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Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring (1992) [NR]

Release Date:
June 3, 1992

Original Title:
ザスピリットオブワンダー - チャイナさんの憂鬱

Alternate Titles:
Spirit of Wonder チャイナさんの憂鬱
Spirit of Wonder: China-san no yûutsu
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Melancholy

Genres:
Action | Animation | Comedy | Romance | Science Fiction

Production Companies:
Ajiado
Animeigo
Toshiba EMI

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 12  US: NR 

Runtime: 45

Overview from TheMovieDB

Sometime during the late 19th century, a young Asian girl has made a place for herself in a seaside town as the owner and operator of the Tenkai restaurant and boarding house... Yet "Miss China," as the locals call her, is in the dumps. She's got a Mad Scientist named Breckenridge living upstairs who is chronically late with the rent, and she's pining for Jim, a handsome watchmaker's apprentice whom she mistakenly believes is pursuing the local flower girl. But this isn't our world. It is a world that has the Spirit of Wonder, where every so often, just occasionally mind you, amazing things happen. The Mad Scientist actually has come up with an incredible invention, and Jim has an unbelievable plan to use it to give Miss China the most beautiful ring in all the World.

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Production

Animation Director:
Yoshiaki Yanagida

Character Designer:
Yoshiaki Yanagida

Color Designer:
Miyoko Ichinose

Comic Book:
Kenji Tsuruta

Director:
Mitsuru Hongo

Key Animation:
Yasushi Ohara
Futoshi Fujikawa
Takao Yoshino
Tetsuhito Saito
Yoshihiko Takakura
Mitsunori Murata
Marisuke Eguchi
Masaya Fujimori
Akihiro Shibata
Toshihisa Kaiya
Hiroyuki Nishimura

Original Music Composer:
Kohei Tanaka

Screenplay:
Michiru Shimada

Storyboard Artist:
Mitsuru Hongo

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