Flavors of Youth
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Produced by | Noritaka Kawaguchi |
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Music by | Sakai Asuka Yuma Yamaguchi Rei Ishihara Saori |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
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Box office | CN¥2.8 million (China)[1] |
Flavors of Youth (Japanese: 詩季織々, lit. "From Season to Season"; Chinese: 肆式青春) is a 2018 anime anthology drama film directed by Li Haoling, Jiaoshou Yi Xiaoxing and Yoshitaka Takeuchi and produced by Noritaka Kawaguchi. A Japanese-Chinese co-production between CoMix Wave Films and Haoliners Animation League, it was released in Japan and in China on August 4, 2018 and globally on the same day by StudioCanal and Netflix.[2]
Plot
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The movie is split in three segments (Hidamari no Choshoku, Chiisana Fashion Show, Shanghai Koi) taking place in three different cities in China: Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai. Each chapter explores themes about love and the simple joys of life.[3]
Cast
Character | Japanese voice actor | English voice actor | Segment |
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Xiao Ming | Taito Ban | Crispin Freeman | Hidamari no Choshoku |
Xiao Ming (Young) | Mariya Ise | Kendall Gimbi | Hidamari no Choshoku |
Yi Lin (Irin) | Minako Kotobuki | Evan Rachel Wood | Chiisana Fashion Show |
Lulu | Haruka Shiraishi | Jona Xiao | Chiisana Fashion Show |
Mr. Steve | Hiroki Yasumoto | George Ackles | Chiisana Fashion Show |
Limo (Rimo) | Takeo Ōtsuka | Ross Butler | Shanghai Koi |
Xiao Yu | Ikumi Hasegawa | Erica Mendez | Shanghai Koi |
Reception
Box office
The film earned CN¥2.8 million at the Chinese box office.[1]
Critical reception
Kim Morrissy of Anime News Network gave the film an overall grade of B, praising the "polished background art" while criticizing the "weak character animation", and said that "Flavors of Youth may be far from a masterpiece, but I'm glad that it brought the talented artists at CoMix Wave Films together to portray this sentimental image of China's beautiful cities."[4]
References
- ^ a b "肆式青春(2018)". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ^ "Shikioriori Anime Film to Stream Globally on Netflix as Flavors of Youth". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ "Netflix Unveils New Trailer & Poster for Flavors of Youth'".
- ^ Kim Morrissy (2018-07-10). "Flavors of Youth". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
External links
- Flavors of Youth: International Version on Netflix
- Si shi qing chun at IMDb
- Flavors of Youth (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- 2018 films
- 2018 anime films
- 2018 computer-animated films
- Chinese films
- Chinese animated films
- Chinese drama films
- CoMix Wave Films
- Films set in Asia
- Films set in China
- Japanese films
- Japanese drama films
- Netflix original films
- Package films
- StudioCanal films
- Animated drama films
- Films set in Beijing
- Films set in Guangzhou
- Films set in Shanghai
- Haoliners Animation League