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Hotarubi no Mori e (movie)

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Alternative title:
The Light of a Firefly Forest
蛍火の杜へ (Japanese)
螢火之森 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: supernatural
Themes: spirits
Objectionable content: None
Plot Summary: As a child, Hotaru lost herself in a forest near her uncle's place that she visits every summer. There, she had a fateful encounter with a spirit, who helped her even though he would disappear if a human being touches him. She began to visit him every summer, even as she grows; while he waits for the summer to come, for their time together to flow again.
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Ratings: 647 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 112 votes (sub:101, raw:4, dub:1, ?:1, others:5
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 216 votes (sub:183, dub:8, ?:2, others:23
10 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
3 Italian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Vietnamese subtitled subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Czech subtitled
)
 Very good: 164 votes (sub:152, dub:3, raw:2, others:7
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian edited dub
)
 Good: 97 votes (sub:87, dub:5, raw:1, others:4
1 French dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 36 votes (sub:32, dub:3, others:1
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 So-so: 14 votes (sub:10, dub:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:2, others:1
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 926 s, rank: #1316 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.297 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.3315, rank: #321 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 8.246 (Very good+), rank: #316 (of 10154) (seen all: 8.25 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.231 (Very good+), rank: #197 (of 7635)
Running time: 45 minutes
Vintage: 2011-07-30
Premiere date:
2011-09-17 (Japan)
2011-10-08 (UK, Scotland Loves Anime)
Release dates: We have 2
Ending Theme:
"Natsu o Miteita" (夏を見ていた) by Shizuru Ōtaka
News: Show:
Japan Film Society to Screen Hotarubi no Mori e Film at Anime Expo (Jun 21, 2012)
Scotland Loves Anime October Dates Confirmed (Apr 9, 2012)
Japan's Animation Blu-ray Disc Ranking: February 20-26 (Feb 28, 2012)
Hotarubi no Mori e, 663114 Win at 66th Mainichi Film Awards (Jan 17, 2012)
Scotland Loves Anime To Return in October (Jan 16, 2012)
1st Anime Contents Expo's Title List Announced (Dec 27, 2011)
Free Children's Anime Screening at Leeds Festival, November 18 (Nov 16, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime Comes to Edinburgh Friday to Sunday (Oct 13, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime Begins in Glasgow (Oct 6, 2011)
Production I.G.'s A Letter to Momo Added to Scotland Loves Anime Line-Up (Sep 19, 2011)
Scotland Loves Anime 2011 Line-Up Announced (Sep 6, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Anime Film's Trailer Streamed (Sep 1, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Film's TV Ads Streamed (Jun 24, 2011)
Hotarubi no Mori e Slated to Open on September 17 (Jun 14, 2011)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Takahiro Ōmori
Script: Takahiro Ōmori
Music: Makoto Yoshimori
Original creator: Yuki Midorikawa
Character Design: Akira Takata
Art: Yukihiro Shibutani
Animation Director: Akira Takata
Producer:
Tomomi Kyōtani

2nd Key Animation:
Satomi Higuchi
Animation producer: Yumi Satō
Assistant producer:
Kumiko Katō
Background Art:
Yūko Kobayashi
Color design: Hiromi Miyawaki
Color Specification: Hiromi Miyawaki
Distribution Sales:
Yuu Takahashi
Editing: Kazuhiko Seki
Editing Assistant: Yasutaka Ikeda
Finish Check: Hiromi Miyawaki
Finishing:
Rie Iijima
HD Editing:
Tetsuro Tsukada
In-Between Animation:
Yūta Azuma
In-Between Check: Yumiko Totsu
Key Animation:
Tomohiro Kishi
Location Hunting Assistance:
Rie Maehara
Photography:
Yuichiro Tozawa
Photography Assistant: Yūji Kakuda
Planning:
Yukio Kawasaki
Plug-in Assistance: Kengo Watanabe
Production Committee:
Yoko Matsushita
Production manager: Teruko Utsumi
Publicity:
Shizuka Kurosaki
Publicity Assistance:
Yoshito Ashino
Publicity Producer: Kazuko Yamamoto
Recording Adjustment: Ryoji Kameda
Recording Assistant: Hiromi Yoshihara
Sound Effects: Eiko Morikawa
Sound Producer: Junichi Inaba
Special Effects: Toshio Hasegawa
Theme Song Arrangement: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Composition: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Lyrics: Makoto Yoshimori
Theme Song Performance: Shizuru Otaka
Web Manager:
Satsuki Maruyama
Ayane Sakura as Hotaru
Kōki Uchiyama as Gin

Asami Imai as Older Sister
Hayato Taya as Ryōta
Hiroki Gotō as Lion
Izumi Sawada as Hotaru's Mother
Kanehira Yamamoto as Shadow
Kumiko Tashiro as Festival Child
Mami Uchida as Younger Brother
Masanori Machida as Beech Hand
Shinpachi Tsuji as Hotaru's Grandfather
Japanese companies
Animation Production: Brain's Base
Assistance:
Tokyo Theatres
Background Art:
Y.A.P. Ishigaki Production
Distributor:
NAS
Finish Animation: office fuu
HD Editing: Q-Tec
In-Between Animation:
TYO Animations
Music Production: Aniplex
Photography: Graphinica
Photography Assistance:
Studio Easter
Planning Assistance: LaLa Editorial
Production:
TV Tokyo
Recording Studio: Studio T&T
Sound Production: Dax
German staff
German companies
(none)
Distributor: Peppermint Anime (festival 2015)
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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