Tokyo Godfathers

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Japanese: 東京ゴッドファーザーズ

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Nov 8, 2003

Producers: Dentsu, Genco, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation

Licensors: Sony Pictures Entertainment, GKIDS

Studios: Madhouse

Source: Original

Genres: Award Winning, Comedy, Drama

Theme: Childcare

Duration: 1 hr. 32 min.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.28¹ (scored by 147,059 users)

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Ranked: #284²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #825

Members: 293,629

Favorites: 2,639

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8.28

Ranked #284Popularity #825Members 293,629

Episodes: /1

Synopsis

One Christmas Eve, Hana, Gin, and Miyuki are rummaging for presents through heaps of garbage when they chance upon an abandoned baby in the cold winter night. Appalled at the pitiful sight, Hana's maternal instincts kick in and she insists on finding the baby's biological mother to demand an explanation. Naming the baby Kiyoko—meaning pure child—they begin their search using the possible clues left alongside her: a mysterious key and a single note. However, their plans are soon thrown into disarray as they get caught up in a series of unprecedented events.

Tokyo Godfathers follows the journey of the trio as they stick together through thick and thin, hoping to deliver Kiyoko to her true home, and find their very own Christmas miracle.

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Tokyo Godfathers received an Excellence Prize at the 2003 Japan Media Arts Festival. It also won Best Animation Film at the 58th Mainichi Film Awards.

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Hana

Main

Umegaki, Yoshiaki
Japanese

Miyuki

Main

Okamoto, Aya
Japanese

Gin

Main

Emori, Toru
Japanese

Old Man

Supporting

Saikachi, Ryuuji
Japanese

Taxi Driver

Supporting

Yamadera, Kouichi
Japanese

Cat Lady

Supporting

Shibata, Rie
Japanese

Kiyoko

Supporting

Koorogi, Satomi
Japanese

Kiyoko

Supporting

Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Yasuo

Supporting

Ishimaru, Hiroya
Japanese

Okasan

Supporting

Katou, Seizou
Japanese

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Kon, Satoshi

Director, Script, Original Creator, Character Design

Mima, Masafumi

Sound Director

Nobumoto, Keiko

Script

Suzuki, Keiichi

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Ending Theme

"Ode to Joy" by Moonriders

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Dec 24, 2023

yanoharuhito

Recommended

Tokyo Godfathers has become one of my favorite movies of all time, and my very favorite Christmas film.

As someone who was introduced to Satoshi Kon through Perfect Blue and therein figured his forte was horror, I was blown away by his work on this film. The comedy, sentiment, and action are all perfectly balanced and do not at all feel out of place. The dynamic characters feel very much like real people you could meet, while still being incredibly entertaining to watch (which is heavily due to the incredible animation!)

I think my very favorite thing about it was the exploration of family dynamics, and how ...

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Dec 23, 2023

Alc-Mai_Sunny

Recommended

I'm honestly pleasantly surprised by this movie. The animation is consistently well made, the characters are all well rounded and is overall touching and magical. Everything is connected and has moments of deep self reflection for each of the characters. Its a great Christmas-y anime that gives a humorous experience despite the struggles the main cast deal with throughout the show. I love the way this movie portrays homelessness. It feels realistic, you struggle with the cast as they journey. Each of the characters truly do feel alive and human with the way they interact with eachother and their surroundings, as well of each of ...

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Dec 25, 2023

Ciaran_Zagami

Mixed Feelings

I really wanna rate this film higher but to put it simply it starts overplaying its hand.

Feels like it really should not have been as long as it is and at some point the script just starts running out of material. Which is weird cause there's at least two whole plot lines that just get completely dropped by the end. Meanwhile for smaller scenes too many set ups are reused which leads to an overall feeling of exhaustion that brings down the end of the film significantly.

If I was rating just the first half or so I'd say it's a 9/10. But with how ...

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