Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to: Dive in Wonderland (Japanese title 不思議の国でアリスと -Dive in Wonderland-) is a new (and first) anime film based on the story Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Opening in Japanese cinemas today, I managed to find time to watch it at the local theater.
I
had thought it would do a bit better at the box office, but I was one
of eight people watching that particular screening, a post-dinner show.
This felt a bit sad since I found the movie itself to be quite
interesting. The main character is not Alice but a university senior
called Azumino Rise (voiced by Hara Nanoka). She is about to graduate
and had been job hunting with no success. The story is set in modern
times and depicts the challenges faced by today's youths. I thought it
was quite good at weaving all these elements to give a modern spin to a
classic tale.
Hara
Nanoka's voice acting was also very remarkable for a person who is not a
voice actor by trade. I guess she must have been well trained by
director Shinkai Makoto when she voiced Suzume for the movie Suzume.
I found the movie to be full of metaphors, and spent the first half of
the movie trying to interpret all of them to try and understand what the
story was hinting at. It got a bit tiring so, for the second half of
the movie, I just focused on watching the story being shown to me,
instead of trying to understand the story being told to me.
Hopefully,
word will get round about her acting and the strengths of this movie
(good visuals and good story) so that it can do better at the box office
in the coming days.
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