Now and Then, Here and There
Ima, soko ni iru boku
1999, Series, 25 min, Action, Adventure, Animation, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 70
Can one child stop a war?
Shu is a typical Japanese boy, but has an unbeatable, optimistic and determined attitude. However, when he sees a mysterious girl with strange eyes named Lala-Ru up on a smokestack, he is soon pulled into a strange desert world. Shu soon discovers the true terrors of war, which includes genocide, brutal torture, hunger, thirst, and child explotation. Now Shu is trying to save Lala-Ru, as well as his hard earned, and often relunctant, new friends from the insane dictator, Hamdo. Whether Shu can possibly accomplish saving those he cares about while still holding up to his values remains to be seen.
Directed by Akitarô Daichi, Hiroshi Nagahama, Masahiko Ôtsuka, Tadashi Hiramatsu
Cast
- Kaori Nazuka as Lala Ru
- Akemi Okamura as Shu Matsutani
- Yuka Imai as Nabuca
- Reiko Yasuhara as Abelia
- Hiroko Konishi as Boo
- Kôji Ishii as Hamdo
- Azusa Nakao as Sara
- Rica Matsumoto as Sis
- Takashi Matsuyama as Kazam
- Gregory Abbey as Oda, Additional Voices
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