With the Edinburgh Film Festival having only a few animated films (with the biggest being Toy Story 3), Mai Mai Miracle, directed by Sunao Katabuchi, is the sole anime film showing at the festival.
Even though this does not compare with the Studio Ghibli films, this has become one of my favourite films of the festival and of this year.
Being based on the autobiography by Nobuko Takagi, it follows Shinko Aoki’s (Mayuko Fukuda) simple life living in the outskirts of a nearby town. We witness her life embellished by her own imagination, which works particularly well, especially with her invisible imaginary friend and the moment she tries to picture the town a thousand years ago and the young princess who lived there.
Her life starts to change when she befriends the shy Kiiko Shimazu (Nako Mizusawa) who has recently moved into Aoki’s town and their friendship slowly grows.
Even though this does not compare with the Studio Ghibli films, this has become one of my favourite films of the festival and of this year.
Being based on the autobiography by Nobuko Takagi, it follows Shinko Aoki’s (Mayuko Fukuda) simple life living in the outskirts of a nearby town. We witness her life embellished by her own imagination, which works particularly well, especially with her invisible imaginary friend and the moment she tries to picture the town a thousand years ago and the young princess who lived there.
Her life starts to change when she befriends the shy Kiiko Shimazu (Nako Mizusawa) who has recently moved into Aoki’s town and their friendship slowly grows.
- 6/22/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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