Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki

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Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki
Misia
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 17 December 2011 (2011-12-17) (Japan)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (Friends: もののけ島のナキ, Friends: Naki of Monster Island) is a 2011 Japanese animated film that is loosely based on the Japanese children's novel Naita Aka Oni by Hirosuke Hamada.[1] It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki and Ryuichi Yagi.[1] The film's script was also written by Yamazaki.[1] SMAP member Shingo Katori and actor Koichi Yamadera voiced characters in the film.[2]

Voice cast

Production

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki was first announced on 7 December 2010.[2] It is directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who previously directed the 2010 film Space Battleship Yamato.[2] Shingo Katori, Koichi Yamadera, You, Sadao Abe and Seishiro Kato were announced as the film's voice cast in the same announcement.[2] This film is billed as a "3-D Computer Graphics (3DGC)" anime film.[2] A 2-D version of the film will also be produced and release at the same time as the 3-D version.[2]

The teaser and its official website for this film was launched on 20 August 2011.[3] In the same announcement, its Japan release date was set on 17 December 2011.[3]

Theme song

The theme song of Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki is

MISIA.[4]

Release

It was released in Japanese cinemas on 17 December 2011.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "friends もののけ島のナキ on eiga.com". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "香取慎吾、3DCGアニメ「friends」で"赤おに"に". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  3. ^ a b "「もののけ島のナキ」と「鷹の爪」がマナーCMでまさかのコラボ". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-09-18.
  4. ^ a b "MISIA「もののけ島のナキ」の主題歌にチャップリンの名曲をカバー". eiga.com (in Japanese). 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
  5. ^ "friends もののけ島のナキ on Moviewalker". Kadokawa Magazines (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-09-17.

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