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Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Japanese: 星を追う子ども, Hepburn: Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo; lit. 'Children Who Chase Stars'), also known as Journey to Agartha, is a 2011 Japanese anime fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and produced by CoMix Wave Films. It follows an elementary school girl and her substitute teacher travelling to the depths of the world. The film was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 25, 2011. The film was previously licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and released on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2012. On May 9, 2019 it was announced that Sentai had lost the North American license, causing the releases to go out of print. On March 10, 2022, GKIDS announced that they have licensed Children Who Chase Lost Voices, along with three other works by Shinkai, and the film was re-released on home video in 2023.
Asuna Watase is an 11-year-old girl who has been forced to grow up, after her father died. Her mother is a nurse working long shifts at the hospital. Asuna spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the cat's-whisker receiver her father gave to her as a memento, accompanied by pet cat Mimi, who bears strange red markings on her fur.
One day, while walking to her clubhouse across a bridge, she is ambushed by a fearsome creature and saved by a mysterious teenage boy named Shun. Asuna treats him from fighting the creature, and later they both listen to the radio. Shun tells Asuna he is from another country called Agartha and that he came to this place to find something. He then gives Asuna a blessing in the form of a kiss to the forehead. Asuna leaves quickly and tells Shun she will return tomorrow. However, Shun falls to his death, while looking at the sky.
The next day, Asuna hears from her mother about a boy in the river, but she does not believe it is Shun. Asuna's substitute teacher, Mr. Morisaki, gives a lecture on a book for them to understand about Agartha, the land of the dead. When Asuna visits Morisaki, he explains to her that long ago, humans needed the guidance of Quetzalcoatls, keepers of the dead, until they matured and no longer needed them. They went underground along with the few who joined them.
Afterwards, Asuna goes to the hideout to find another mysterious boy, resembling Shun and standing on the ledge. Soon, a group of armed men, called the Arch Angels, appear and ambush them. The mysterious boy hides in the underground entrance with Asuna, and the two proceed further into the cave when the cave's entrance is bombed. The two meet a Quetzalcoatl who has apparently lost its physical senses and attacks the boy. He refuses to kill the gatekeeper, giving Asuna his clavis, a crystal, and fights back. The Archangels interfere, killing the gatekeeper. The Arch Angel commander captures Asuna and uses the clavis to open a gateway to Agartha. The commander and Asuna enter the gateway followed by the boy. Once inside, the commander reveals himself to be Morisaki and the boy also reveals himself to be Shin, Shun's younger brother. Morisaki tells Shin that all he wants is to resurrect his wife, Lisa. Shin leaves Asuna and Morisaki.
Morisaki tells Asuna that she must return home, but she decides to accompany him. They both go into the realm via an underwater entrance. Once inside, they journey to the Gate of Life and Death, which can resurrect people from the dead, along with Mimi (who had sneaked in inside Asuna's backpack).
Upon arriving in his village, Shin is told he failed his mission to retrieve the clavis, because Asuna has unknowingly returned with a fragment of one. Shin plans to stop Asuna and Morisaki from wreaking havoc in Agartha. Along the way, Asuna is kidnapped by a race of monsters called the Izoku. She awakens in a closed area and meets a young girl named Manna. They are unable to escape. The day begins to darken and the Izoku begin to appear, but they can only move in the shadows. In their escape attempt they encounter Shin, who helps them but is wounded by an Izoku during the escape. Morisaki finds Asuna and Manna down the river, as well as Shin and Mimi. Shin tries to retrieve the clavis crystal fragment that Asuna had. However, he is too weak to put up a fight and Morisaki easily defeats him. Asuna convinces Morisaki to take him with them while Manna leads them to her village.
Once there, the villagers are at first reluctant to help the "top-dwellers", but the village elder convinces the guards to let them in. The elder allows them to stay one night at the village because they have brought Manna back, but they cannot stay more than that due to past history in that top-dwellers always bring bad luck to Agartha. Meanwhile, Asuna checks up on Shin, but he tells her to leave the village.
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices
Children Who Chase Lost Voices (Japanese: 星を追う子ども, Hepburn: Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo; lit. 'Children Who Chase Stars'), also known as Journey to Agartha, is a 2011 Japanese anime fantasy film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, and produced by CoMix Wave Films. It follows an elementary school girl and her substitute teacher travelling to the depths of the world. The film was released in Japan on May 7, 2011. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on November 25, 2011. The film was previously licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America and released on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2012. On May 9, 2019 it was announced that Sentai had lost the North American license, causing the releases to go out of print. On March 10, 2022, GKIDS announced that they have licensed Children Who Chase Lost Voices, along with three other works by Shinkai, and the film was re-released on home video in 2023.
Asuna Watase is an 11-year-old girl who has been forced to grow up, after her father died. Her mother is a nurse working long shifts at the hospital. Asuna spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the cat's-whisker receiver her father gave to her as a memento, accompanied by pet cat Mimi, who bears strange red markings on her fur.
One day, while walking to her clubhouse across a bridge, she is ambushed by a fearsome creature and saved by a mysterious teenage boy named Shun. Asuna treats him from fighting the creature, and later they both listen to the radio. Shun tells Asuna he is from another country called Agartha and that he came to this place to find something. He then gives Asuna a blessing in the form of a kiss to the forehead. Asuna leaves quickly and tells Shun she will return tomorrow. However, Shun falls to his death, while looking at the sky.
The next day, Asuna hears from her mother about a boy in the river, but she does not believe it is Shun. Asuna's substitute teacher, Mr. Morisaki, gives a lecture on a book for them to understand about Agartha, the land of the dead. When Asuna visits Morisaki, he explains to her that long ago, humans needed the guidance of Quetzalcoatls, keepers of the dead, until they matured and no longer needed them. They went underground along with the few who joined them.
Afterwards, Asuna goes to the hideout to find another mysterious boy, resembling Shun and standing on the ledge. Soon, a group of armed men, called the Arch Angels, appear and ambush them. The mysterious boy hides in the underground entrance with Asuna, and the two proceed further into the cave when the cave's entrance is bombed. The two meet a Quetzalcoatl who has apparently lost its physical senses and attacks the boy. He refuses to kill the gatekeeper, giving Asuna his clavis, a crystal, and fights back. The Archangels interfere, killing the gatekeeper. The Arch Angel commander captures Asuna and uses the clavis to open a gateway to Agartha. The commander and Asuna enter the gateway followed by the boy. Once inside, the commander reveals himself to be Morisaki and the boy also reveals himself to be Shin, Shun's younger brother. Morisaki tells Shin that all he wants is to resurrect his wife, Lisa. Shin leaves Asuna and Morisaki.
Morisaki tells Asuna that she must return home, but she decides to accompany him. They both go into the realm via an underwater entrance. Once inside, they journey to the Gate of Life and Death, which can resurrect people from the dead, along with Mimi (who had sneaked in inside Asuna's backpack).
Upon arriving in his village, Shin is told he failed his mission to retrieve the clavis, because Asuna has unknowingly returned with a fragment of one. Shin plans to stop Asuna and Morisaki from wreaking havoc in Agartha. Along the way, Asuna is kidnapped by a race of monsters called the Izoku. She awakens in a closed area and meets a young girl named Manna. They are unable to escape. The day begins to darken and the Izoku begin to appear, but they can only move in the shadows. In their escape attempt they encounter Shin, who helps them but is wounded by an Izoku during the escape. Morisaki finds Asuna and Manna down the river, as well as Shin and Mimi. Shin tries to retrieve the clavis crystal fragment that Asuna had. However, he is too weak to put up a fight and Morisaki easily defeats him. Asuna convinces Morisaki to take him with them while Manna leads them to her village.
Once there, the villagers are at first reluctant to help the "top-dwellers", but the village elder convinces the guards to let them in. The elder allows them to stay one night at the village because they have brought Manna back, but they cannot stay more than that due to past history in that top-dwellers always bring bad luck to Agartha. Meanwhile, Asuna checks up on Shin, but he tells her to leave the village.