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27-635: Originally serialised in seven installments in two of Gakken 's secondary school student-aimed magazines, beginning in Chūgaku Sannen Course in November 1965 and ending in Kō Ichi Course in May 1966, and first published as a book in 1967 by Kadokawa Shoten , it has gone on to become one of Tsutsui's most popular works and has been reinterpreted in other media many times, the most famous internationally being

54-555: A 1983 live-action film directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi , and a 2006 anime film directed by Mamoru Hosoda . The original novel was first published in English translation by the British publisher Alma Books on May 26, 2011, in a translation by David James Karashima. The title is also that of a song, written by Yumi Matsutōya to be performed by Tomoyo Harada for the 1983 film, which has enjoyed considerable fame of its own. Kazuko Yoshiyama,

81-455: A lack of available data, some films have incomplete grosses that do not reflect their entire theatrical runs in all markets, and other films are missing altogether. The rankings are consequently only approximate. There is especially a lack of available worldwide box office data for Japanese films released prior to 1997. See Highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan below for more complete data within

108-479: A new version in 2006 for the release of the animated film, including two more stories: Akumu no shinsô and Hateshinaki tagen uchû ( ISBN   4-04-130521-7 ) . The novel is also published in foreign countries, like France ( La Traversée du temps , 1983), South Korea, and China. According to the scholar Ulrich Heinze, the novel represents the first fully formed version of time travel as an exploration of self . In contrast to other time travel stories up until

135-405: A third-year middle school student, is cleaning the school science lab with her classmates, Kazuo Fukamachi and Gorō Asakura, when she smells a lavender -like scent and faints. After three days, events transpire around Kazuko, including the burning of Gorō's house after an earthquake. The next morning, at the exact moment of a car accident, Kazuko is transported 24 hours into the past. She relives

162-426: Is a direct adaptation of the novel, released on July 16, 1983 in Japan by Tōei , directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi , with a screenplay by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It's been since released internationally on DVD, with English subtitles, under several unofficial English titles ( The Little Girl Who Conquered Time , Girl of Time , The Girl Who Cut Time , among others). This film

189-469: Is not included on this list. The list also does not include ancillary revenue from other sources such as home entertainment or merchandise sales, where a number of Japanese films earn significantly more revenue. The anime film My Neighbor Totoro (1988), for example, grossed about $ 1.4 billion from home video and licensed merchandise sales. The following is a list of highest-grossing Japanese films in Japan. (Over ¥10 billion) Up until 1999,

216-662: Is perhaps originally known for producing Denshi blocks and packaging them within electronic toy kits such as the Gakken EX-System , as far back as the 1970s. One of their original lines, the EX-150, was reissued in 2002, and was so popular as to inspire an expansion pack . In 1981 Gakken released "Super Puck Monster", a tabletop LCD arcade game that resembled Pac-Man . Coleco also licensed "Super Puck Monster" and released it as an official Pac-Man game. Gakken also released an official Dig Dug game, unlike "Super Puck Monster" this game

243-523: The People's Daily and Eiga.com  [ ja ] , the film attained approximately 800 million viewers in China upon its initial release. Its inflation-adjusted Chinese gross revenue is estimated to be at least CN¥10 billion ( $ 1.48 billion ) in 2017. However, the amount of nominal box office gross revenue (not adjusted for inflation) it generated in China at the time is not known to have been reported, so it

270-434: The 1960s which typically involved expeditions, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time limited the time jumps to a short period to examine adolescence. It was also an early example of a time loop narrative, anticipating plot elements of the later Hollywood film Groundhog Day (1993). NHK produced two adaptations titled Time Traveler and Zoku Time Traveler , aired in 1972. Starring Mayumi Asano. The 1983 live-action film

297-1045: The 2010 film was serialized in Young Ace magazine. Gakken Gakken Holdings Co., Ltd. ( 株式会社学研ホールディングス , Kabushiki-gaisha Gakken Hōrudingusu ) is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys. Their annual sales are reported at ¥ 90 billion ($ 789 million US ). Gakken publishes educational books and magazines and produces other education-related products. For nursery school age children and their caretakers, they produce items such as child care and nursing guides. For school children, they publish text books, encyclopedias, and science books. Gakken also publishes educational magazines for high school students, as well as school guides for all levels. Gakken also provides products for playrooms, study rooms, computer rooms and science rooms. Gakken also publishes general family-oriented and gender-oriented magazines in sports, music, art, history, animation, cooking, and puzzles. Gakken

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324-493: The Japanese box office was most commonly reported in terms of distributor rentals  [ ja ] , which was equivalent to approximately half of the total gross receipts at the Japanese box office. Since 2000, the Japanese box office has been reported in terms of total box office gross receipts. The worldwide gross figures for anime films were also not reported prior to 1997. As such, there are two tables. The first table shows

351-437: The book ends, Kazuko has the faint memory of somebody promising to meet her again every time she smells lavender. The novel was first serialized in the Japanese youth magazines Chu-3 Course and Kō-1 Course, from November 1965 to May 1966, and has been regularly re-edited in Japan ever since, notably in 1967 ( ISBN   4-04-130510-1 ) , in 1997 for the release of the second film ( ISBN   4-89-456306-1 ) , and in

378-425: The day and relates her strange experience to Kazuo and Gorō. They do not believe her at first, but they are convinced when she accurately predicts the earthquake and ensuing fire. Goro also almost gets hit by a truck but Kazuko knows and tells him, so it adds to Goro believing her even more. They go to see Fukushima, their science teacher, who explains Kazuko's new ability as " teleportation " and " time-leap ". To solve

405-594: The distributor rentals, gross receipts (if known) and box office admissions in Japan up until 1996, while the second table shows the worldwide gross revenue since 1997. Worldwide box office data prior to 1997 is sparse, thus the table for worldwide gross figures begins in that year. Movies that have been re-released are listed by their total gross, with their original gross noted in parentheses. The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing Japanese films that have sold more than 10   million tickets worldwide. Note that some of

432-586: The domestic Japanese market and Japanese films by number of box office admissions for more data on both domestic and overseas performance, especially for films released prior to 1997. The highest-grossing Japanese film in terms of box office ticket sales is the 1976 film Manhunt , which was the first foreign film released in China following the Cultural Revolution , and subsequently sold more than 400 million tickets there. According to Nikkan Sports ,

459-455: The lists below only consider box office earnings at cinemas , not other sources of income such as merchandising or home video . The lists include both anime and live-action films produced by Japanese studios, but do not include English-language international co-productions between Japanese and Hollywood studios. For example, many Hollywood films based on Japanese source material, were co‑produced with Japanese production companies. Due to

486-517: The main role. The novel was adapted into one third of the Shinshun! Love Stories anthology film starring members of the all-girl J-pop group Morning Musume . The segment was written by Toshio Terada , starring Abe Natsumi and directed by Kazuhiro Onohara . The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was produced by the animation studio Madhouse and distributed through Kadokawa Herald Pictures , first released in theaters in Japan on July 15, 2006. The film

513-635: The original tale in which Kazuko's daughter, Akari, travels back in time to relay a message to Ken. A 5 episode live-action television series was aired in 2016, with Fuma Kikuchi of Sexy Zone and Yuina Kuroshima . A stage play adaptation of Zoku Time Traveler premiered in Tokyo in 2017. The novel was adapted in 2004 into a two-volume manga called The Girl Who Runs Through Time ( 時をかける少女 , Toki o Kakeru Shōjo ) , illustrated by Gaku Tsugano , and story by Yasutaka Tsutsui ( ISBN   4-04-713620-4 & ISBN   4-04-713640-9 ) . The manga

540-519: The riddle of her power, she must leap back four days. Finally, Kazuko's determination enables her to make the leap. Back in the science room, she meets a mysterious man who has assumed her friend Kazuo's identity. He is really "Ken Sogoru", a time-traveler from AD 2660. His intersection with the girl's life is the accidental effect of a "time-leaping" drug. Ken remains for a month, and Kazuko falls in love with him. When he leaves, he erases all memories of himself from everyone he has met, including Kazuko. As

567-500: Was a major box office hit in Japan. It was the second highest-grossing Japanese film of 1983. Yasutaka Tsutsui wrote a short story parodying his own novel titled Scenario: Toki o Kakeru Shōjo in response to the film adaptation. Adapted to an episode of Getsuyō Drama Land . Starring Yoko Minamino . The second live-action television adaptation aired as a five-episode Japanese television live-action TV series broadcast on Fuji Television between February 19 and March 19, 1994. It

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594-458: Was announced in Yahoo Japan and released on March 13, 2010. The theme song of the film was performed by Ikimono-gakari . The movie features Riisa Naka , who previously voiced the protagonist Makoto Konno in the 2006 animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 film) , as the lead character, Akari Yoshiyama, the daughter of Kazuko Yoshiyama and cousin of Makoto Konno. The film is a sequel to

621-451: Was directed by Masayuki Ochiai and Yūichi Satō, with screenplay by Ryōichi Kimizuka and music by Joe Hisaishi . It stars the then-rookie idol Yuki Uchida in the main role. The second live-action film adaptation of was released in Japan on November 8, 1997, directed by Haruki Kadokawa , with a screenplay by Ryōji Itō, Chiho Katsura  [ jp ] and Haruki Kadokawa, starring beginner Nana Nakamoto  [ jp ] in

648-463: Was later released on DVD on April 20, 2007 in Japan in regular and limited editions. The film features Riisa Naka , who later voices the protagonist Akari Yoshiyama in the 2010 live movie Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , as the lead character, Makoto Konno, the niece of Kazuko Yoshiyama, who is the protagonist of the novel, and cousin of Akari Yoshiyama. A third Japanese live-action film adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

675-571: Was only sold in Japan and never exported. In 1983, the company released the Gekken FX-System , a microcomputer kit similar to the EX-System. The computer unit featured a 20-key keyboard, seven LED lamps and a single seven-segment display that was used to display hexadecimal values. This was placed in a framework that allowed Denshi blocks to be used to connect its inputs and outputs to other devices like buttons and speakers. The 4-bit computer

702-597: Was re-released in 2009, known as the GMC-4 . In October 1983, the Gakken Compact Vision TV Boy console was released. Since 1993 Gakken has been publishing monthly logic puzzle magazines under the name Logic Paradise . This article about a Japanese corporation- or company-related topic is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of highest-grossing non-anime Japanese films Films made in Japan produce revenue through various sources;

729-533: Was released in English in October 2008 by CMX Manga . A manga adaptation of the 2006 anime film was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Shōnen Ace manga magazine between April 26 and June 26, 2006, illustrated by Ranmaru Kotone ; the chapters were later collected into a single bound volume which went on sale on July 26, 2006. Another manga, known as Toki o Kakeru Shōjo: After ( 時をかける少女 After ) , set as prelude to

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