"Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is an adaptation of a Japanese folk tale, the story of a princess from the moon discovered inside a bamboo stalk in a poor rural village. A decade ago, Studio Ghibli adapted the tale into a gorgeously animated movie with a traditional, lovingly hand-painted feel. This film could not be more different, a trippy, high-energy, techno anime set in the near future, half of it in a virtual reality world and TikTok-ifed with emojis and stickers exploding all over the screen."
"Iroha (voiced by Dawn M Bennett in the English dub) is a sensible kid, a talented musician and grade-A student who has already moved out of the family home and is living alone, working all hours to pay the rent of her tiny studio flat. In any free time she does have, Iroha follows her idol, AI musical megastar Yachiyo, in a crazy, chaotic virtual reality world called Tsukuyomi."
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! adapts a Japanese folk tale about a moon princess into a near-future, high-energy techno anime. The story begins when 17-year-old Iroha discovers a baby inside a glowing lamppost; the infant quickly ages into Kaguya, a pale, impulsive pre-teen. Iroha is a sensible, hardworking musician and student who follows AI megastar Yachiyo in a chaotic virtual reality called Tsukuyomi. Kaguya persuades Iroha to collaborate on original songs to enter a competition to perform with Yachiyo. The film mixes frantic plotting, virtual emojis and stickers, and frenetic visual energy, presenting a wildly different, modernized take on the classic tale.
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