Girl Who Leapt Through Time - film versions

[Frako Loden]

Thanks, Aaron! Taro Goto's catalogue blurb for the SF Asian American 
Film Festival's catalogue mentioned "countless" film and TV versions, 
so I knew there had to be more than two.

Frako Loden


At 11:00 AM +0900 5/21/07, Aaron Gerow wrote:
>>I think there are two. A 1983 live action and the animated version 
>>that was theatered last summer.
>
>There are actually two live action films: Kadokawa Haruki, who 
>produced the 1983 version, ended up directing another version in 
>1997 as one means of coming back into the industry after his 
>conviction. Also, the animated version is set up as a "sequel" to 
>the Tsutsui story, with the heroine of the novel/films becoming the 
>aunt of the animated heroine.
>
>I should note that this has also been done on TV at least three 
>times: one as a TV movie in 1985, another as a TV series in 1994, 
>and finally in 2002 as part of a Morning Musume special.
>
>Aaron Gerow
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