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The Diary of Anne Frank
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Directed by	Akinori Nagaoka
Written by	Hachirō Konno Roger Parbes
Based on	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Cinematography	Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Edited by	Harutoshi Ogata
Music by	Michael Nyman (Japanese version) Carine H.D. Gutlerner (French and English versions)
Production company	Madhouse
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	August 19, 1995 (1995-08-19) (Japan)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Anne no Nikki (アンネの日記), also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a 1995 Japanese anime film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 The Diary of a Young Girl. It is a feature film by Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995.

Voice cast

Production

Nagaoka's film features new character designs by Katsuyuki Kubo and features a score composed by Michael Nyman, including two songs, "If" (which incorporates "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts) and "Why," which have become concert works. The former also appeared in an altered form in the film, The Libertine. The singer is contralto Hilary Summers. "Candlefire" as well as piano-only versions of "If" and Why" appear on Nyman's 2005 release, The Piano Sings.

Release

The Nagaoka film was released with an English language adaptation, via a DVD release in French (as Le Journal d'Anne Frank) with English subtitles. A release in North America was set for 2015, but went unreleased for several years. The English version was finally released for free on the official YouTube channel on May 3, 2020. The English version is currently under Creative Commons Attribution License on YouTube. The French and English language versions replaced the Michael Nyman score with a new one by Carine H.D. Gutlerner. The international version was shortened to 87 minutes.

Soundtrack

"If" and "Why" have become staples of Michael Nyman's concerts and were rerecorded as piano solos on The Piano Sings.

Track listing

1. Amsterdam Dawn
2. Anne's Birthday
3. The Schoolroom
4. Letter From Germany
5. Goodbye Moortje
6. Candlefire
7. Renewal
8. Light Of Love
9. Chatterbox Waltz
10. Hanukah
11. Spring Freedom
12. Concentration Camp
13. If
14. First Kiss
15. D-Day
16. The Diary Of Hope
17. Silent Separation
18. Lament For Lost Youth
19. Why

Reception

Anime News Network's Justin Sevakis said that "even a story as powerful as Anne Frank's cannot overcome truly odious filmmaking and weird directorial choices that just don't work" and that he couldn't "think of a worse way to experience the story than watching this film".

References

1. "Animated Film "Anne Frank's Diary" Set To Release Online This Fall". May 23, 2015. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
2. "Anne Frank's Diary". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
3. "ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - An animated feature film". YouTube. 3 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
4. ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - Animated feature film [English], 3 May 2020, archived from the original on 2023-05-17, retrieved 2023-05-17
5. Justin Sevakis (April 2, 2013). "The Diary of Anne Frank". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.

• The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (revised and expanded edition), "Diary of Anne Frank," p. 144

External links

• アンネの日記 (Madhouse) (in Japanese)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• The Diary of Anne Frank at IMDb

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1990s	A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) Urusei Yatsura: Always, My Darling (1991) Ninja Scroll (1993) Anne no Nikki (1995) Memories (segment Stink Bomb) (1995) Yawara! Special - Zutto Kimi no Koto ga (1996) X (1996) Perfect Blue (1997) Clover (1999) Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie (1999)
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