Napping Princess Watch OnlineNapping Princess review – robots and conspiracies in dreamscape anime | Film. A fake- out opening establishes the twinned realms through which Kenji Kamiyama’s midlist anime meanders: patriarchal kingdom Heartland is revealed as the recurring dreamscape of somnolent schoolgirl Kokone, who is trapped at home with a grief- stricken mechanic father in a town some distance from Tokyo. Toggling between the two realms, Kamiyama demonstrates a pleasing, Kore- eda- like eye for suburban specifics, but the charm diminishes upon the segue into corporate conspiracy involving missing tablets and giant robots. There are some fun satiric footnotes early on – Heartland’s compulsory auto industry employment leaves it gridlocked for days – but it starts feeling fairly mechanised itself, every clank of those boysy Transformer knock- offs further drowning out its wistfulheroine. This is what is going to look like when you publish your review. No changes can be done. Please confirm. The year is 2020, three days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. While she should be studying for her exams, Kokone Morikawa is often dozing off, stuck between. Napping Princess, In UK cinemas August 16th. Find your nearest cinema and book tickets. Napping Princess Imdb
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