Later, Teo sends off Haruka and Cotton through the portal, where she returns to the temple and calls her dad to meet him for dinner.Įrik Scott Kimerer, Erika Harlacher, Matthew Wolfson The Baron is reduced to a mask-less creature and flees. Teo snatches the mirror as the Baron falls and the airship crashes and is destroyed. The Baron chases them out of the mirror but accidentally damages the airship, causing all his mirrors to fly around. Haruka finds herself inside the mirror which shows memories of her family life she cries. The Baron tries to stop them, but Haruka grabs the mirror and it activates. Teo and Haruka climb the inside and the array of the other mirrors to try to get the hand mirror. It falls onto a tunnel track but they reverse it in time to get out. Haruka dives after Cotton and falls, but Teo rescues her in the plane. Cotton attacks the Baron but he rips Cotton in two and tosses it. The Baron activates a bunch of robots using the power of the mirror to grab Haruka, but she falls off the airship, and hangs by a banner. Cotton rallies the petit-loss to raid the airship, and Haruka breaks free. He gives away his stamp cards, and the townsfolk build him a plane, which he flies. Teo tells the townsfolk that humans are actually good. The Baron tries to make Haruka swallow an Oblivion Drop in order to remove her memories. Teo is left with a pile of stamp cards but he is upset about his choice to betray his friend. Although they escape the underground area, the Baron arrives to seize the mirror and to abduct Haruka. Cotton removes the threads from the large creature and Haruka finds her mirror. They soon find themselves attacked by Petitloss and a large Petitloss creature. Haruka, Teo and Cotton head into the lair of the Petitloss. While Teo goes to get water, he is captured and delivered to the Baron, who orders him to help Haruka find the mirror but bring it to the Baron, who will neglect his crime and will also give him a huge reward of stamp cards. Cotton shares that the mirror was taken by a group of underground bandits called the Petitloss. At Teo's place, Haruka learns Teo wants to build a real airplane.
When the bullies bust in with a large ostrich-like contraption, Haruka grabs Cotton and they escape. Haruka recognizes her stuffed animal named Cotton, who is upset that Haruka neglected him.
A group of bullies try to remove Haruka's mask, but Teo and Haruka escape.Īt a theater area where they project the memories of neglected things. After asking several vendors, Haruka discovers that the mirror has magical powers, and it was kept by the Baron, the leader of the land who hovers in an airship, but that it was stolen. With Haruka in disguise, the two board a tram cart to the main town on Oblivion Island. Haruka agrees to give him her keychain if he can help her find the mirror. The creature, named Teo, explains to Haruka she is in the world of the neglected, made of forgotten things because his race cannot make things themselves. She dips her hand into it but is sucked through the pool and lands in a cart with the creature. She follows the creature into the woods, and comes across a small pool with one of the eggs offered at the shrine. After a brief nap, she drops her house key under the steps, but when she retrieves them, a small fox/pig-like creature, takes her key. One day, she decides to go to a local shrine and pray to Inari for the hand mirror to be returned to her. As she grew older, she forgot about the mirror and eventually lost it. The film is produced using Autodesk Maya 3D software.Īfter losing her mother at a young age, Haruka has treasured the hand mirror she had received from her.
The film was nominated for the award for Excellent Animation of the Year at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize. It was produced in commemoration of Fuji Television's 50th anniversary. Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror ( ホッタラケの島 〜遥と魔法の鏡〜, Hottarake no Shima: Haruka to Mahō no Kagami ) is a 2009 Japanese computer-animated film directed by Shinsuke Sato.
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