“Can you really save them?” Netflix has debuted their final official trailers for the vibrant anime film The Ribbon Hero creation from animation filmmaker Yuki Igarashi, known for creating & directing the “Lop & Ochō” episode of Star Wars: Visions a few years ago. This will be streaming on Netflix to watch later this month. Her new film is inspired by the “Princess Knight” manga by Osamu Tezuka that’s originally from the 1950s in Japan. The old manga follows the adventures of Sapphire, a girl who was born accidentally with the blue heart of a boy, and also the pink heart of a girl. So she pretends to be a prince to prevent the evil Duke Duralumin from taking over the kingdom through his son, Plastic. It was adapted once before into a 52-ep TV anime series by Mushi Production that aired on Fuji TV from 1967 to 1968. Sapphire in this new anime will be voiced by Saya (Lalande). In this film, Sapphire is the princess of a kingdom that no longer exists. Having lost everything in her homeland of Silverland to the calamity known as “Nergal,” she wanders in despair until she finally arrives in Goldland. The voice cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Rock; Mito Tsukino as Hecate; Yusuke Tezuka as Chorogy; Lunlun as Chick; & Debidebi Debiru as Tack. Enjoy. // Continue Reading ›
