The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.The story of Kenji Miyazawa, the beloved Japanese poet, who also wrote Night on the Galactic Railroad.
Mariko Kôda
- Toshi
- (as Mariko Kouda)
Chikao Ôtsuka
- Kenji's father
- (as Chikao Ohtsuka)
Victor Chin
- Farmer
- (English version)
- (voice)
Kirk Durham
- Tetsuo
- (English version)
- (voice)
Janathan Funk
- Teikichi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Susan Isaacs
- Farmer, Kuni
- (English version)
- (voice)
Susan Jaget
- Kenji's Mother
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ron Jaxson
- Kenji
- (English version)
- (voice)
Wendell Kimsell
- Kenji's Father
- (English version)
- (voice)
James Klein
- Chusaku, Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Neil Maclean
- Farmer, Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Herb Mendelson
- Kanai
- (English version)
- (voice)
Elissa Sarna
- Toshi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ronald Scovil Jr.
- Farmer
- (English version)
- (voice)
Heather Smith
- Student
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jenny Subjack
- Farmer, Ryota, Student, Taka
- (English version)
- (voice)
Karen Vered
- Intro Narration
- (English version)
- (voice)
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- Writers
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- TriviaDirector Shoji Kawamori is an anime creator and mechanical designer (mecha designer) known for his contributions to the Transformers and Macross franchises, as well as the Patlabor movie and Ghost in the Shell.
- ConnectionsReferences Kenji Miyazawa's Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
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Very good animated biopic
I never thought I'd say this about a biopic, but there is a near over-abundance of characterization (especially concerning Kenji Miyazawa's emotions) and too little on the literal occurrences in his life--by the end, I'm not sure if he dies (he's supposed to), or if his sister finally dies (she's supposed to), or if the director spent a little too much time on the Galactic Railroad (that's an inside joke, in case you missed it--Miyazawa wrote a children's book called Night on the Galactic Railroad). However, this glimpse inside the mind of a writer who "sketched poetry and fairy tales from his imagination" is very intelligent, creative, entertaining, and emotionally powerful.
All this despite the fact that everyone is animated as animals (like in many of Miyazawa's stories).
Some of the visuals are truly astounding, especially considering that it was a made for TV movie. Seriously, some of them (like the sequence with birds trailing blue light) rival parts of Fantasia. However, I still can't stand computer animation when it is mixed with cel animation. The CGI trains are horribly obvious--even more so than the Anastasia train.
8/10
All this despite the fact that everyone is animated as animals (like in many of Miyazawa's stories).
Some of the visuals are truly astounding, especially considering that it was a made for TV movie. Seriously, some of them (like the sequence with birds trailing blue light) rival parts of Fantasia. However, I still can't stand computer animation when it is mixed with cel animation. The CGI trains are horribly obvious--even more so than the Anastasia train.
8/10
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- Jeremy Bristol
- Jun 8, 2001
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- Spring and Chaos
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- Runtime55 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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