Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo
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Kanji巨神兵東京に現わる
Revised HepburnKyoshinhei Tōkyō ni arawaru
Directed byShinji Higuchi
Screenplay byHideaki Anno
Monologue byŌtarō Maijō
Produced byHideaki Anno
Toshio Suzuki
Narrated byMegumi Hayashibara
CinematographyKeiichi Sakurai
Keizo Suzuki
Edited byAtsuki Sato
Hidemi Ri (theatrical version)
Music byTaisei Iwasaki
Production
companies
Release date
  • July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10)
Running time
9 minutes
10 minutes (theatrical version)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Giant God Warrior Appears in Tokyo (Japanese: 巨神兵東京に現わる, Hepburn: Kyoshinhei Tōkyō ni Arawaru) is a 2012 Japanese kaiju short film directed by Shinji Higuchi.[1] A live-action prequel[2] and spin-off[3] of Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, the film is a co-production between Studio Ghibli, Special Effects Laboratory Co., Ltd, and Khara, Inc. In the film, a woman from Tokyo recounts how her city was obliterated within hours by giant divine warriors.

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  2. ^ Cotter, Padraig (9 May 2020). "Giant God Warrior Appears In Tokyo Is Ghibli's First Live-Action Film". Screen Rant. Valnet Inc. Archived from the original on 20 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "『風の谷のナウシカ』スピンオフ!?短編映画『巨神兵東京に現わる』上映決定!|シネマトゥデイ". Cinema Today (in Japanese). Cinema Today Co., Ltd. 10 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

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