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Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (movie)

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© 2009 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK / Production I.G / DENTSU / PONY CANYON


Alternative title:
Hottarake no Shima - Haruka to Mahō no Kagami (Japanese)
La isla de los recuerdos y el espejo mágico (Spanish)
Oblivion Island
ホッタラケの島 ~遥と魔法の鏡~ (Japanese)
棄寶之島:遙與魔法鏡 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, fantasy
Plot Summary: Haruka is a single daughter who lost her mother at a young age because of terminal illness. She continued to live with her father after that but time and the fact that her father is always busy with his work has created an emotional distance between them. When her mother was still alive, she received a hand mirror from her as a present and she treasured it a lot. After her mother's death, she started to forget about the mirror until she eventually lost it. One day, she decides to go to a local shrine and pray for the return of her lost mirror. It is there that she accidentally encounters a small masked creature which she secretly follows to the land of forgotten items.
User Ratings: 226 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:10, dub:1)
 Excellent: 33 votes (sub:25, dub:6, others:2
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 86 votes (sub:67, dub:16, ?:2, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Good: 47 votes (sub:37, dub:9, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 23 votes (sub:15, dub:7, others:1
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
)
 So-so: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:4, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Weak: 5 votes (sub:5)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 314 users, rank: #2921 (of 9535)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.376 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6089, rank: #2260 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 7.400 (Good+), rank: #1989 (of 9642) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 5.00 / won't finish: 3.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.405 (Good+), rank: #1691 (of 7243)
Running time: 98 minutes
Vintage: 2009-08-22
Premiere date:
2009-08-22 (Japan)
2010-01-29 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2010-01-29 (Taiwan)
2010-12-04 (Lithuania, Anime Days OTAKA Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"君は太陽" by SPITZ
News: Show:
Funimation panel (Jul 28, 2012)
Production I.G. panel (Jul 2, 2011)
Anime Festival Asia 2009 (Nov 23, 2009)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (BD+DVD) 2012-08-14 (from $6.90)
DVD (Region 1)
    Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (DVD) 2012-08-14 (from $6.90)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinsuke Satō
Unit Director: Naoyoshi Shiotani
Music: Tadashi Ueda
Character Design:
Ren Ishimori
Ryō Hirata
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
Sound Director: Takashi Ui
Cgi Director:
Daiki Nakazawa (Toei Animation)
Hirofumi Uchihori (OLM Digital)
Hitoshi Uehara (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Kazuhiro Nishikawa (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Masaki Taie (assistant)
Nobumasa Hoshino (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Takashi Nagasaki
Animation Leader:
Akihito Watanabe (Jinni's)
Kei Yoshida (Toei Animation)
Mai Takahashi (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Mayumi Kawanishi (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Minoru Okamoto
Takuya Yamazaki (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Animation producer: Shinji Takagi
Art Setting:
Hiroshi Katō (Totonyan; reality)
Kaoru Aoki (Oblivion Island)
Assistant Art Director:
Michie Suzuki
Ryouka Kinoshita
Assistant producer: Naoto Inaba
Background Art:
Akihiro Hirasawa (Bihou)
Atsushi Satomi (Bihou)
Ayako Takahashi (Bihou)
C. Suchanun (Bihou)
Duong Quyen (Bihou)
Hideaki Fujimaki (Bihou)
Ji Woo Park (Bihou)
Jou Yamaya (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Jun Okabe (Bihou)
Kaoru Aoki (illustration)
Ken Arai (Bihou)
Kenji Tsuji (Bihou)
Khanh Truong (Bihou)
Khoa Tran (Bihou)
Lien Pham (Bihou)
Linh Huynh (Bihou)
Mai Ichioka (Bihou)
N. Surin (Bihou)
Naomi Ookuma (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Naoyoshi Shiotani (illustration)
Ngo Van (Bihou)
Ngu Giang (Bihou)
Nobuhiro Bakarasu (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Phan Ha (Bihou)
Phi Dang (Bihou)
Quan Pham (Bihou)
R. Chatchai (Bihou)
Saori Shimizu (Bihou)
Shinichi Imano (Bihou)
Shinya Mita (Bihou)
Shuichi Tsuji (Bihou)
Tatsuya Kushida (Bihou)
Thuy Nguyen (Bihou)
Tomoko Saitō (Bihou)
Toshihiko Gotō (Bihou)
V. Veerapon (Bihou)
Vuong Vo (Bihou)
W. Gorbkit (Bihou)
Yasushi Mito (Bihou)
Yoshio Tanioka (Bihou)
Yoshito Takamine (Bihou)
Yūki Tamori (Bihou)
Yumiko Narita (Bihou)
Yusuke Ikeda (Bihou)
Yūta Chimoto (Bihou)
Casting Coordination: Masashi Kuriyama
CG Editing: Kimi Tanabe
CG Line Producer: Yūji Yokoo (Toei Animation)
CG Producer:
Hiroki Kawashima (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Masashi Kobayashi (OLM Digital)
Takeshi Nagami (Toei Animation)
CG Supervisor: Nobuhiro Morita (Toei Animation)
Choreography: Mio Yanaibara
Color Management:
Aya Mashima
Ayako Handa
Coloring Supervisor: Izumi Hirose
Composite Supervisor:
Hiroshi Tanaka
Satoshi Hashimoto (OLM Digital)
Toru Shinozaki (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Conceptual Design: Yasunori Miyazawa
Coordination: Madoka Ohtsuka (NORIBA)
Design Supervisor: Kazuchika Kise (Haruka)
Dialogue Editing: Masatoshi Katsumata
Digital Art:
Aimi Toriyama (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Chinae Nakajima (OLM Digital)
Fumiaki Asayama (OLM Digital)
Katsuaki Hasegawa (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Kengo Fukushima (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Kouichirou Yoshihara (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Masakazu Mikawa (Ludens)
Michiko Katou (Ludens)
Mikio Sanpei (Ludens)
Miyabi Kogano (OLM Digital)
Seiki Masamoto (Ludens)
Shingo Haneda (Ludens)
Shogo Furukawa (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Shunsuke Ogasawara (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Takafumi Obata (OLM Digital)
Tomofumi Nagano (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Digital Mastering:
Atsushi Aikawa (dts)
Kouichi Utagawa (dts)
Editing:
Hitomi Kato (Luna Park)
Kazumi Wakimoto (Luna Park)
Tsuyoshi Imai (Luna Park)
Effect:
Jun Satake (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Masayumi Watanabe (Jinni's Animation Studio)
Ending Production:
Chie Nishitani
Miki Sakuma
Film Consultant:
Mikio Mori (Dolby Digital)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi (Dolby Digital)
Film Recording: Susumu Ochi
Insert Song Composition: Jimmie H. Davis (YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE)
Insert Song Lyrics: Jimmie H. Davis (YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE)
Lab Coordinator: Yuriko Satō
Lead Technical Director: Takeyuki Suzuki (Toei Animation)
Line Producer: Haruyasu Makino
Modeling:
Aasa Ooraikul
Akira Taguchi
Atsushi Takeuchi
Ayano Tanamura
Chika Matsumura
Congren Bi (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Eiji Ohashi
Eric le Dieu de Ville
Jiwei Yuan (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Keisuke Toyoura
Lin Du (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Long Cheng (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Masaaki Tokaji (FILM)
Michael Kriukow
Minami Shimizu (Toei Animation)
Shin'ichi Yonezawa (Toei Animation)
Shuhei Kaneyama
Takahiro Tsunekawa (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Takamasa Suzuki
Takumi Endo (Toei Animation)
Tjie Eldred
Uro Toriyama (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Yang Yang (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Yukihiro Negishi
Yukiko Sugawara (Toei Animation)
Yumiko Shimamura
Zai Man (XYZ DIGITAL STUDIO)
Modeling Leader:
Satoko Toyokawa (Toei Animation)
Shinji Matsuda
Takafumi Seki
Modeling Supervisor: Hirofumi Miyamoto
Music Cooperation:
Aiko Kagurai (Hion)
Mikio Kaibe (Universal J)
Osamu Takeuchi (wilsonic)
Yuji Sakaguchi (Grasshopper)
Music Coordination: Hiroyuki Niwa (Fuji Pacific Music Publishing)
Music Production:
Ken Suzuki (sweet boon music)
Toshihiro Hachisuga (sweet boon music)
Picture Book Art: Shuichi Kohara
Picture Book Composite: Hiroshi Murakami
Picture Book Director: Shuichi Kohara
Picture Book Storyboard: Shuichi Kohara
Production Assistant: Mayuko Umemoto (Toei Animation)
Production Coordination:
Hiroki Tamanaharu (Sunrise Ogikubo Studio)
Kumiko Oguri (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Tadafumi Kushiro (Ludens)
Production manager:
Chihiro Hiraide (OLM Digital)
Shōta Hirano (OLM Digital)
Programming: Michiyuki Yamada (Toei Animation)
Prop Design: Ren Ishimori
Publicity Producer: Motoko Kanzaki
Recording engineer: Yoshikazu Fukumoto (Bad Music)
Recording Mix: Tadaharu Sato
Recording Mixer Assistant:
Hiroyuki Ishizaka
Muneyuki Hatakeyama
Reference Photography: Youichi Sunahara
Reference Photography Cooperation: Keisuke Yamamoto
Reference Photography Coordination: Naoya Otani
Reference Photography Lighting: Hiromichi Takeyama
Rigging Supervisor:
Kentaro Fukumoto
Megumi Mikotoda
Rigging Tool Development: Masaki Tomigashi
Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson
Simulation Supervisor:
Daisuke Ogawa
Hayato Kuroki
Software Engineer: Satoshi Mizuhata (OLM Digital)
Sound Editing Supervisor: Hisao Takano
Support Line Supervisor: Leo Hourvitz
Technical Director:
Hiroto Nishitani
Isao Yasutoga
Junya Nakaya (Toei Animation)
Takashi Karino (Toei Animation)
Taro Matsuura (Dandelion Animation Studio)
Yoshinori Moriizumi (OLM Digital)
Texture Leader: Hideaki Watanabe
Theme Song Arrangement:
Seiji Kameda (ED)
SPITZ (ED)
Theme Song Composition: Masamune Kusano (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Masamune Kusano (ED)
Theme Song Performance: SPITZ (ED)
Titles: Tamiyoshi Oshi (Gal Enterprises)
Trailer Work: Masako Hirota
Vehicle Design: Atsushi Takeuchi
VFX Supervisor: Yohei Tanaka
Haruka Ayase as Haruka

Iemasa Kayumi as The Baron
Mitsuki Tanimura as Miho (Haruka's friend)
Naho Toda as Haruka's Mother
Nao Ōmori as Haruka's Father
Tamaki Matsumoto as Cotton

Akihiko Ishizumi as Puppeteer
Hidenari Ugaki as Decargot
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Younger Soldier Brother
Kōzō Shioya as Elder Soldier Brother
Mai Ootaki as Haruka (child)
Masaaki Okabe as Mabarowa
Yoshiko Takemura as Puppeteer's Wife
Yūji Ueda as Picanta
Yūko Kaida as Vikki

Yurika Tachibana (Idoling !!! No. 19)
Japanese companies
Art Setting: Totonyan
Development: Imagica
Digital Mastering: DTS Japan
Distributor: TOHO
Editing: Luna Park
Film Consultant: Dolby Digital
Foley Studio: Todd-AO West
Optic Recording: NT Audio
Planning Setting Cooperation: JINCO
Post-Production Dubbing Studio: Midialta Fugatani Studio
Reference Photography Cooperation: FIX Studio
Sound Production: Midialta Entertainment Works
English staff
English cast
ADR Director: Kristi Reed
Translation: Steven J. Simmons (Extras)
ADR Script: Kristi Reed
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
Producer:
Carly Hunter (Funimation)
Eric P. Sherman (Bang Zoom!)
Justin Cook (Funimation)
Kaeko Sakamoto (Bang Zoom!)
Maki Terashima-Furuta (Production I.G)

Associate Casting Director: Mami Okada
Associate producer: Victor Sgroi
Blu-Ray Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
Blu-Ray Editor: Jeremy Jimenez
Blu-Ray Menu Audio: Austin Black
Blu-Ray Menu Design: Enrique Echavarria
Blu-Ray Producer: Clarine Harp
Casting Director: Kaeko Sakamoto
Co-Producer: Mami Okada
Dialogue Editing: Ricardo Watson
DVD Compression:
Duncan Yan
Jacob Martin
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Gino Palencia
DVD Menu Design: Cate Ferman
DVD Producer: Clarine Harp
Engineering Assistant: Austin Shannon
Lead Video Engineer: Jacob Martin
Post-Production Assistant:
Aya Spann (Funimation)
Jun Umeda (Bang Zoom!)
Production Assistant:
Christine Marie Cabanos (Bang Zoom!)
Erika Harlacher (Bang Zoom!)
Laura Robins (Bang Zoom!)
Monica Crespo (Funimation)
Sarah Alys Lindholm (Funimation)
Production Coordination: Mio Moroe
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Re-Recording Mixing: Michael Brooks
Recording engineer:
Oscar Garcia
Ricardo Watson
Senior Video Editor:
Daniel Mancilla
Jeremy Jimenez
Sound Supervision: Patrick Rodman
Spotting: Emily Nicolas
Video Engineer:
Andrew Manson
Jason Weems
Video Post-Production Director: Clarine Harp
Video Post-Production Manager: Matthew O'Hara
Cassandra Lee as Teo

David Roach as Father
Julie Maddalena as Cotton
Julie Ann Taylor as Mother
Mio Tanaka as Miho
Patrick Seitz as Baron

Amanda C. Miller as Puppeteer's Wife
Derek Stephen Prince as Younger Brother Soldier
George C. Cole as Elder Brother Soldier
Kyle Hebert as Decargot
Mark McCollum as Picanta
Tara Platt as Vikki
Victor Sgroi as Passenger
Xanthe Huynh as Researcher

English companies
Distributor: GKIDS (theatrical)
Internet Streaming:
Hulu
YouTube
Translation: Production I.G
Spanish cast
Spanish staff
ADR Director: Carlos Nogueras (Spain dub)
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau
Albert Trifol Segarra as Picanta (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Alfonso Vallés as Baron (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Ariadna Giménez as Teo (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Carles Lladó as Haruka's Father (Catalan dub)
Carmen Ambrós as
Miho (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Puppeteer's Wife (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Carmen Calvell as
Haruka's Mother (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Vikki (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Francesc Rocamora as Elder Brother Soldier (Catalan dub)
Graciela Molina as Haruka (Spain dub)
José Antequera as Mabarowa (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Mar Nicolas as Cotton (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Núria Trifol as Haruka (Catalan dub)
Ramon Canals as Decargot (Catalan dub; Spain dub)

Angel de Gracia as Haruka's Father (Spain dub)

Albert Roig as
Puppeteer (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Younger Brother Soldier (Catalan dub; Spain dub)
Rafael Turia as Elder Brother Soldier (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster: Canal Panda (Spain)
Dubbing Studio: Takemaker (Spain dub)
Internet Streaming:
Filmin (Spain)
Netflix (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
German staff
German cast
(none)
Julia Stoepel as Haruka

Dirk Müller as Soldier
Nadine Heidenreich as Haruka's Mother
Peter Groeger as Mabarowa
Sven Gerhardt as Haruka's Father
Werner Böhnke as Decargot
German companies
Distributor: Animaze Germany
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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