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Mai Mai Miracle (movie)

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© 2009 Nobuko Takagi/MAGAZINE HOUSE/"MAIMAISHINKO" film committee


Alternative title:
A Magia do Tempo (Portuguese)
El Milagro De Maimai (Spanish)
La magia de Mai Mai (Spanish)
Mai Mai Shinko and the Millennium-Old Magic
Maimai Shinko to Sennen no Mahō (Japanese)
Milagre de Mai Mai (Portuguese)
Shinko e la magia millenaria (Italian)
マイマイ新子と千年の魔法 (Japanese)
新子與千年魔法 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: drama, magic
Plot Summary: Ten years after the end of the Second World War, in a backwater rural town which used to be a major regional capital in Feudal Japan, Shinko, a girl with an active imagination who daydreams about the town as it appeared a millennium prior, befriends Kiiko, a shy girl from Tokyo whose father relocated to the town to become a doctor for a factory. The film follows their day to day lives as they take care of a goldfish in a makeshift pond, fantasize about a cloistered and lonely young princess who moved to the town in the Feudal Era, and help a boy cope with a family tragedy.
User Ratings: 118 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 11 votes (sub:9, others:2
1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 27 votes (sub:21, dub:2, raw:1, ?:1, others:2
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Very good: 28 votes (sub:22, dub:4, ?:2)
 Good: 34 votes (sub:24, dub:2, raw:2, ?:1, others:5
2 German dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Decent: 11 votes (sub:8, dub:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 So-so: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 163 users, rank: #4227 (of 9581)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.712 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.462, rank: #1231 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 7.673 (Very good−), rank: #1201 (of 9703) (seen all: 7.67)
Bayesian estimate: 7.653 (Very good−), rank: #966 (of 7286)
Running time: 95 minutes
Vintage:
2009-08-15
2011-02-27 (Mexico - OnceTv)
Premiere date:
2009-08-15 (Switzerland, Film Festival Locarno 2009)
2009-11-21 (Japan)
2010-01-29 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2010-04-01 (Taiwan, Taiwan International Children's Film Festival)
2010-06-20 (UK, Edinburgh International Film Festival)
2010-07-10 (Canada, Festival International de Films - Fantasia 2010)
2010-07-23 (Australia, Melbourne Film Festival)
2010-12-03 (Lithuania, Anime Days OTAKA Film Festival)
Release dates: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"kodomo no sekai" (こどものせかい) by Kotoringo
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Mai Mai Miracle (Blu-ray) 2019-12-03 (from $26.99)
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Mai Mai Miracle [Collector's Edition] (BD+DVD) 2019-12-09

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Sunao Katabuchi
Screenplay: Sunao Katabuchi
Storyboard:
Chie Uratani
Fumie Muroi
Kunio Katsuki
Sunao Katabuchi (Storyboard Direction)
Unit Director:
Fumie Muroi
Kunio Katsuki
Original story: Nobuko Takagi
Character Design: Shigehito Tsuji
Art Director: Shinichi Uehara
Chief Animation Director: Shigehito Tsuji
Animation Director:
Chie Uratani
Kazutaka Ozaki
Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto

Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
In-Between Animation:
Ai Yukimura (Madhouse Studios)
Eun Mi Choi
Jin Ju Go
Kasumi Hara
Megumi Tonegawa (Madhouse Studios)
Sakiko Watanabe (Madhouse Studios)
Sun Hee Kim
Young Hee Jung
In-Between Check Chief: Akiko Ohshima
Music Composition:
Minako Obata
Shusei Murai
Production manager: Masayo Orimoto
Theme Song Performance: kotringo
Mayuko Fukuda as Shinko Aoki
Nako Mizusawa as Kiiko Shimazu

Akimasa Egami as Tatsuyoshi
Ei Morisako as Princess Nagiko / Sei Shonagon
Fūka Okuda as Chifuru
Kaoru Setoguchi as Tatsuyoshi's Father
Kazato Tomizawa as Ippei
Kazuya Nakajima as Shigeru
Keiichi Noda as Koutarou Aoki (Shinko's grandfather)
Kikuyo Semi as Hatsue Aoki
Manami Honjō as Nagako Aoki (Shinko's mother)
Miyo Wakita as Hizuru-sensei
Nobuhiro Nishihara as Mitsuru
Satoi Kawakami as Hitoshi
Takaaki Seki as Boss
Takuya Kaihoko as Shirou
Tamaki Matsumoto as Mitsuko Aoki (Shinko's sister)
Tsuyoshi Koyama as Tatara

Akihiro Niwa as Ejima
Eiji Takemoto as Tousuke Aoki (Shinko's father)
Eriko Kimura as Woman #1
Jenya as Actress
Josh Keller as Actor
Kenji Kuga as Archeologist
Kikuyo Semi as Nagiko's Nurse
Kishō Taniyama as
Hanada-sensei
Kiiko's Father
Kouichi Makishima as Drama Culprit
Masaaki Tsukada as Kiyohara no Motosuke
Masao Agawa as Fujiwara
Miho Ichii as Woman #2
Sumire Morohoshi as Chifuru's Twin Sisters
Sunao Katabuchi as Man with Cart
Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Yoshimura
Yūtarō Honjō as Classmate

Japanese companies
2nd Key Animation:
Studio Live
Studio Wombat
Animation Production: Madhouse
BG Scan: Scan-ya
Distributor: Shochiku
Film & Digital Lab: Imagica
In-Between Animation:
Anime Torotoro
DR Movie
Madhouse
Photography: MADBOX
Photography Cooperation: w-sky
English cast
English staff
Assistant Voice Direction: Bill Rogers
Audio Engineer: Anthony Tortorici
Blu-ray: Justin Sevakis (MediaOCD.com) 
DVD: Justin Sevakis (MediaOCD.com) 
Menu Design: Gary Swarer
Mixing: Oscar Garcia
Production Assistant: Clark Cheng
Script Adaptation:
Clark Cheng
Stephanie Sheh
Translation Assistance: Dan Kanemitsu
English companies
Broadcaster: Viceland (UK)
Distributor: GKIDS (New York International Children's Film Festival)
Internet Streaming:
Crunchyroll (United Kingdom and Ireland, United States)
Screen Anime (United Kingdom and Ireland; July 2020)
Licensed by:
Anime Limited
Nozomi Entertainment (North American Blu-ray) 
Recording Studio: NYAV Post
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Jacques Albaret
Translation: Yukio Reuter

Adaptation: Eric Lajoie
Lucille Boudonnat as Kiiko Shimazu
Nathalie Bienaime as Shinko Aoki

Frederic Popovic as Moustache
Gabrielle Jeru as Mitsuko Aoki
Jacques Albaret as Grand-père de Shinko
Jean-Marco Montalto as Docteur Shimazu
Marie Diot as Mère de Shinko
Rémi Caillebot as Tatsuyoshi
Suzanne Sindberg as Grand-mère de Shinko

French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Dubbing Director: Francisco Reséndez
Translation: Francisco Reséndez
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Producer: Marisol Garnica

Adaptation: Francisco Reséndez
Casting: Marisol Garnica
Executive Director: Omar Tovar
Public Relations: Analía Albarenque
Screen Inserts: Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta (Spain dub)
Sound Engineer: Lázaro Rodríguez
Cari Monrós as Kiiko Shimazu (Spain dub)
Eva Andrés as Shinko Aoki (Spain dub)
Gaby Ugarte as Kiiko
Karla Barba as Shinko

Álvaro Esteve as Tatsuyoshi Suzuki (Spain dub)
Beatriz Olcina as Mitsuko Aoki (Spain dub)
Cari Monrós as Ms. Hizuru (Spain dub)
Cristina Oliva as Nagiko Kiyohara (Spain dub)
Eduardo Fonseca as Shinko's grandfather
María José Chabrera as Nagako Aoki (Spain dub)
Nina Romero as Shigeru (Spain dub)
Paco Alegre as Kotaro Aoki (Spain dub)
Rosa López as Hitoshi (Spain dub)
Rubén Aranda as Mitsuru (Spain dub)

Boris Sanz as Tosuke Aoki (Spain dub)
Greta Ruiz as Chifuru (Spain dub)
José Luis Molina as Tatara (Spain dub)
José Luis Siurana as Ejima (Spain dub)
José Manuel Oliva as Tatsuyoshi's Father (Spain dub)
Josema Soler as Motosuke Kiyohara (Spain dub)
Luis Porcar as Fujiwara (Spain dub)
Mabel Jimenez as Hatsue Aoki (Spain dub)
Marina Vinyals as Nagiko's Nurse (Spain dub)
Quique Lencina as Kiiko's Father (Spain dub)
Rafa Nacher as Yoshimura (Spain dub)
Rafael Ordóñez Arrieta as Boss (Spain dub)
Rosa López as Bar California Woman (Spain dub)

Daniel González (Spain dub)
José Luis Siurana (Spain dub)
José Manuel Oliva (Spain dub)
Marta Aparicio (Spain dub)
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
HBO (Latin America)
HBO Latin America
Movistar CineDoc&Roll (Spain)
Movistar+ Xtra (Spain)
OnceTV (Mexico)
Dubbing Studio: Central Entertainment
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Spain)
Anime Box (Spain)
Filmin (Spain)
Movistar+ (Spain)
Licensed by: Selecta Visión (Spain)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Translation: Francesco Nicodemo
Executive producer: Francesco Di Sanzo

Dialogues: GAMILAX
Dubbing Assistant: Sabina Razzi
Dubbing Engineer: Vieri Martelli
Mixing: Fabio Chiossi
Chiara Fabiano as Shinko Aoki
Vittoria Bartolomei as Kiiko Shimazu

Agnese Marteddu as Senko
Anita Ferraro as Mitsuko Aoki
Barbara Castracane as Hatsue Aoki
Benedetta Ponticelli as Nagako Aoki
Carolina Gusev as Princess Nagiko
Cristina Poccardi as Woman of Bar California
Diego Follega as Ippei
Leonardo Caneva as Shirou
Luca Biagini as Koutarou Aoki
Mattia Fabiano as Shigeru
Pierluigi Astore as Tatara Ken
Riccardo Suarez as Tatsuyoshi
Stefano Thermes as Boss
Tito Marteddu as Mitsuru
Vittorio Thermes as Hitoshi

Daniele De Lisi as Shichiro
Edoardo Stoppacciaro as Tousuke Aoki
Gaetano Lizzio as Fujiwara
Germana Savo as Balia di Nagiko
Gianluca Solombrino as Archeologist
Guido Sagliocca as Yoshimura
Luna Iansante as Yoshioka Kimiko
Massimiliano Virgilii as Tatsuyoshi's Father
Mauro Magliozzi as Ejima
Mauro Migliozzi as Signor Ejima
Nicola Braile as Hanada-sensei
Raffaele Carpentieri as Kiiko's Father
Rossa Caputo as Hizuru-sensei
Silvio Anselmo as Kiyohara no Motosuke
Tiziana Martello as Senko's Mother

Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video
Dubbing: Pumaisdue
Internet Streaming:
Amazon Prime Video (Anime Generation)
Anime Generation
TIMvision
German staff
German cast
ADR Director: Petra Barthel
Script: Petra Barthel
Translation: Nina Olligschläger
Berfin-Rana Caska as Shinko Aoki
Johanna Hintze as Kiiko Shimazu

Freimut Götsch as Kiyohara no Motosuke
Sven Gerhardt as Tatsuyoshi's Father

Amadeus Siegel as Shiro
Andrea Solter as Blond Woman
Antje von der Ahe as Hizuru
Beate Gerlach as Hatsue
Bert Franzke as Tatara
Carmen Katt as Maid
David-Jan Weyl as Ippei
Elmar Gutmann as
Mr. Hanada
Mr. Yoshimura
Gundi Eberhard as Nagako
Gunnar Helm as
Archeologist
Fujihara
Kai Gies as Shigeru
Lutz Schnell as Gangsterboss
Marco Eßer as Hitoshi
Michael Iwannek as Tosuke
Patrick Baehr as Tatsuyoshi
Sebastian Fitzner as Mitsuro
Soraya-Antoinette Richter as Nagako Aoki
Sven Gerhardt as Kiiko's Father
Uli Krohm as Kotaro
Uwe Jellinek as Mr. Ejima
Valentina Bonalana as Mitsuko
German companies
Distributor: Universum-Films
Portuguese staff
Portuguese cast
(none)
Portuguese companies
ADR Production:
Estúdio BW (HBO Dub) 
Lexx
Broadcaster: HBO Family
Distributor: Europa Filmes
Dubbing Studio: Bright Way Productions (HBO dub)
Internet Streaming:
Looke (subtitled)
NetMovies
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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