Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari
| Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari | |
| Genre | Drama, Biopic |
|---|---|
| Anime television film | |
| Directed by | Eiji Okabe |
| Produced by | Yoshihiro Ōba |
| Written by | Ryūzō Nakanishi |
| Music by | Kōichi Sakata |
| Studio | Nippon Animation |
| Original network | TV Asahi |
| Released | September 28, 1979 |
| Runtime | 82 minutes |
Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari (アンネの日記 アンネ·フランク物語, Anne no nikki: Anne Furanku monogatari, lit. "Anne's Diary: The Story of Anne Frank"), is a 1979 Japanese anime television film directed by Eiji Okabe.[1][2][3][4] The movie is also sometime listed as Anne Frank Monogatari: Anne no Nikki to Douwa yori (アンネ・フランク物語 -アンネの日記と童話より- lit. "The Story of Anne Frank - From Anne's Diary and Fairy Tales-").
The film is notable for being the first animated adaptation of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl (1942-1944) and it was co-produced by Nippon Animation and TV Asahi to commemorate Anne's 50th birthday. The movie uses four of Anne's short fantasy stories as interludes to her confinement.[2] It also features an interview with Anne's father Otto Frank, and real live action footage from Nazi concentration camps and Netherlands landscapes. It aired on TV Asahi on September 28, 1979 from 21:00 to 22:22. It is said to have started the subgenre of child-focused anime about war such as Barefoot Gen and Grave of the Fireflies.[2] The film is currently unavailable, having never been re-broadcast or released to home video.
Plot
The story follows the life of a 13-year-old jewish girl named Anne Frank, hiding with her family and some friends in an Amsterdam attic to escape the Nazis during World War II.
Cast
| Character | Japanese voice actor |
|---|---|
| Anne Frank | Mariko Fuji |
| Margot Frank | Miyuki Ueda |
| Edith Frank | Noriko Nakamura |
| Otto Frank | Tooru Abe |
| Hermann Van Daan | Kōichi Kitamura |
| Petronella Van Daan | Hisako Kyouda |
| Peter Van Daan | Katsuji Mori |
| Miep Gies | Saiko Egawa |
| Albert Düssel | Eisuke Yoda |
| Narrator | Fumie Kashiyama |
Music
Opening Theme
- "There is a Tomorrow with Love" (愛がある明日がある, Ai ga aru ashitagāru)
- Sung by Seagulls, lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani, music and arrangement by Kōichi Sakata.
Ending Theme
- "The Girl who Became a Seagull" (かもめになった少女, Kamome ni natta shōjo)
- Sung by Seagulls, lyrics by Tokiko Iwatani, music and arrangement by Kōichi Sakata.
See also
References
- ^ Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Barbara; Shandler, Jeffrey (2012). Anne Frank Unbound: Media, Imagination, Memory. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00661-5.
- ^ a b c Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2015-02-09). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-61172-909-2.
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (2011-10-13). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7541-8.
- ^ Goodman, David G.; Miyazawa, Masanori (2000). Jews in the Japanese Mind: The History and Uses of a Cultural Stereotype. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-0167-4.