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Napping Princess

Napping Princess

There's a reason why I can see in dreams

2017•1h 51m•6.7/10
FantasyAdventureAnimationDramaScience Fiction

Ratings

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6.7/10(128)

Japan, 2020, a few days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Although she should be studying for her final exams, Kokone, a schoolgirl who lives in a small town with her widowed father, a mysterious and talented mechanic, falls asleep often, anywhere, anytime, entering, over and over, a dream-world where a squad of fantastic motorized contraptions fights against magic, a world close to reality where she will find out the keys of her true past.

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Production

Signal.MD, Production I.G, KADOKAWA, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Warner Bros. Japan, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Horipro, Hulu Japan, Bandai, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, KDDI, Lawson Entertainment, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Nishinippon Broadcasting, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Mitsuki Takahata

Mitsuki Takahata

Kokone Morikawa / Aennchen (Ancien) (voice)

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Momotaro Morikawa / Piichi (Peach) (voice)

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Morio Sawatari (voice)

Rie Kugimiya

Rie Kugimiya

Joi (Joy) (voice)

Tomoya Maeno

Tomoya Maeno

Kijita / Takiji (voice)

Wataru Takagi

Wataru Takagi

Sawatari (Morio's Father) / Ukkî (voice)

Hideki Takahashi

Hideki Takahashi

Isshin Shijima / Hâtorando-ô (King) (voice)

Arata Furuta

Arata Furuta

Ichiro Watanabe / Bewan (voice)

Risa Shimizu

Risa Shimizu

Ikumi Morokawa (voice)

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