Anime

Ancien and the Magic Tablet

ひるね姫～知らないワタシの物語

Directed by: Kenji Kamiyama
2017 / 110 minutes / All

With hearts united, we can fly - an adventure through dreams and reality

Screened as part of JFF 2017

In Kokone Morikawa’s dreams she is the sorcerer princess Ancien who, with the aid of a magic tablet, can bring inanimate objects—from her adorable toy dog Joy to flying cars—to life in a kingdom called Heartland. But her magic tablet is taken away, and she must retrieve it to help the defeat the evil Colossus.

In real life, it’s three days before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kokone should be studying for her exams, but she keeps falling asleep. Business is slow, but her mechanic father, Momotaro, seems preoccupied with tinkering with self-driving software. Kokone never knew her mother and her father rarely talks about her—or anything else, instead communicating with Kokone by text. When Momotaro is suddenly thrown into jail, Kokone’s real life and dream world start to merge. Guided by her dreams, she sets off to find her dad.