The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
is a 2006 Japanese-animated science fiction romance film produced by Madhouse, directed by Mamoru Hosoda and written by Satoko Okudera. Distributed by Kadokawa Herald Pictures, the film is a loose sequel to the 1967 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui and shares the basic premise of a teenage girl who gains the power of time travel and repeatedly relives the same day in a time loop, but with a different story and characters than the novel. Riisa Naka voices teenager Makoto Konno, who learns from Kazuko Yoshiyama, Makoto's aunt and the protagonist to the original story, that Makoto has the power to travel through time. Makoto begins using the time-leaps frivolously to fix problems. Riisa Naka later portrays Makoto's cousin, Akari Yoshiyama, the protagonist of the 2010 live-action film Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, which follows a different story.
Plot
At Kuranose High School in Tokyo, Japan, 17-year-old Makoto Konno discovers a message written on a blackboard and ends up inadvertently falling onto a walnut-shaped object. On her way to the Tokyo National Museum to meet with her aunt, Kazuko Yoshiyama, she is ejected into a railroad crossing when the brakes on her bicycle fail and hit by an oncoming train, but finds herself transported back in time when she was riding her bicycle right before the accident. After telling Kazuko what happened, she helps Makoto realize she now has the power to "time-leap", the ability to literally travel through time. At first, Makoto uses her powers to avoid being late, get perfect grades, avoid mishaps and even relive a single karaoke session for several hours, but soon discovers her actions can adversely affect others.
Awards
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author | Satoko Okudera |
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award | Animation Kobe Theatrical Film Award Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film |
contentLocation | Tokyo |
director | Mamoru Hosoda |
editor | Shigeru Nishiyama |
events | time travel |
genre | animation comedy-drama live-action romance science fiction |
keywords | back in time best friend blackboard fall happen karaoke paint railroad crossing rid stopped time study abroad tokyo national museum train accident wait walk |
musicBy | Kiyoshi Yoshida |
nomination | Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film |
producer | Takashi Watanabe Yuichiro Saito |
productionCompany | Madhouse |
publisher | Kadokawa Herald Pictures |
theme | action animated anime high school teen time loop |