| Tamako Love Story | |
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 Promotional art for the film featuring Tamako Kitashirakawa and Mochizō Ōji. | |
| Kanji | たまこラブストーリー |
| Revised Hepburn | Tamako rabusutōrī |
| Directed by | Naoko Yamada |
| Screenplay by | Reiko Yoshida |
| Based on | Tamako Market by Kyoto Animation |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rin Yamamoto |
| Edited by | Kengo Shigemura |
| Music by | Shinichi Nakamura Suguru Yamaguchi |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | ¥124 million[1] |
Tamako Love Story[a] is a 2014 Japaneseanimeromantic comedy film directed byNaoko Yamada. It is a sequel of the 2013 TV seriesTamako Market produced byKyoto Animation. The film was released in Japan on April 26, 2014, and has been licensed bySentai Filmworks in North America.
Now high school seniors, Tamako and the Baton Club decide to participate in a marching competition, while Mochizō mulls over his romantic interest in Tamako in addition to preparing to attend college in Tokyo for film-making. Under pressure from Midori, at the riverbank, he tells Tamako of his future plans and confesses his love to her. Tamako is taken aback and runs away; over the next few days, she remains distracted by the event as she struggles over her own feelings and coming up with an answer for Mochizō. When her grandfather is hospitalized, Tamako and Mochizō stay behind, during which he tells her to forget his confession. After the Baton Club's performance, Midori lies to Tamako that Mochizō is transferring schools to Tokyo (in reality, he was simply visiting for entrance exams), which prompts her to follow him to the train station. After stopping him from boarding his train, Tamako confesses to him.
| Character | Japanese | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tamako Kitashirakawa | Aya Suzaki | Margaret McDonald |
| Mochizō Ōji | Atsushi Tamaru Nozomi Masu (young) | Clint Bickham |
| Dera Mochimazzi | Takumi Yamazaki | Jay Hickman |
| Anko Kitashirakawa | Rina Hidaka | Brittney Karbowski |
| Midori Tokiwa | Yuki Kaneko | Juliet Simmons |
| Kanna Makino | Juri Nagatsuma | Caitlynn French |
| Shiori Asagiri | Yuri Yamashita | Kira Vincent-Davis[b] |
| Choi Mochimazzi | Yuri Yamaoka | Allison Sumrall |
| Mecha Mochimazzi | Hiro Shimono | Greg Ayres |
Kyoto Animation announced the film sequel to the 2013 anime seriesTamako Market on December 18, 2013.[2] Most of the staff has returned to produce the film and featured the same cast as the television series.[3] In contrast to the anime series, which focuses on everyday life comedy, the film focuses more on romance and drama.
Tamako Love Story was in theatres in Japan on April 26, 2014, paired with a short film featuring Dera titledDera-chan of the Southern Islands, directed byTatsuya Ishihara.[4] The film's opening theme is "Koi no Uta" (恋の歌) by Mamedai Kitashirakawa (Keiji Fujiwara). The film's ending theme is a different version of "Koi no Uta" sung by Aya Suzaki and the film's main theme song "Principle" (プリンシプル) is also by Suzaki.
Sentai Filmworks has licensed the film in North America.[5] Anime Limited also acquired the film for release in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[6] One of the characters, Shiori Asagiri, is voiced in English byKira Vincent-Davis, instead ofKrystal LaPorte, who was terminated by Sentai in February 2016.[7][8]
By May 11, 2014, the film has grossed 124,894,754yen in Japan.[9]
