Dejima: Issei Oda's ARCH ANGELS (WARAU MIKAERU)
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Issei Oda's Arch Angels (Warau Mikaeru - or "Warau Michael", if you prefer back-transliterations) is scheduled to be screened at the Dejima Japanese Film Festival - "Dejima" for short - in the Netherlands in early November. Albatros K.K. (Arubatorosu K.K.) released the movie theatrically in Japan on July 15th.
The screenplay for Arch Angels (Warau Mikaeru) was written by Oda (who was also the visual effects supervisor for the movie) and Genki Yoshimura, based on the eponymous manga Warau Mikaeru by Izumi Kawahara. The movie stars Juri Ueno as Fumio Shijô, Megumi Seki as Kazune Saiki, Airi Taira as Yuzuko Sarashina, and Yûsuke Iseya as Kazuomi Shijô. The rest of its principal cast is as follows: Toshinobu Matsuo, Rinko Kikuchi, Brian Davis, Delcea Mihaela Gabriela, Kei Katô, Aimi Satsukawa, Mitsuki Tanimura, Mayu Kitaki, Tomomi Miyashita, Rinako Matsuoka, Satomi Tezuka (Teduka Satomi), Taichirô Hirokawa, and Tokuma Nishioka. Kanako Miyauchi, Nanase Iwai, Erina Hayase, Kimiko Fuchiuchi, Haruka Kudô, Natsuki Okamoto, and Aoi apparently are also in the movie.
Here's a description of Arch Angels from the Dejima website: "Energy-packed, pants-pissing funny, live-action manga adaptation that leaves no special effect unexploited to push the filmmakers' artistic freedom to its limits. Amidst a curiously Dutch scenery, three prim girls at St. Michael's Academy discover their magic powers while waging an insane battle between good and evil. The result is shamelessly hilarious and billed as the Japanese answer to Charlie's Angels."
For more information on Arch Angels, see ScreenAnarchy's fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.
Arch Angels high-bandwidth theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Arch Angels low-bandwidth theatrical trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Arch Angels high-bandwidth teaser trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Arch Angels low-bandwidth teaser trailer (streaming Windows Media)
Arch Angels official website
Albatros: Arch Angels
Huis Ten Bosch: Arch Angels production diary (w/ stills)
Dejima: Arch Angels (in English)
Dejima: Arch Angels (in Dutch)
