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Anime Movie ‘Ancien and the Magic Tablet’ Reveals Two Trailers

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The upcoming anime movie Ancien and the Magic Tablet (Hirunehime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari) revealed two new short trailers. One is a love story version and the other is a comment version, with the former version first revealed over at our friends, Anime!Anime!.

Both trailers are packed full of the movie’s charms. The love story version begins with protagonist Kokone Morikawa sprinting and with the narration ‘The adventure led to an unimaginable love story.’ It shows the early day photos of her father, Momotaro, and her mother, Ikumi.

Ancien and the Magic Tablet is both a sci-fi story in 2020 and a fantasy that goes back and forth between dreams and reality. This trailer decided to focus on the protagonist’s strong family bonds.

By learning love, people become strong

One of the most successful actresses of today, Mitsuki Takahata, will star as the protagonist Kokone. Veteran actor Yosuke Eguchi will star as her father Momotaro.

In the comment version, we can hear some feedback from the fans who saw the movie at a recent preview: ‘The credit-roll made my heart pound,’ ‘I cried a bit. The trailer ends with the catch line ‘Nobody can foresee the finale.’ It will certainly be a heart-warming and surprising movie.

Ancien and the Magic Tablet is an anime movie by director Kenji Kameyama who is best known for the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series as well as Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. In the movie, the protagonist, Kokone, suddenly gets involved in some strange event three days before the Tokyo Olympics and she goes back and forth between dreams and reality in a bizarre adventure. The anime production is being handled by Signal-MD.