A Midnight Rose

A Midnight Rose (堀越「信じたい」, Horikoshi: Shinjitai, lit. Horikoshi I Want to Believe) is a 2004 anime romance comedy-drama film based on the 1999 light novel series Horikoshi: A Tale of Love by Ryotaro Sekizawa, who co-wrote the movie's screenplay. It was directed by Katsuhiko Akiyama and produced by Taro Maki and Satoshi Kohno. The film, like the light novel series, follows a hapless Horikoshi High School boy named Naoki Miyashita, who is diagnosed with ADHD and fairly antisocial until one night when he befriends Katsumi Hino, who is considered to be the princess of the class he takes, and slowly, a romance blossoms between them as they try to deal with their own internal struggles and fears along with various events happening in their lives. It features the voices of Hiroki Takahashi, Rie Tanaka, Ken Narita and Jun Fukuyama, with narration done by Chafurin.
A Midnight Rose was a co-production between The KlockWorx, Warner Entertainment Japan, Genco and Anime International Comapny. It was released to theaters on September 18, 2004, and received favorable reviews from critics for its animation, tone and voice acting.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
Character 	Seiyū 	Dub Actor
Naoki Miyashita 	Hiroki Takahashi 	Bobby Edner
Naoki Miyashita 	Chafurin (adult/narrator) 	Ed Harris (adult/narrator)
Katsumi Hino 	Rie Tanaka 	Ashley Benson
Atsushi Yasutake 	Ken Narita 	George Newbern
Takeo Takayama 	Jun Fukuyama 	Bryce Papenbrook
Amaya Konya 	Nobutoshi Canna 	Jack De Sena
Yoshie Tsuchida 	Yūko Gotō 	Tania Raymonde
Megumi Shimabokuro	Ayako Kawasumi 	Catherine Taber
Kiyomi Sugihara 	Tomoko Kawakami 	Kari Wahlgren
School Director 	Toshiyuki Morikawa 	David Rasner
Announcer 	Hiroshi Kamiya 	Chris Edgerly
Student Choir 	Tadashi NakadaRin FujitaNori GimaSusumu YoshinagiHikari KurataYoshihiro MorishigeYoshio Kaya	Crawford WilsonMeagan MooreStephanie ShehMatthew HillJennifer HaleSteve StaleyWally WingertSherry Lynn
Takao Igarashi 	Osamu Hosoi 	Michael McShane
Katsuro Miyashita 	Hiroaki Hirata 	John DeMita
Azumi Miyashita 	Sumi Shimamoto 	April Stewart
Katsumi's Parents 	Hiroki TōchiAkiko Hiramatsu 	Steve BlumCandi Milo
Ryo Hino 	Takeshi Kusao 	Jeff Bennett
Student Council 	Kenichi SuzumuraKayo NomiJunko NodaNobuyuki Hiyama 	Crispin FreemanKate HigginsScott MenvilleYuri Lowenthal
Thug 	Yōichi Masukawa 	Dave Wittenberg
Teachers 	Mitsuaki MadonoSayaka ŌharaMitsuaki Madono 	Matt McKenzieJulia FletcherAndrew Philpot
Other Students 	Kenichi SuzumuraKazato TomizawaNoriaki Sugiyama 	Jason SpisakCindy RobinsonTerrence Stone
===Additional voices===
*Phil Proctor
* Scott Menville
* Jill Talley
*Michael Sorich
*Wendee Lee
* John DeMita
*Jonathan Nicholls
*Dave Mallow
*Terrence Stone
*Stephanie Sheh
*Gary Martin
*Dan Woren
==Production==
After the release of Teen Samurai in 2000, Ryotaro Sekizawa decided to allow adaptations of his manga, light novel and novel works, which had prior been mostly reluctant to give after the 1991 Quincy OVA, with a handful of exceptions. Shortly afterward, Sekizawa was approached by Genco and Anime International Company about a potential adaptation of his 1999 light novel series Horikoshi: A Tale of Love. As AIC had previously done the Quincy OVA, Sekizawa was initially wary, but gave in when executive producer and AIC executive Toru Miura promised him that their adaptation would stay true to the source material.
The film was produced for a relatively small period between 2001 and 2004, with a group of companies forming Horikoshi Film Partners. These consisted of Genco, Anime International Company, Kodansha, Dentsu, Bandai Visual, D-Rights and Victor Entertainment, whilst Japanese production company The KlockWorx handled distribution. After the American success of Teen Samurai, Warner Bros. Pictures, the film's distributor, became interested in the film, and managed to buy their way onto the production group. Warner Bros. partnered to handle theatrical distribution with The KlockWorx in Japan, whilst they themselves distributed the film through art-house subsidiary Warner Independent Pictures in the rest of the world.
==Release==
A Midnight Rose was released to Japanese theaters on September 18, 2004. A tie in novel called Horikoshi: Movie Edition was released to promote the film. It was distributed across Japan by co-producer The KlockWorx Co. Ltd. Bandai Visual released the film on VHS and DVD on June 15, 2005. 
The United States release, held in a limited number of U.S. theaters on May 6, 2005 and expanded to additional theaters on May 13, was screened in two versions: a subtitled release featured in fewer theaters, and an English dubbed version. The English version of the film was recorded at Studiopolis in with post production done at Warner Bros. Studio Facilites. The film was released to DVD in the United States by Warner Home Video on September 20, 2005, featuring both the Japanese and English dubbed versions of the movie. 
The American release of the film differs from the Japanese release in that the song used during the ending credits of the Japanese version, Moments by Ayumi Hamasaki, is not used in the American release. Due to the fact the light novel series had not been published in America at the time, the film's title was changed to A Midnight Rose for international release.
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