Live Action Adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Manga Entertainment are going to release the most recent live-action adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time on the 2nd of May. Named, Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, the film was made in 2010 and stars Riisa Naka who was the voice actress for the protagonist Makoto Konno in the 2006 animated film.
Synopsis
In 2010 pharmaceutical researcher Kazuko Yoshiyama (Narumi Yasuda) is injured in a car accident. Her daughter Akari (Riisa Naka) uses Kazuko’s newly completed time-travel potion to leap back in search of a mystery man from her mother’s past… but misjudges the date and arrives two years late, in the year 1974. There, she enlists the help of reluctant student filmmaker Ryota (Akiyoshi Nakao), in a race against time to find a man that nobody remembers.
Amazon have listed its release for the 2nd of May. It is available for pre-order at the price of £10.99.
