Little Amelie Or The Character Of Rain

[Machine Translation] A Tale of Amelie and the Rain DVD on sale! Based on the best-selling autobiographical novel "The Tubular Metaphysics" by Kobe-born author Amelie Naughton, this film depicts the awakening and growth of Amelie, a Belgian girl born in 1960s Japan, with rich colors and an original perspective. The film simultaneously depicts an imaginative worldview that evokes childhood memories and a heartbreaking universal story about new encounters and loss that we all experience. In addition to Yuzuno Nagao (the main character, Amelie), who is active as an actor in TV dramas, movies, variety shows and commercials, top-class voice actors including Kana Hanazawa (Amelie's monologue), Saori Hayami (Mr. Nisio) and Tomoyuki Morikawa (Amelie's father, Patrick) have participated in the Japanese dubbed version. Amelie is a little Belgian girl born in Kobe in the 1960s. This is a story about her upbringing. Born into a family of diplomats, Amelie was unresponsive until the age of two and a half. After that, she entered childhood, believing herself to be a "god" and living in a magical world. Her daily life with her housekeeper Nisio and her family is an adventure and a series of new discoveries for her. Little by little, she changes. But on her third birthday, a life-changing event occurs, and her world changes drastically. This moving animated film depicts the world that everyone dreamed of as a child. The special features include a message from the director, the original trailer, and the Japanese dubbed trailer for the Japanese release. (Total length: approx. 7 minutes).

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アメリと雨の物語 DVD発売! ■神戸生まれの作家、アメリー・ノートンによるベストセラー自伝的小説「チューブな形而上学」を原作とした本作は、1960年代の日本で生まれたベルギー人の女の子アメリの目覚めと成長を豊かな色彩や独創的な視点とともに描いた物語。幼少期の記憶を呼び起こすようなイマジネーション溢れる世界観と、誰もが経験する新たな出会いや喪失についての胸を打つ普遍的なストーリーが同時に描かれる。■日本語吹替版には俳優としてドラマや映画、バラエティやCMで活躍する永尾柚乃 (主人公アメリ役)に加え、花澤香菜 (アメリのモノローグ役)、早見沙織 (ニシオさん役)、森川智之 (アメリの父パトリック役)らトップクラスの声優陣が参加している。──1960年代、神戸で生まれたベルギー人の小さな女の子アメリ。彼女の成長を描く物語。外交官の家庭に生まれ、2歳半までは無反応状態だったアメリ。その後、子ども時代に突入した彼女は自らを「神」だと信じ、魔法のような世界を生きている。家政婦のニシオさんや家族との日々の生活は、彼女にとって冒険であり、新たな発見の連続。少しずつ変化していく。しかし、3歳の誕生日に人生を変える出来事が起こり、彼女の世界は大きく変わっていく・・・。誰もが子供時代に夢見た世界を描く感動のアニメーション作品。映像特典には日本公開に向けた監督メッセージ映像、オリジナル予告編、日本語吹替版予告編 を収録。(合計尺約7分)