Anne no Nikki

Anne no Nikki (アンネの日記), also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a 1995 Japanese anime film based on Anne Frank's 1942-1944 The Diary of a Young Girl. It is a feature film by Madhouse, was directed by Akinori Nagaoka and released on August 19, 1995.

The Diary of Anne Frank
Poster
Directed byAkinori Nagaoka
Written byHachirō Konno, Roger Parbes
Based onThe Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
CinematographyHitoshi Yamaguchi
Edited byHarutoshi Ogata
Music by
  • Michael Nyman (Japanese version)
  • Carine H.D. Gutlerner (French and English versions)
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • August 19, 1995 (1995-08-19) (Japan)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Voice cast
CharacterJapanese voice actorEnglish dubbing actorFrench dubbing actor
Anne Frank Reina Takahashi Marissa Davison Noémie Orphelin
Margot Frank Seiko Tano Vanessa Ackerman
Edith Frank Fumie Kashiyama Béla Gruschka Christine Paris
Otto Frank Gō Katō Allan Wenger Jean-Pol Brissart
Jopie Naomi Sekida Lies
Estelle Heinaux Solange Boulanger
Monsieur Van Daan Jirō Sakagami Jimmy Shuman Olivier Proust
Madame Van Daan Tetsuko Kuroyanagi Patricia Kessler Françoise Rigal
Peter Van Daan Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Jacques Saint Just Maël Davan-Soulas
Miep Gies Yoshie Taira Sharon Mann Laurence Dourlens
Docteur Dussel Yūsuke Takita Jean Fontaine Paul Borne
Koophuis Takurō Nakayoshi Steve Gadler
Professor Kepler Gō Endō Bertie Cortez
German soldiers Hiroyuki Kawada
Riki Kagami		 Peter Wollasch
Jimmy Shuman
Steve Gadler
Allan Wenger
Additional radio voice Keishi Kawaguchi Leslie Clack

Production

Nagaoka's film features new character designs by Katsuyuki Kubo and features a score composed by Michael Nyman, including two songs, "If" (which incorporates "Time Lapse" from A Zed & Two Noughts) and "Why," which have become concert works. The former also appeared in an altered form in the film, The Libertine. The singer is contralto Hilary Summers. "Candlefire" as well as piano-only versions of "If" and Why" appear on Nyman's 2005 release, The Piano Sings.

Release

The Nagaoka film was released with an English language adaptation, via a DVD release in French (as Le Journal d'Anne Frank) with English subtitles. A release in North America was set for 2015, but went unreleased for several years.[1] The English version was finally released for free[2] on the official YouTube channel on May 3, 2020.[3] The English version is currently under Creative Commons Attribution License on YouTube.[4] The French and English language versions replaced the Michael Nyman score with a new one by Carine H.D. Gutlerner. The international version was shortened to 87 minutes.

Soundtrack
The Diary of Anne Frank
Soundtrack album by
Michael Nyman
Released1995
GenreSoundtrack
LabelVirgin Venture
Michael Nyman chronology
Carrington
(1995)		 The Diary of Anne Frank
(1995)		 After Extra Time
(1996)

"If" and "Why" have become staples of Michael Nyman's concerts and were rerecorded as piano solos on The Piano Sings.

Track listing
  1. Amsterdam Dawn
  2. Anne's Birthday
  3. The Schoolroom
  4. Letter From Germany
  5. Goodbye Moortje
  6. Candlefire
  7. Renewal
  8. Light Of Love
  9. Chatterbox Waltz
  10. Hanukah
  11. Spring Freedom
  12. Concentration Camp
  13. If
  14. First Kiss
  15. D-Day
  16. The Diary Of Hope
  17. Silent Separation
  18. Lament For Lost Youth
  19. Why

Reception

Anime News Network's Justin Sevakis said that "even a story as powerful as Anne Frank's cannot overcome truly odious filmmaking and weird directorial choices that just don't work" and that he couldn't "think of a worse way to experience the story than watching this film".[5]

References
  1. "Animated Film "Anne Frank's Diary" Set To Release Online This Fall". May 23, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  2. "Anne Frank's Diary". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-03.
  3. "ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - An animated feature film". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  4. ANNE FRANK'S DIARY - Animated feature film [English], retrieved 2023-05-17
  5. Justin Sevakis (April 2, 2013). "The Diary of Anne Frank". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
  • The Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (revised and expanded edition), "Diary of Anne Frank," p. 144
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