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Directed by | Akinori Nagaoka |
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Based on | The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank |
Cinematography | Hitoshi Yamaguchi |
Edited by | Harutoshi Ogata |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Anne no Nikki (アンネの日記), also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a 1995 Japanese anime film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 The Diary of a Young Girl. It is a feature film by Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995.
Voice cast
Character | Voice actor | ||
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Japanese | English | French | |
Anne Frank | Reina Takahashi | Marissa Davison | Noémie Orphelin |
Margot Frank | Seiko Tano | Vanessa Ackerman | |
Edith Frank | Fumie Kashiyama | Béla Gruschka | Christine Paris |
Otto Frank | Gō Katō | Allan Wenger | Jean-Pol Brissart |
Jopie (Lies) | Naomi Sekida | Estelle Heinaux | Solange Boulanger |
Monsieur Van Daan | Jirō Sakagami | Jimmy Shuman | Olivier Proust |
Madame Van Daan | Tetsuko Kuroyanagi | Patricia Kessler | Françoise Rigal |
Peter Van Daan | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi | Jacques Saint Just | Maël Davan-Soulas |
Miep Gies | Yoshie Taira | Sharon Mann | Laurence Dourlens |
Docteur Dussel | Yūsuke Takita | Jean Fontaine | Paul Borne |
Koophuis | Takurō Nakayoshi | Steve Gadler | |
Professor Kepler | Gō Endō | Bertie Cortez | |
German soldiers | Hiroyuki Kawada Riki Kagami |
Peter Wollasch Jimmy Shuman Steve Gadler Allan Wenger |
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Additional radio voice | Keishi Kawaguchi | Leslie Clack |
Production
Nagaoka's film features new character designs by Katsuyuki Kubo and features a score composed by Michael Nyman, including two songs, "If" (which incorporates "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts) and "Why," which have become concert works. The former also appeared in an altered form in the film, The Libertine. The singer is contralto Hilary Summers. "Candlefire" as well as piano-only versions of "If" and Why" appear on Nyman's 2005 release, The Piano Sings.
Release
The Nagaoka film was released with an English language adaptation, via a DVD release in French (as Le Journal d'Anne Frank) with English subtitles. A release in North America was set for 2015, but went unreleased for several years.[1] The English version was finally released for free[2] on the official YouTube channel on May 3, 2020.[3] The English version is currently under Creative Commons Attribution License on YouTube.[4] The French and English language versions replaced the Michael Nyman score with a new one by Carine H.D. Gutlerner. The international version was shortened to 87 minutes.
Soundtrack
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Released | 1995 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack | |||
Label | Virgin Venture | |||
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"If" and "Why" have become staples of Michael Nyman's concerts and were rerecorded as piano solos on The Piano Sings.
Track listing
- Amsterdam Dawn
- Anne's Birthday
- The Schoolroom
- Letter From Germany
- Goodbye Moortje
- Candlefire
- Renewal
- Light Of Love
- Chatterbox Waltz
- Hanukah
- Spring Freedom
- Concentration Camp
- If
- First Kiss
- D-Day
- The Diary Of Hope
- Silent Separation
- Lament For Lost Youth
- Why
Reception
Anime News Network's Justin Sevakis said that "even a story as powerful as Anne Frank's cannot overcome truly odious filmmaking and weird directorial choices that just don't work" and that he couldn't "think of a worse way to experience the story than watching this film".[5]
References
- ^ "Animated Film "Anne Frank's Diary" Set To Release Online This Fall". May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ "Anne Frank's Diary". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
- ^ "ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - An animated feature film". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
- ^ ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - Animated feature film [English], archived from the original on 2023-05-17, retrieved 2023-05-17
- ^ Justin Sevakis (April 2, 2013). "The Diary of Anne Frank". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (revised and expanded edition), "Diary of Anne Frank," p. 144
External links
- アンネの日記 (Madhouse) (in Japanese)
- The Diary of Anne Frank (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- The Diary of Anne Frank at IMDb