness and cruelty: she will break her little sister’s doll in one scene, then make friends with the shy new girl in the next.
Katabuchi also spaces his gags for maximum payoff. A sequence depicting 3 children’s misadventure with a box of liquor-filled chocolates is smartly stretched. When the inevitable occurs, it’s much more satisfying than if Katabuchi had cut immediately to the punchline. it’s those little details that sell Mai Mai Miracle’s forays into magical territory, and take this film into the realm of the sublime.
The Final Analysis
You know a Japanese film has something when an audience member turns to her companion after the screening and says, “You know, I liked this better than Ponyo!”
It remains to be seen whether Katabuchi has become a better director than his former boss, or is merely on his way to equaling the senior Miyazaki. Either way, Mai Mai Miracle is proof that – if there’s anyone who can take the throne once Hayao Miyazaki finally retires – Sunao Katabuchi has a serious shot at the title of anime’s premiere director.
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