Birthday Wonderland

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Birthday Wonderland

Released Jan 31, 2020

1h 55m

Fantasy

Adventure

Anime

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On the day before her birthday, a girl meets a mysterious alchemist who is on a mission to save the world.

Hannah Collins

CBR

Birthday Wonderland plays out as the kind of treat you'd be satisfied to get for your own birthday: fun, sweet and easily digestible, though unlikely to linger on your tongue for long.

Nov 18, 2019

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Joshua Brunsting

The CriterionCast

Legendary filmmaker Keiichi Hara returns with a gorgeous, if aggressively uneven, fairy-tale that's rich with style but a bit thin on thematic texture.

Jul 29, 2019

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Clint Worthington

The Spool

It's not nearly as texturally rich as the works of Miyazaki ... But as a showcase for some incredible visuals, it's a pretty impressive feat.

Jul 17, 2019

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Matt Schley

Japan Times

[Birthday Wonderland] is not the first, and will almost definitely not be the last, to try to push the Miyazaki buttons - and while it succeeds on the surface, it lacks the deeper emotional core to make for something truly wondrous.

Rated: 3/5

May 16, 2019

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Jen

It was a wild and beautiful ride. It was visually stunning, and the story showed a new way to save the day.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/07/20

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Jaqueline

Love love love the animation and story!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/20

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JD

The visuals were really good and the characters were likeable! Many people might say the story was a bit simple but I think that's part of this film's charm

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/20

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Audience Member

An adaptation indirectly retelling "Alice in Wonderland" functioning towards Narina while narratively leaning more towards the former in essential wonderment and the furthered latter regarding complicating action stir. This charmingly fun, whimsically spirited picture seems to follow a traditional thematic storytelling while nicely unfolding its appealing characters' depths with correctly resonating score solidifying its overall minimal beauty that unveiled the known storyline's rare heart. (B+)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Late R

With its gorgeously animated, colourful world and character designs by well-known artist Ilya Kushinov (his distinctive style is instantly recognisable), ‘The Wonderland' is a visual treat with an accompanying magical story to go with it that, at its heart, is a coming-of-age tale. It's arguably a bit too long and has too much going on causing the overall message to be diluted and its impact somewhat lessened, but that doesn't stop it from being an entertaining animation that is lovely to look at.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/20

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Audience Member

I'm a big fan of birthday Wonderland😀

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/24/20

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Keiichi Hara

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Mayu Matsuoka

Akane Uesugi

Anne Watanabe

Chii Uesugi

Kumiko Asô

Midori Uesugi

Nao Tōyama

Pipo

Keiji Fujiwara

Zan Gu

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Synopsis

On the day before her birthday, a girl meets a mysterious alchemist who is on a mission to save the world.

Director: Keiichi Hara
Producer: Yoshinori Takeeda, Fuminori Honda, Hiroshi Chonan
Screenwriter: Miho Maruo
Distributor: Eleven Arts
Production Co: Dentsu, Fuji Television Network Inc.
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Anime
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 31, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 5, 2020
Runtime: 1h 55m

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