Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009) Eiga Reiton-kyôju to eien no utahime (original title)

Director:

Masakazu Hashimoto

Writers:

Aya Matsui (screenplay)
Akihiro Hino (story)

Release Date:

19 December 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

800-mannin ijô ga toita, naita; ano kandô no game ga tsuini eigaka! (The game solved by over 800 million people is finally being made into a movie!)

Plot:

Layton and Luke are caught up in an adventure, when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.

Plot Keywords:

Eternal Life | Opera House | Suppressed Memory | Immortality | Britain

Cast

Yô Oizumi	...	Layton (voice: Japanese version)
Maki Horikita	...	Luke (voice: Japanese version)
Nana Mizuki	...	Jenis (voice: Japanese version)
Atsurô Watabe	...	Descole (voice: Japanese version)
Saki Aibu	...	Remi (voice: Japanese version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maria Darling	...	Luke Triton / Annie Dretche (voice: English version)
Wayne Forester	...	Curtis O'Donnell (voice: English version)
Marianne Graffam	...	Flora Reinhard (voice: German version)
Sarah Hadland	...	Celia Raidley (voice: English version)
David Holt	...	Marco Brock (voice: English version)
Shôzô Iizuka	...	Curtis O'Donnel (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi	...	Oswald Whistler (voice: Japanese version)
Jonathan Keeble	...	Jean Descole (voice: English version)
LiLiCo	...	Annie Dretche (voice: Japanese version)
Christopher Robin Miller	...	Professor Layton (voice: English version)
Kenta Miyake	...	Marco Brock (voice: Japanese version)
Claire Morgan	...	Amelia Ruth (voice: English version)
Sumire Morohoshi	...	Nina (voice)
Jôji Nakata	...	Frederick Bargland (voice)
Mamiko Noto	...	Flora (voice: Japanese version)
Fumiko Orikasa	...	Melina Whistler (voice)
Shiro Saito	...	Inspector Chelmey (voice: Japanese version)
Robbie Stevens	...	Oswald Whistler / Pierre Starbuck (voice: English version)
Emma Tate	...	Janice Quatlane / Emmy Altava (voice: English version)
Megumi Toyoguchi	...	Amelia Ruth (voice: Japanese version)
Kôichi Yamadera	...	Pierre Starbuck (voice: Japanese version)
Hôchû Ôtsuka	...	Inspector Clamp Grosky (voice)

Directed by
Masakazu Hashimoto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Akihiro Hino		story
Aya Matsui		screenplay

Produced by
Shuji Abe	....	co-executive producer
Naoya Fujimaki	....	co-executive producer
Kazuya Hamana	....	executive producer
Kenji Horikawa	....	producer
Nobuhiro Kikuchi	....	co-producer
Masakazu Kubo	....	executive producer
Arimasa Okada	....	producer
Toshiaki Okuno	....	producer
Shin Omura	....	producer
Ichirô Takase	....	producer
Katsuhito Yamauchi	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Tomohito Nishiura

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mitsuru Hongo	....	assistant director (as Mitsuru Hongô)
Jôji Shimura	....	assistant director
Naohito Takahashi	....	unit director

Art Department
Takuzô Nagano	....	illustrator: ending credits

Sound Department
Masafumi Mima	....	sound director

Visual Effects by
Ting-Ni Chiu	....	visual effects production assistant
Don Ho Han	....	visual effects production assistant
Ryu Harada	....	digital artist
Hitoshi Ishihara	....	lead digital artist
Mi Hyang Kang	....	digital paint artist
Miki Kinoshita	....	r&d developer
Masashi Kobayashi	....	visual effects supervisor
Michiyo Matsuda	....	digital paint artist
Yoshinori Moriizumi	....	technical director
Yuki Ninomiya	....	visual effects production assistant
Tetsuya Nomura	....	visual effects production assistant
Misako Saka	....	visual effects producer
Leona Suzuki	....	visual effects director
Katsumi Takao	....	lead digital paint artist
Tatsuo Yotsukura	....	r&d developer

Animation Department
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	animation director
Hiroyuki Horiuchi	....	designer
Sayuri Ichiishi	....	animation director
Hiroyuki Imaishi	....	storyboard artist
Takuzô Nagano	....	original character designer
Junji Nishimura	....	storyboard artist
Jôji Shimura	....	storyboard artist
Noboru Sugimitsu	....	character designer
Noboru Sugimitsu	....	supervising animation director
Hideki Takahashi	....	animation director
Miwa Tsurumi	....	in-between animator

Casting Department
Martin Vaughan	....	casting

Other crew
Nobuhiro Kikuchi	....	production committee: Team Layton
Martin Vaughan	....	voice director

Production Companies

• P.A. Works
• Oriental Light and Magic (OLM) (as OLM Team Kamei)
• Level-5 (executive production) (as Team Layton)
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) (executive production) (as Team Layton)
• Shogakukan (executive production) (as Team Layton)
• Toho Company (executive production) (as Team Layton)
• Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
• East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc. (executive production) (as Team Layton)
• Pony Canyon
• d-rights
• Robot Communications
• Amuse Soft Entertainment
• Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (executive production) (as Team Layton)

Distributors

• Encore Films (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Toho Company (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• AV Visionen Filmverleih (2010) (Germany) (video) (as Kazé)
• Kaze (2010) (France) (video) (as Kazé)
• Kaze (2010) (Italy) (video) (as Kazé)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Manga Entertainment (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Viz Media (2011) (Canada) (DVD)
• Viz Media (2011) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Anex Digital
• OLM Digital

Other Companies

• A-Line  in-between animation
• AIC  animation finishing
• AIC  in-between animation
• APPP  in-between animation
• Allure  hair make: poster production
• Animation Planet  in-between animation
• Anime Spot  in-between animation
• Aoi Studio  recording studio
• B side  hair make: poster production
• Bamboo  background art
• Bones  in-between animation
• Buyu  in-between animation
• C-Station  in-between animation
• C2C  in-between animation
• Ca4la  costume cooperation: poster production
• Cicata  costume cooperation: poster production
• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• DTS  DTS mastering
• Delta Peak Production  in-between animation
• ELM & Co.  music production
• Ekura Animal  in-between animation
• Feel  in-between animation
• Half H-P Studio  sound production
• Hoods Entertainment  in-between animation
• Hotweb  musicians co-ordination: theme song
• J Film  editing studio
• Last House  second key animation
• Lawson  promotion cooperation
• Layton Grand Caravan Orchestra  orchestra: theme song
• Level-5  original game
• M.S.C.  animation finishing
• M.S.C.  in-between animation
• M.S.J Musashino Production  animation finishing assistance
• M.S.J Musashino Production  in-between animation
• Mixer's Lab  recording & mixing engineer: theme song
• Moon Flower  background art
• Neutral  stylist: poster production
• Newyorker  costume cooperation: poster production
• Nichion  music production cooperation
• Nomad  in-between animation
• OLM Team2D  photography assistance
• Oh Production  in-between animation
• Oriental Light and Magic  in-between animation
• P.A. Works  in-between animation
• Piracocha  graphic design
• Plastic  hair make: poster production
• SON-MY  background art
• Silver Link  in-between animation
• Sound Box  sound effects
• Sound City  recording studio: theme song
• Sound City  recording studio: theme song
• Sound Valley  assistant engineer: theme song
• Studio Cockpit  in-between animation
• Studio DEEN  in-between animation
• Studio El  in-between animation
• Studio Jungle Gym  in-between animation
• Studio Mu  in-between animation
• Studio Road  animation finishing
• Studio Targe  animation finishing
• Sunny Side Up  in-between animation
• T2 Studio  photography
• Taikan Anime Kabushiki Kaisha  in-between animation
• Telecom Animation Film Company  in-between animation
• TightPro  music production
• Triple A  in-between animation
• Ufotable  in-between animation
• Union Cho  in-between animation
• Vitamins  hair make: poster production
• Wish  animation finishing assistance
• Wish  in-between animation
• Wish  second key animation
• Yoruken  stylist: poster production
• Yûhodô  in-between animation

Also Known As:

"Eiga Reiton-kyôju to eien no utahime" - Japan (original title)
"Professor Layton" - Singapore (English title)
"Professor Layton: The Eternal Diva" - Japan (English title) (imdb display title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:G | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | UK:U | Ireland:PG

Company:

P.A. Works

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: Episode #40.15" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Eien no utahime

"Every Puzzel Has an Answer"

After currently watching this on Blu-Ray the movie adaptation of the hit Nintendo DS games lives true to what The Prof is all about. This whole new adventure did not turn out to what I have expected, but it turned out better and very enjoyable. The story is just as gripping and interesting as the games themselves and filled with interesting characters new and old and off course what made the game so popular PUZZLES!! they were also a major factor of the story, in search for eternal life Layton and Luke encounter a number of puzzles on the way, that is when the movie goes back to it's roots as when it was a game, making you almost think your playing it, even though Layton and Luke solve them within minutes it was still enjoyable trying to guess the answer and seeing The Professor and his apprentice in action. Over all I highly recommend this movie to all fans of the series, and even people who never played the games and enjoy anime. With Level-5's simplistic character design would not only attract the attention of children but for adults of all ages, a fun full feature length for anyone.