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Studio Chizu Launches Countdown Website Featuring The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Anime Film
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) anime film. (Note: The website is meant to be accessed through smartphones.)
The image on the website and on Studio Chizu's Twitter post also states, "Time waits for no one."
The countdown ends on July 18 at 12:00 p.m. JST (July 17 at 11:00 p.m. EDT).
Hosoda adapted award-winning anime film in 2006. The film is a loose sequel to the original novel, sharing the premise of a girl gaining the ability to time travel, but with different characters and situations. The novel's main character appears in the anime film as the protagonist's aunt.
The book has also been inspired a stage play adaptation in February.
Hosoda and Studio Chizu's latest film, Mirai no Mirai (Mirai of the Future), opens in Japan on July 20.
Source: Studio Chizu Twitter via Nijimen
