Film Review: Birthday Wonderland (2019) by Keiichi Hara
Keiichi Hara, known for “Summer Days with Coo” (2007) and his more recent anime hit “Miss Hokusai” (2015), delivers “Birthday Wonderland” – an ecological road movie about friendship.
“Birthday Wonderland” is now screening at /slash film festival.
The story centers around the young girl Akane and her family friend Chii, who is the owner of a curiosity shop. Her shop is the setting for a strange encounter with the Alchemist Mr. Hippocrates and his little helper, Pipo. As they enter through a portal in the cellar of the shop in search of the so-called “Goddess of the Green Wind”, they seem to have found their chosen one in Akane. From now on she is determined to follow them into their world to solve the imminent water shortage crisis.
“Birthday Wonderland” is a big-budget anime production by Warner Brother Japan, Aniplex and Fuji TV. In a “Ferris Bueller”- like manner, the schoolgirl Akane...
“Birthday Wonderland” is now screening at /slash film festival.
The story centers around the young girl Akane and her family friend Chii, who is the owner of a curiosity shop. Her shop is the setting for a strange encounter with the Alchemist Mr. Hippocrates and his little helper, Pipo. As they enter through a portal in the cellar of the shop in search of the so-called “Goddess of the Green Wind”, they seem to have found their chosen one in Akane. From now on she is determined to follow them into their world to solve the imminent water shortage crisis.
“Birthday Wonderland” is a big-budget anime production by Warner Brother Japan, Aniplex and Fuji TV. In a “Ferris Bueller”- like manner, the schoolgirl Akane...
- 9/24/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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