After months of waiting ‘Child of Kamirai Month‘ finally arrived on Netflix on February 8 of 2022. The supernatural fantasy anime movie was previously released from Creative Universal of Japan on October 8, 2021. Produced by Liden Films, Takana Shirai has directed the movie. From Netflix subscribers all over the world are able to stream the film.
The theme of grief and trauma is not new in anime movies. The 1988 movie ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ or ‘Okko’s Inn’ of 2018 is a perfect example of how well anime can deal with the complicated and heartfelt topic of grief, pain, trauma.
In ‘Child of Kamirai Month’, protagonist Kanna’s journey through the pitfalls of life and her struggle with the emotional hardships are more significant and engaging than the fantasy elements in it. Though it is true that the fantasy and supernatural elements are only there to reinvent the universal trouble of real human lives.
The original title of ‘Child of Kamirai Month’ is ‘Kamiarizuki no kodomo’ which is obviously a Japanese title. Here is the complete details about the plot, voice cast, and everything else that we know about the anime movie.
Possible Plotline Of Child of Kamirai Month
The 99 minutes long movie is centered around a young girl named Kanna. The story begins when she is twelve years old. Kanna is born as a descendent of Gods. The gods are going to gather in Izumo for which Kanna’s family has a mission to complete. Her family is tasked with traveling all over Japan and collect offerings from every nook of the country to deliver them in that gathering. Kanna’s mother is the primary executor of the mission.
But when her mother dies leaving the crucial task incomplete, Kanna has to take the responsibility on her own shoulder. She begins her journey throughout Japan with the desire of reuniting with her mother at the end of the journey on God’s land.
On one hand, the grief of her mother’s death and on the other hand the troublesome journey which is too much for a twelve years old girl, Kanna’s struggle is now tougher than ever. Her journey includes trauma, anguish, and discovering the fantastic world of the Gods.
The brilliant script of ‘Child of Kamirai Month’, a story about strong but not uncommon human feelings, is written by Tetsurō Takita, Ryūta Miyake, and Toshinari Shinoe together.
The Cast Update- Who Is In It?
Liden Films produced the animation of the film. The casting of the voice artists in the movie has been directed by Marissa Lenti. We will discuss both the Japanese and English voice cast here.
• The protagonist twelve years old Kanna has been given voice in the original Japanese version by Aju Makita. She gave voice to both the child and young version of Kanna. But in the English version two different voice artists articulated Kanna for two different ages.
Madeleine Morris gave a voice to the child Kanna where Mia Sinclair Jenness gave a voice to the young Kanna. Mia Sinclair Jenness is a well-known young voice artist who voices several important roles in some famous series including the character Nancy Clancy in ‘Fancy Nancy’, a junior animated TV Series of Disney and young Powder in the Netflix series ‘Arcane’.
In ‘Les Miserables’ she had an understudy role. And most importantly she has been one of the three girls for the titular character of ‘Matilda the Musical’s US tour.
• Other characters of the movie have been given voice to by many voice artists among whom some are very experienced and well known.
The character of Shiro is voiced by Maaya Sakamoto in the Japanese version and by the veteran voice artist who has worked with many Japanese anime movies and series Luci Christian in the English version. Miyu Irino and Mark Allen Jr. have given voice to Yato or Yasha in the original and English versions respectively.
Riko Nagase in the Japanese film and Lily Willams in the English dubbed version have given voice to the role of Miki while Ko Shibasaki in the Japanese version and Morgan Laure in the English version have given voice to Yayoi Hayama’s character.
The character of Norimasa Hayama has been given voice to by Minako Kotobuki and Stephen Fu in the Japanese and English versions respectively. Akira Kaniya has voiced Ōkuninushi in this film in the original version and Kirk Thornton in the English dubbed version.
Chafurin and Keith Silverstein have given voice respectively in the Japanese and English version to the character of Kotoshironushi. And lastly, Wataru Takagi has voiced Ryūjin in the Japanese version and Michael Sorich in the English version.
The anime movie has received quite positive reviews in both Japan and in the international scale.
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