The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
A TV movie was produced by Nippon Animation and aired on the Fuji TV network on August 25, 2007. It was the directorial debut of Nizo Yamamoto, known for his art direction on a number of Studio Ghibli films, as well as "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time". Besides helming the project, Yamamoto also was the art director, and drew storyboards. The film reunited Yamamoto with "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time"'s screenwriter Satoko Okudera. Yū Aoi starred in the film as the titular character. "Miyori no Mori" had a budget of ¥210 million ($1.7 million), unusually high for a television movie.