ANIMATIONWorld Magazine — September 14, 2017
Coming to a Theater Near You: Fall 2017 Animation Preview
With anime feature Napping Princess now in theaters, fall is well underway.
Written and helmed by Kenji Kamiyama, the director of East of Eden and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the 2D-animated Napping Princess is produced by Signal.MD. The film, which opened this past Friday in New York in Los Angeles, is being released in the U.S. by GKIDS in both its original Japanese language and a new English dubbed version.
A thrilling sci-fi fantasy set in the near future, Napping Princess follows the journey of a young girl, Kokone, and her friend Morio, as they set out to find Kokone’s missing father who has been accused of a crime. Kokone soon realizes she must tap into a world only accessible through her dreams in order to solve the mystery. With an ambitious mix of multilayered action, whimsical characters and inventive machines, Napping Princess was released in Japan by Warner Bros. Pictures on March 18.
Known overseas as Ancien and the Magic Tablet, Napping Princess was an official selection at this year’s Annecy Int’l Animation Film Festival, as well as the Fantasia Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Animated Feature.