Sleuth Girl (film)

Sleuth Girl (Japanese: 探偵ガール, Hepburn: Tantei Gāru) is a 2012 Japanese anime mystery action romance film based on the 2008 manga series by Ryotaro Sekizawa. The film was produced by Kyoto Animation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and written by Sekizawa and Reiko Yoshida. It features the voices of Kana Ueda, Miyu Irino, Tetsuya Kakihara, Kenjirō Tsuda and Shūichi Ikeda.
Serving as a standalone prequel to Sekizawa's Quincy franchise, the film follows a young adult female detective named Tiffany Reida, who's been sent from Durania to California to track down a crook she considers her arch enemy, however, her mission ends up becoming more than she bargained for after saving a boy she develops feelings for and learning of a crime syndicate in the area that the she believes the crook is secretly affiliated with.
Rumors of a film adaptation being planned floated around in mid 2010 before being officially announced to be in production upon the manga series' conclusion on February 9, 2011. It was the third time Kyoto Animation had worked on a Sekizawa adaptation, after The Boy from the Blue: Adventures of Poloi, The Story of Quincy and it's 2010 theatrical film Call of the Falcon: A Quincy Story. The film premiered in Tokyo on January 18, 2012 and was released in Japan by Shochiku on February 11, 2012 and worldwide between August 2012 and January 2013. The film received positive reviews for Tatsuya Ishihara's direction, the characters and animation. It has grossed $178.4 million worldwide. It was nominated at the Japanese Movie Critics Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and the Japan Academy Film Prize for Excellent Animation of the Year, along with the 40th Annie Awards for Best Animated Feature.
== Plot ==
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== Release ==
After the film's premiere in Tokyo on January 18, 2012, it was released across 120 theaters in Japan by Shochiku on February 11, 2012.
=== American release ===
A year before the film's Japanese release, American producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who served as an executive producer, was asked by Ryotaro Sekizawa to see if he could arrange an international release. Bonaventura proceeded to take the film to Paramount Pictures, who previously distributed True Machination and The Eternal Idol, and ultimately, they purchased the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Asia) for Sleuth Girl via the Insurge Pictures label.
Sleuth Girl was released in the United States and Canada by Insurge on August 6, 2012, opening in 2,250 theaters. The film's English dub was directed by Jamie Thomason and produced by Bonaventura via his production company Di Bonaventura Pictures, whilst post production was done by Skywalker Sound. The English script for the film was written by Ed Solomon. It featured the voices of AnnaSophia Robb as Tiffany Reida and Logan Lerman as Carlton McShane, along with actors William H. Macy, Val Kilmer and Jerry Stiller. Before the film's release, Paramount produced a re-cut theatrical trailer to promote the film, which featured the song Illuminated by Nat and Alex Wolff. This trailer was released online and was attached to two other Paramount films, the 3-D rerelease of Titanic and The Dictator.
=== Home media ===
Pony Canyon released the film in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray on October 17, 2012. It was released as a standard edition DVD, standard edition Blu-ray, and a limited edition Blu-ray. The limited edition Blu-ray contains an animated music video for the film's theme song, a copy of the first tankōbon volume and various other memorabilia related to the film.
Paramount Home Media Distribution released the film on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States on November 13, 2012. This release featured a making of featurette on the English dub, as well as English, Japanese and French soundtracks.
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