Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
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| Directed by | Masakazu Hashimoto |
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Kenji Horikawa Arimasa Okada Toshiaki Okuno Shin Omura Ichiro Takase |
| Screenplay by | Aya Matsui |
| Story by | Akihiro Hino |
| Starring |
Yo Oizumi Maki Horikita Nana Mizuki Atsurô Watabe Saki Aibu |
| Music by |
Tomohito Nishiura Tsuneyoshi Saito |
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Toho Manga UK |
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99 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫 Reiton-kyōju to Eien no Utahime?), also known as Professor Layton: The First Movie (レイトン教授 ザ・ファースト・ムービー Reiton-kyōju Za Fāsuto Mūbī?), is a 2009 anime mystery comedy-drama film directed by Masakazu Hashimoto and produced by P.A.Works and OLM. The film is based on the Professor Layton video game series by Level-5, taking place between the events of the video games Professor Layton and the Last Specter and Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask.
According to Level-5, the film stays true to the games, with music, puzzles and characters. An English-language version was released by Manga Entertainment in the United Kingdom on October 18, 2010 at the same time Professor Layton and the Unwound Future was. The film was released in the United States on November 8, 2011 by Viz Media.
Not long after the events of Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, archaeologist and puzzle master Professor Hershel Layton and his young apprentice Luke Triton reminisce over one of their earliest adventures together from three years ago: Layton is invited by his former student Janice Quatlane to watch her perform in an opera at the Crown Petone opera house, which is built on the White Cliffs of Dover. The performance centers on the legendary lost land of Ambrosia and the secret of eternal life it holds, which will be rediscovered when its queen returns. Janice believes recent strange occurrences are somehow connected to the opera: girls have disappeared from London, and the opera's composer, Oswald Whistler, has recently adopted a young girl who has claimed to be his deceased daughter Melina. Whistler plays the entire opera on the Detragon, an elaborate one-man orchestra machine. Once the performance is complete, a mystery man informs the audience that they are to play a game, the winner of which will receive the secret of eternal life, while the losers will die. Several members of the audience try to escape, but the floor opens up beneath them and they disappear. Inspector Grosky tries to arrest the mystery man, but the man is a puppet which inflates and floats out of the theater, taking Grosky with him.
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