Mirai

Original title: Mirai no Mirai

2018
PG
1h 38m

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7.0/10

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Anime Hand-Drawn Animation Adventure Animation Drama Family Fantasy

A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.A young boy encounters a magical garden which enables him to travel through time and meet his relatives from different eras, with guidance by his younger sister from the future.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

19K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 36 nominations total

Mother
(English version)
(voice)

Daniel Dae Kim

Great-Grandfather (Young Man)
(English version)
(voice)

John Cho

Father
(English version)
(voice)

Kôji Yakusho

Jiiji
(voice)

Crispin Freeman

Yukko
(English version)
(voice)

Jaden Waldman

Kun
(English version)
(voice)

Victoria Grace

Mirai
(English version)
(voice)

Stephanie Sheh

Great-Grandmother
(English version)
(voice)
…

Erica Schroeder

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Erin Fitzgerald

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Michael Sinterniklaas

Additional Voices
(English version)
(voice)

Victor Brandt

Grandfather
(English version)
(voice)

Masaharu Fukuyama

Seinen
(voice)

Kumiko Asô

Okâsan
(voice)

Kaede Hondo

Mirai-Chan (Baby)
(voice)

Gen Hoshino

Otôsan
(voice)

Evan Smith

Kun (High Schooler)
(English version)
(voice)
…

Haru Kuroki

Mirai-chan
(voice)

Storyline

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Trivia
The first Japanese animated film that is not a Studio Ghibli production nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Quotes
Mirai: You did it again. You tried to hit me with your bullet train even after Mom told you not to.
Kun: But it wasn't a bullet train!
Mirai: You aren't supposed to use a bullet train to hit people.
Kun: It was a Super Azusa.
Mirai: [angrily] I don't care what kind it was!
[scoffs]
Mirai: And why can't you be a little nicer to Mom?
Kun: I don't know, I just can't.
Mirai: It's her one day off from work. She doesn't get many and she has to spend it fighting with you. Come on, try.
Kun: [sniffling] I know... I'm not cute.
Mirai: Huh?
Kun: [crying, wipes tear from his eye] Both Baby Mirai and Yukio are really cute. Not me. I know I'm not that cute anymore.
[continues sobbing]
Mirai: Oh come on, that's not true. You're very cute!
Kun: [walking away]
Mirai: You're the cutest! Adorable!
Kun: [crying harder; runs away]

Connections
Featured in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)

Soundtracks
Mirai no têma
(Mirai's Theme)
Written by Tatsurô Yamashita
Performed by Tatsurô Yamashita
Produced by Tatsurô Yamashita
© 2018 by Nippon Television Music Corporation & Smile Publishers Inc.
(P) 2018 Tenderberry & Harvest Inc. Under Exclusive License to Warner Music Japan Inc., A Warner Music Group Company.

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Featured review

9/10

The Japanese family concept manifested in a fun and clever film

A few short days after watching Ambiguous Places and feeling that I don't get Japanese humor, I got a chance to mend things between me and the Japanese sense of humor. This is a very Japanese family story, that manages to be universal at the same time.

Charming witty and fun, all the way through. Superb animation of nature, nature's phenomanons (think of the falling snow) and city surroundings. The people as always with Japanese anima, are secondery. but it doesn't hurt the overall result. One of the best real life fantasies I've seen from Japan or anywhere else in a very long while. Kids will love it and will identify with the four years old hero and his lovely family. Adults will love its wit and wisdom.