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Lonely Castle in the Mirror Anime Film Opens in the Philippines on June 21

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Film opened in Japan on December 23

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Philippine film distributor Viewer's Choice Philippines announced on Sunday that its Lonely Castle in the Mirror (Kagami no Kojō) novel in the Philippines will open on June 21.

The film opened in Japan on December 23.

Shochiku is distributing the film.

The Japan Academy Film Prize Association for excellence in film nominated the film for Animation of the Year in the 46th annual awards.

Doubleday released the novel in English in April 2021, and it describes the story:

In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining.

At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished.

As time es, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.

Tsujimura (Anime Supremacy! novel, writer for A School Frozen in Time manga) released the original novel in Japan in 2017. It won the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award, topped Da Vinci magazine's Book of the Year list in 2017, and won the grand prize in the King's Brunch Book Prize 2017. Erewhon released a hardcover English edition of the novel on October 18.

Source: Viewer's Choice Philippines' Facebook page


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