GKIDS has introduced the English-language voice solid for Lonely Fort within the Mirror. This newest movie from critically acclaimed director Keiichi Hara (Miss Hokusai, Colourful, The Wonderland), with animation from A-1 Photos, tells a heartfelt story in regards to the pains of rising up and the unlikely bonds that may deliver individuals collectively. GKIDS will deliver the movie to pick U.S. theaters for occasion showings on June 21 and 22 solely, with tickets now on sale at LonelyCastleMovie.com.
The English voice solid contains Micah Lin as Kokoro Anzai; Huxley Westemeier as Rion; Giselle Fernandez as Aki; Kieran Regan as Subaru; Zoe Glick as Fuka; Adrian Marrero as Masamune; Riley Webb as Ureshino; and Vivienne Rutherford as Wolf Queen.
Based mostly on Mizuki Tsujimura’s novel of the identical identify, the movie follows shy, outcast Kokoro on the journey she embarks upon when she finds a portal in her bed room mirror. She reaches via, transporting to a fascinating fort to search out six different college students already there. When a woman in a wolf masks explains that they’ve should now play a recreation, the kids work collectively to uncover the mysterious connection that unites them. Nonetheless, a wolf will eat anybody who breaks the foundations.
Lonely Fort within the Mirror held its worldwide premiere on the Rotterdam Worldwide Movie Competition, marking the primary choice of a Japanese animated characteristic for the pageant, and moreover had its U.S. premiere on the New York Worldwide Youngsters’s Movie Competition. Nominated for the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the 12 months, the movie achieved field workplace success throughout its home launch in Japan in December 2022, grossing over one billion yen (approx. 7.3 million USD).
Hara labored with numerous previous collaborators on the undertaking, together with screenwriter Miho Maruo (Miss Hokusai, The Wonderland), composer Harumi Fuuki (Miss Hokusai, The Wonderland), in addition to acclaimed artist Ilya Kuvshinov (The Wonderland) for visible idea and chateau designs.
Whitney is a contract author specializing in VFX-driven fantasy movie & TV in addition to preschool animation.
