Night Is Short, Walk On Girl
Synopsis
As a group of teens go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife - all the while unaware of the romantic longings of Senpai, a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Ami Koshimizu, Aoi Yuuki, Hiroshi Kamiya, Chikara Honda DIRECTOR: Masaaki Yuasa CINEMATOGRAPHY: Batiste Perron MUSIC: Michiru Oshima PRODUCTION: Science SARU, Fuji Television Network, TOHO, BS Fuji, KADOKAWA
Box Office Performance
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl earned $406,490 domestically and $3,471,718 internationally, for a worldwide total of $3,878,208. International markets drove the majority of revenue (90%), indicating strong global appeal.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
PRODUCTION NOTES
▸ Production
The film was made by most of the same lead staff as The Tatami Galaxy, including original author Morimi, original character designer Nakamura, character designer and chief supervising animator Nobutaki Itō, screenwriter Makoto Ueda and director Yuasa.
To promote the film's release in South Korea, in addition the Korean band Romantic Punch were employed to create an image song, "Moonwalk in Kyoto" (밤은 짧아 걸어 아가씨야) (the Korean title of the song is the same as that of the novel and film).
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Summary: 2 wins & 5 nominations total
CRITICAL RECEPTION
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 90% approval rating based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Inventively animated, boldly creative, and refreshingly ambitious, The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl should resonate deeply with fans of outré anime." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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