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Today I watched the animated feature film version of the Professor Layton games, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, at a pre-screening. It was the first time in Europe the film has been shown, and as the voice overs have yet to be recorded for the English release, it was shown in Japanese with subtitles, using the voice cast from the games.
The film is produced by Masakazu Kubo, executive producer of the Pokemon films, together with Akihiro Hino from Level-5 who wrote the script. The story follows on from the third game, and watching it from the point of view of having played the first two games, I felt I missed some of the references. It plays out like any of the games, with the Professor invited to witness a puzzling event and being drawn into the strange happenings that have been taking place, even solving puzzles to make progress. I do enjoy the stories from the Professor Layton games, and thought this worked well on the big screen. As there is so much animation in the DS games already, the characters are instantly recognisable and it's not unlike watching the game cutscenes. Of course the animation is of higher quality than in the games and at times there is a lot of attention to detail. The story stays interesting enough to keep your attention until the end, with a few comical moments here and there.
There will be an additional London screening at the National Film Theatre on the 23rd May. The European DVD release will be Fall 2010 with the original voice cast from the DS games. Yes, you can look forward to a whole hour and forty minutes of the original Luke.
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