Hotarubi no Mori e
| Hotarubi no Mori e | |
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The tankōbon cover of Hotarubi no Mori e, first published in Japan in 2003
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| 蛍火の杜へ | |
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| Genre | Romance, Supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuki Midorikawa |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | LaLa DX |
| Published | July 2002 |
| Manga | |
| Hotarubi no Mori e Tokubetsuhen | |
| Written by | Yuki Midorikawa |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Published | September 5, 2011 |
| Anime film | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Omori |
| Produced by | Shuko Yokoyama |
| Music by | Makoto Yoshimori |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| Released | September 17, 2011 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Voice actor | Role |
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| Ayane Sakura | Hotaru Takegawa |
| Kōki Uchiyama | Gin |
| Shinpachi Tsuji | Hotaru's grandfather |
| Izumi Sawada | Hotaru's mother |
| Hayato Taya | Ryōta (亮太?) |
| Kanehira Yamamoto | Shadow yōkai |
| Masanori Machida | Beech Tree Hand yōkai |
| Hiroki Gotō | Lion yōkai |
| Asami Imai | Masked child (younger brother) |
| Mami Uchida | Masked child (older sister) |
| Kumiko Tashiro | Child at the festival |
Hotarubi no Mori e (Japanese: 蛍火の杜へ?, lit. "Into the Forest of Fireflies' Light") is a one-shot shōjo manga written by Yuki Midorikawa. It was published in the July 2002 issue of LaLa DX in Japan, and in July 2003 it was reprinted in a tankōbon short story collection of the same name, which included four romantic one-shot stories written by Midorikawa. Hotarubi no Mori e tells the story of a young girl named Hotaru and her friendship with Gin, a strange young man wearing a mask, who she meets at the age of six in a mountain forest near her grandfather's country home. Hotaru learns that her friend is supernatural and that touching Gin will cause him to disappear forever. Hotaru returns every summer to spend time with Gin, and their relationship matures as both struggle with its limitations. The inspiration to write the story came suddenly to Midorikawa, who immediately drew the manga—a process that went smoothly despite some initial conflicting elements. Hotarubi no Mori e is considered a starting point for Midorikawa's best known work, Natsume's Book of Friends.
A 44-minute anime film with the same title was produced in 2011 at the anime studio Brain's Base and directed by Takahiro Omori. The film starred Japanese voice actors Ayane Sakura and Kōki Uchiyama, and its soundtrack included music by Makoto Yoshimori. The film maintained a strong following for months in Japan after its opening on September 17, 2011. The European premiere of Hotarubi no Mori e was on October 8, 2011 at the Scotland Loves Animation festival, where it won the Jury Prize. It was screened at the Leeds International Film Festival, Anime Contents Expo and Anime Expo convention, and also won the Animation Film Award at the 66th Annual Mainichi Film Awards.
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