A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Come see the world through Patema's eyes.
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Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura · Writer: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
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Yukiyo Fujii
Patema (voice)
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Age (voice)
Takaya Hashi
Izamura (voice)
Shintaro Ohata
Porta (voice)
Shinya Fukumatsu
Elder (voice)
Masayuki Katou
Lagos (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Jack (voice)
Maaya Uchida
Kaho (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu
Principal (voice)
Go Shinomiya
Teacher (voice)
Yu Shimamura
Announcement (voice)
Tomoyuki Shimura
Underground Person A (voice) Patema Inverted is a film about a split world where gravity points in different directions. This affects people, objects, and even natural stone. Wherever an object was created decides which direction the object falls. Of course, without some kind of protection, objects and people can fall into the sky. That's the concept. As a concept, it's incredibly interesting. The gripping moments, awesome actions scenes, and interesting animation sequences have limitless potential. This movie fills that potential and does a fantastic job of executing the concept in a way that keeps things interesting. Unfortunately, that's one of the only things the movie did exceedingly well. The pacing of the movie was strange. It started rather slowly until some revelations by the characters drew us into the action. The film takes a large amount of time to introduce us to Patema, one of our protagonists. …
Patema Inverted is a 2013 animation and science fiction movie from Japan directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, starring Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto and Takaya Hashi. It was released on November 9, 2013. The running time is 1 h 38 min, in Japanese. Audiences rate it 7.4/10 from 492 votes — well received.
“Come see the world through Patema's eyes.”
Patema Inverted was released on November 9, 2013.
Patema Inverted was directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura.
The main cast includes Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Takaya Hashi, Shintaro Ohata and Shinya Fukumatsu.
Patema Inverted runs 1 h 38 min.
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It holds an audience score of 7.4/10 from 492 ratings, so fans of animation and science fiction titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: 2 nominations total
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