Momoru Hosoda’s latest anime film Mirai is one of the nominees of the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards. This was confirmed by the list released by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). The film is nominated for Best Animated Feature Categories.
Mirai is also recently nominated for Best Motion Picture – Animated Category for the 76th Annual Golden Globes. Previously, the film was also given a nomination for two cateogries for the 46th Annual Annie Awards.
The story of the film takes focus on spoiled four-year-old boy named Kun-chan. When his family receives an addition in the form of a little sister named Mirai, things begin to change for him. Feeling that hat his new sister stole his parents’ love from him, Kun-chan finds himself being overwhelmed by many experiences he undergoes for the first time in his life. As he undergoes all these new emotions however, another surprise drops on him the in the form of an older version of Mirai, who has come from the future.
Initially, the film was said to be set in an obscure corner of a certain city. Recently it was revealed by Hosoda that the film would actually be set in Yokohama, “somewhere uptown, near Isago and Kanazawa wards.” No specification was made on the importance of the setting to the plot, but it would be an important part to a past event of the family.
When the film was first revealed, Hosoda relayed the the film is inspired by by his own experience as a father. He noted that “Mirai”, which can be translated as “future”, is the name of both the sister character in the film, as well as his own daughter. He also noted that the film would be more of a human drama work like “Wolf Children” rather than an action story like “Summer Wars.”
Sources: Anime News Network
Additional Info from Carrine Yem