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Origin: Spirits of the Past

2006 · 95 min

A lush, earnest eco-fable with sweeping animation, gentle wonder and a bittersweet ache about healing a broken world.

Directed by: Keiichi Sugiyama
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, Adventure
Starring: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yuko Kotegawa

Tagline: Together, we can face the future...
Overview: It is 300 years into the future. Earth's environment had been devastated by mankind's own foolish plans and humankind is beleaguered by the sentient forests which they have awoken. The world balance is tipped when a young boy named Agito stumbles across a machine that glowed in a strange blue hue inside a forbidden sanctuary.

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Directed by: Keiichi Sugiyama
Genres: Animation, Science fiction, Adventure
Starring: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yuko Kotegawa

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
nature
survival
identity
redemption
Places: fantasy world
wilderness
big city
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	2
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, science fiction, adventure, drama, fantasy, romance, action
Directed by: Keiichi Sugiyama
Written by: Nana Shiina, Naoko Kakimoto
Starring: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yuko Kotegawa, Atsuko Yuya, Ren Osugi, Masaru Hamaguchi, Toshikazu Fukawa, Kenichi Endo
Music: Taku Iwasaki
Cinematography: Haruhide Ishiguro
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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