Birthday Wonderland

The Wonderland, known in Japan and the UK as Birthday Wonderland (バースデー・ワンダーランド Bāsudē Wandārando) is a 2019 Japanese animated coming-of-age fantasy adventure film directed by Keiichi Hara. Based on the 1988 children's story Chikashitsu Kara no Fushigi na Tabi (Strange Journey from the Basement) by Sachiko Kashiwaba. It premiered in Japan on April 26, 2019, and was screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in June 2019.

Synopsis
Akane is a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist Hippocrates and their student Pipo, who both tell her they're on a mission to save the world. Together, they set out from the basement for "Wonderland," and Akane finds herself labelled Wonderland's savior.

Cast

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Akane	Mayu Matsuoka	Lisa Reimold
Chii	Anne Watanabe	Allegra Clark
Midori	Kumiko Asō	TBA
Pipo	Nao Tōyama	Jackie Lastra
Zan Gu	Keiji Fujiwara	Ben Lepley
Doropo	Akiko Yajima	Jennifer Losi
Hippocrates	Masachika Ichimura	Frank Todaro
The Mayor	TBA	Brook Chalmers
Garobe	TBA	Jason Marnocha

Additional Voices

Notes

This is Erica Mendez's first and so-far only anime dub she voice directed at VSI Los Angeles and her first outside at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Region	Country
Shout! Factory	2020	+	1 NTSC A DVB-T	United States

References

External Links

Birthday Wonderland (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Birthday Wonderland at the Internet Movie Database