Shadows of Destiny

Shadows of Destiny (運命の影, Unmei no Kage) is a 2002 Japanese anime dark fantasy action film directed by Hisashi Fukushima and written by Raiden Matsuda, in their first feature film credits. It is set in an alternate reality of Japan, where two forces of human-like demons, the Zenith Guardians and the Shadow Legion, co-exist with humans and are bound by a truce to keep balance between them. However, prophecy states that a demon will come more powerful than any before, and their choice would affect the balance forever, with the film itself chronicling how someone connected to the guardians tries to protect who may be the prophesied demon from the Shadow Legion. The film features the voices of Satoshi Tsumabuki, Nana Mizuki, Hisashi Igawa, Fumihiko Tachiki, Kenichi Suzumura, Michiko Neya, Takashi Okamura and Hiroyuki Yabe.
Produced by Genco and animated by Bee Train (in their first feature film production), Shadows of Destiny was released in Japan by The Klockworx on July 13, 2002. It later saw a US release on October 3, 2003 through Dimension Films. It received generally favorable reviews from critics for it's writing, characters and animation, and grossed ¥6.4 billion at the Japanese box office.
==Plot==
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==Cast==
Character 	Seiyū 	Dub Actor
Kaito Sonoda 	Satoshi Tsumabuki 	Kieran Culkin
Ayumi Goto 	Nana Mizuki 	Ashley Johnson
Toshiaki 	Hisashi Igawa 	Mako
Kurogane 	Fumihiko Tachiki 	Fred Tatasciore
Jurou Sugihara 	Kenichi Suzumura 	Billy Crudup
Nori Uyehara 	Michiko Neya 	Uma Thurman
Akio 	Takashi Okamura 	John Leguizamo
Ryota 	Hiroyuki Yabe 	Bryan Cranston
Hisao Sonoda 	Kōichi Yamadera 	Nicholas Guest
Masanori Nakayama 	Jun Fukuyama 	Richard Cansino
Takehiko 	Hōchū Ōtsuka 	Barry Stigler
Hajime 	Toshihiko Seki 	Steve Blum
Noriko 	Megumi Hayashibara	Lia Sargent
Sakura Arata 	Akiko Yajima 	Bridget Hoffman
Tamotsu Fujita 	Unshō Ishizuka 	Stuart K. Robinson
Kichirou 	Naoya Uchida 	David Coburn
Kurogane's Messenger	Wataru Takagi 	Tom Kenny
Shadow Legion Spy 	Hideyuki Tanaka 	Jason Harris Katz
News Reporter 	Yūji Mitsuya 	Steve Kramer
Narrator 	Jon Kabira 	Bob Papenbrook
===Additional Voices===
*Tom Kenny
*Kirk Baily
*Stephen Apostolina
*Mary Ellen Dunbar
*Michael Forest
*Dan Lorge
*Gracie Moore
*Elisa Gabrielli
*Karen Apostolina
*Mickie McGowan
*David Cowgill
*Jonathan Nicholls
*Eddie Frierson
*Edie Mirman
*Richard Epcar
*Tony Pope
*Steve Pinto
*Wendy Cutler
== Release ==
=== Theatrical ===
Shadows of Destiny was released to theaters in Japan by The KlockWorx on July 13, 2002. It was later screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2002 as part of the Midnight Madness section, being the only animated film shown at the festival that year. After a successful screening at the festival, the film was picked up for US distribution by Miramax Films subsidiary Dimension Films, making it their first animated release.
Though the Dimension Films version of the film had various edits, for their and Miramax's standards it was fairly light. Unlike many Asian films they picked up, Shadows of Destiny suffered no full scenes being cut. In addition to being dubbed into English, Dimension's release featured additional music by J. Peter Robinson supplementing Kow Otani's score, slightly revised sound design with various sound effects either being changed or added in, and different end credits songs. Original writer Raiden Matsuda collaborated with dubbing director Rod Dean on the English script, whilst the English cast included Kieran Culkin, Ashley Johnson, Mako, Billy Crudup, Uma Thurman and John Leguizamo.
The re-edited version of the film was released in the United States on October 3, 2003, playing in 470 theaters initially before expanding on November 7, 2003. It was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence and language".
=== Home media ===
Shadows of Destiny was released on DVD in Japan by Avex Entertainment on March 12, 2003. The DVD release contained various production featurettes, four promotional pictures, a video on the film's Japanese premiere, and the Japanese trailer and TV spots. Avex later released the film on Blu-ray for it's 10th anniversary on July 11, 2012.
Dimension Home Video released the film on VHS and DVD in the United States on April 13, 2004. The US DVD release featured a behind the scenes featurette on the English dub, the US trailer for the film, and the Japanese language soundtrack in addition to the English soundtrack. A Blu-ray of the film was released by Lionsgate on August 16, 2011, with this release containing much of the same bonus features as the DVD release. Both the DVD and Blu-ray releases were rereleased by Paramount Home Entertainment on September 22, 2020, alongside several other Miramax/Dimension titles.
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