The Prophecy of Light

The Prophecy of Light (光の予言, Hikari no Yogen) is a 2008 anime fantasy action film produced by Bones and released by 20th Century Fox. The film's story is about Shinji Imada, a teenager who finds out one day that his close friend, Madoka Arai, is a part of a group of spirits called the Guardians, who protect Japan from another group of evil spirits called the Hunters. After she saves him, Madoka senses that Shinji may be the prophesied guardian who will rise up and defeat the Hunters' leader, Azrail, when he returns for revenge, and so she starts to help train Shinji to fight as a Guardian.
The film was directed by Tensai Okamura and written by Dai Sato and Sho Aikawa. It features the voices of Miyu Irino, Aya Hirano and Kiyoyuki Yanada, with animation direction by Takashi Tomioka, character designs by Tomioka and Toshihiro Kawamoto, and its musical score composed by Shinkichi Mitsumune.
The Prophecy of Light was theatrically released in Japan on July 12, 2008, and later had a limited release in the United States on May 15, 2009. It received positive critical reception, with praise for the animation, action sequences, and characters. it was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards and was nominated for the 2009 Japan Academy Film Prize for Animation of the Year.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
Character 	Seiyū 	Dub Actor
Shinji Imada 	Miyu Irino 	Benjamin Diskin
Madoka Arai 	Aya Hirano 	Laura Bailey
Azrail 	Kiyoyuki Yanada 	Steve Blum
Fumio 	Yosuke Akimoto 	Alan Shearman
Kohaku Okura 	Hiroaki Hirata 	Keith Silverstein
Emi Okuma 	Mariko Koda 	Jennifer Hale
Jun Takeshita 	Masayuki Kato 	David Kaye
Blamore 	Yuji Ueda 	Greg Ellis
Ken'ichi Teramoto 	Hiroyuki Yoshino 	Josh Keaton
Isamu Nishikawa 	Kenichi Suzumura 	Brian Beacock
Ayame Namba 	Yui Horie 	Hynden Walch
Shinji's Mother 	Megumi Hayashibara 	Kari Wahlgren
Rei Ashikaga 	Satsuki Yoshino 	Erin Fitzgerald
Ayame's Boyfriend 	Ryotaro Okiayu 	Grant George
Yasu Yamada 	Yuri Shiratori 	Stephanie Sheh
Elder Guardian 	Chikao Otsuka 	Jamie Alcroft
Hunter in City 	Kōichi Yamadera 	John DiMaggio
Additional Hunters 	Koji IshiiWataru TakagiSusumu Chiba 	Crispin FreemanPatrick SeitzMarc Graue
Additional Students	Yuka IguchiKisho TaniyamaShigenori Yamazaki	Kari WahlgrenJason SpisakYuri Lowenthal
Teacher 	Takaya Hashi 	Terrence Stone
Madoka's Father 	Takeshi Kusao 	Dave Boat
Madoka's Mother 	Yoko Soumi 	Sirena Irwin
News Reporter 	Kikuko Inoue 	Cindy Robinson
Narrator 	Joji Nakata 	Robin Atkin Downes
===Additional voices===
====Japanese version====
*Tomohisa Aso
*Masato Amada
*Takeshi Sasaki
*Shigeru Shibuya
*Tomoyuki Shimura
*Tomokazu Sugita
*Kenichi Suzumura
*Keiichi Sonobe
*Susumu Chiba
*Makoto Higo
*Keiji Fujiwara
*Sakiko Tamagawa
====English version====
*Gregg Binkley
*Nick Jameson
*Michelle Ruff
*Adam Paul
*Paul Eiding
*Terrence Stone
*Kari Wahlgren
*Cassie Boyd
*Marc Graue
*Dave Mallow
*Wendee Lee
*Robin Atkin Downes
== Release ==
The Prophecy of Light was released to theaters in Japan on July 12, 2008. In it's opening weekend it made back ¥67 million (USD $444,940) across 206 screens, and it would eventually finish it's theatrical run with ¥2 billion ($13.2 million) at the box office. A DVD and Blu-ray release later followed in the country on March 11, 2009, which contained a few production featurettes and a music video for the credits song Yakusokuno Hi.
The film later had it's international premiere on May 15, 2009, when it was given a limited theatrical release in the United States, opening in 35 theaters before expanding to 126 theaters. It was screened in two versions, a subtitled version shown in fewer theaters, and an English dubbed version shown in the rest of the theaters. It also had some additional screenings in select international countries like the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. It made back an additional $2.3 million at the American box office and $938,283 internationally. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment later released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on September 29, 2009.
The American and international release of the film differs from the Japanese release in that the song used during the ending credits of the Japanese version, Yakusokuno Hi, is not used, with it being replaced by a different song.
Category:2008 films
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Category:Fantasy films
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