Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki

Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki
Film poster
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Ryūichi Yagi
Written byTakashi Yamazaki
Based onNaita Aka Oni
by Hirosuke Hamada
Produced byGenki Kawamura
StarringShingo Katori
Koichi Yamadera
Music byNaoki Sato
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 Smile, the theme song of the 1936 film Modern Times.[4] This version of the song is sung by the Japanese singer 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.

External links

  • Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki at IMDb
  • Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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