Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope

2013 0h 47m JA

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Synopsis

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The 25th movie in the series, Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope. Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope features Pao, a small elephant boy who lives above the clouds. Every day, Pao practices at the house of Saji Ojisan, who cleans the sky with handkerchiefs coming out from his nose, so that one day he will be able to to do the same. However, it doesn’t go well, and he always fails. Thinking there is nothing he can do and nothing would ever go well, he unconsciously closes himself off to the world. Meanwhile, Baikinman is organizing the “Baikin Circus.” The newest mecha called Amazing Elephant morphs into Dirty Elephant and starts polluting the town. Pao seems to break down because of his lack of usefulness, but seeing how Anpanman never gives up and faces any difficulty, he decides to go forward and hold onto hope.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Keiko Toda
Anpanman (voice)
Ryusei Nakao
Baikinman (voice)
Hiroshi Masuoka
Uncle Jam (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hiroyuki Yano
Writers: Tomoko Konparu
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 47-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Anpanman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hiroyuki Yano, shot by Akemi Sasaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Keiko Toda and Ryusei Nakao and Hiroshi Masuoka carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3852432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hiroyuki Yano directs. Akemi Sasaki behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 47-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 13 years ago.
3Part of the "Anpanman Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Hiroyuki Yano, shot by Akemi Sasaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Keiko Toda and Ryusei Nakao and Hiroshi Masuoka carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt3852432 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Akemi Sasaki
Runtime: 47 min · 0h 47m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Go! Anpanman: Fly! The Handkerchief of Hope (2013)

Part of

Anpanman Collection

The Soreike! Anpanman films are produced by TMS Entertainment and have been released in Japanese theaters every year since 1989. Since at least 1995, the films have been released concurrently with storybook versions written and illustrated by Takashi Yanase himself.