Origin: Spirits of the Past
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| Directed by | Keiichi Sugiyama |
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| Story by | Umanosuke Iida |
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| Music by | Taku Iwasaki |
| Cinematography | Haruhide Ishiguro |
| Edited by | Aya Hida |
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| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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94 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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| Soundtrack album by Taku Iwasaki | |
| Released | January 7, 2006 |
| Label | Victor Entertainment |
Origin: Spirits of the Past, known in Japan as Silver-Haired Agito (銀色の髪のアギト Gin'iro no Kami no Agito?, lead:yes), is a 2006 Japanese animated science fiction film directed by Keiichi Sugiyama, written by Nana Shiina and Naoko Kakimoto, and produced by Gonzo. The film stars the voices of Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Yūko Kotegawa, Masaru Hamaguchi, Toshikazu Fukawa, Kenichi Endo and Ren Osugi. It premiered in Japan on January 7, 2006, and premiered in the United States on September 24, 2006 at the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas.
Genetic engineering on trees was conducted at a research facility on the Moon to produce trees capable of growing in harsh, arid conditions. The trees gain consciousness, obliterating Earth's civilizations and destroying the Moon. Three hundred years later, Japan is a dystopia covered by the Forest, a huge expanse of sapient trees, and ruled by the tree-like Druids, which inhabit the planet and control the water supply of both trees and humans. Agito, a young boy, and his father Agashi, as well as his friends Cain and Minka, live in Neutral City, a city carved out of the ruined skyscrapers which acts as both a buffer and a bridge between the Forest and the militaristic nation of Ragna. While the people of Neutral City co-exist peacefully with the trees of the forest, the nation of Ragna aims to destroy the Forest to restore the Earth.
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