Magic Tree House

Magic Tree House (2012)

マジック・ツリーハウス

Jack and Annie are young siblings who find a magic tree house on their way home after chasing a weasel. By using the books available on the tree house, they are able to travel through time and location. The two end up with the difficult task of collecting four medallions, each one hidden in a different place and epoch, in order to help a magician named Morgan.

Date of release
2012-01-07
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Director
Hiroshi Nishikiori

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Magic Tree House series

Magic Tree House is a 2011 Japanese animated fantasy film based on the American children's book series of the same name by Mary Pope Osborne. The film is directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, and the film's screenplay was adapted from the Japanese version of the novel series Magic Tree House by Ichiro Okouchi. The film stars actress Keiko Kitagawa as Jack, and also stars child actress Mana Ashida as Annie.

Production

On 17 November 2010, Publisher Media Factory revealed that the English-language children's fantasy series, Magic Tree House would be adapted into an anime film. Subsequently, in the 6 March 2011 issue of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an advertisement announced that the film would be released in Japanese cinemas in 2011. This children fantasy series sold more than 3.3 million copies in Japan, and 92 million copies in 33 countries.

At a press conference that was held on 9 July 2011, Japanese film distributor Gaga Communication announced that the film would be released in Japan on 7 January 2012. The film is based on the Japanese version of the series illustrated by Ayana Amako, and the screenplay was adapted by screenwriter Ichiro Ookochi.

The voice cast for the film Magic Tree House was announced on 8 August 2011. In her voice-acting debut, actress Keiko Kitagawa described this role as "challenging", and she added that she "wanted to express the freshness of the voice of [Jack] as much as possible." Mana Ashida, an avid reader who is a big fan of the original book series, said that she was "highly motivated" to play the role of Annie in this film.

Ashida and Kitagawa had previously worked together in the 2011 television drama special Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni that was aired on 5 August 2011 on the Nippon Television network. Kitagawa described Ashida as "a professional child actress", while Ashida said that "Kitagawa is very kind and friendly".

Art director Toshiharu Mizutani's previous works includes the anime films Piano no Mori (2007) and Akira (1988). Composer Akira Senju previously composed theme songs for the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime series.

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