Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)

Plot: Layton and Luke are caught up in an adventure, when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.

Original Title: Eiga Reiton-kyôju to eien no utahime

Director: Masakazu Hashimoto

Writer: Aya Matsui , Akihiro Hino

Producer: Akihiro Hino , Arimasa Okada , Kenji Horikawa , Ichirô Takase , Akihiro Usuki , Makoto Ômura , Toshihiro Hashida , Madoka Hosoya , Nobuhiro Kikuchi , Hiroshi Aso , Kôji Gorômaru , Shûji Abe , Naoya Fujimaki , Kazuya Hamana , Masakazu Kubo , Toshiaki Okuno , Katsuhito Yamauchi

Type: movie

Year: 2009

Genres: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller

Cast: David Holt , Fumiko Orikasa , Megumi Toyoguchi , Yô Ôizumi , Mamiko Noto , Christopher Robin Miller , Jonathan Keeble , Shirô Saitô , Kenta Miyake , Emma Tate , Nana Mizuki , Maki Horikita , Saki Aibu , LiLiCo , Marianne Graffam , Sumire Morohoshi , Claire Morgan , Atsuro Watabe , Maria Darling , Wayne Forester , Sarah Hadland , Kikuko Inoue , Iemasa Kayumi , Jôji Nakata , John Sparkes , Robbie Stevens , Kôichi Yamadera , Shôzô Îzuka , Hôchû Ôtsuka

Runtimes: 99

Countries: Japan , Singapore

Languages: Japanese

Color Info: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Sound Mix: DTS , Dolby Digital

Original Air Date: 19 Dec 2009 (Japan)

Rating: 6.6

Votes: 1555

Year: 2009

Akas: 映画レイトン教授と永遠の歌姫 (Japan, Japanese title) , Professor Layton: The Eternal Diva (Japan, English title) , Reiton-kyôju eiga -The First Movie- (Japan) , Professor Layton (Singapore, English title) , Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (United States)

Production Companies: Team Layton , P.A. Works , Oriental Light and Magic , Level-5 , Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) , Shogakukan , Toho Company , Hakuhodo DY Media Partners , East Japan Marketing & Communications Inc. , Pony Canyon , d-rights , Robot Communications , Amuse Soft , Encore Films , Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

Distributors: Toho-Towa , Golden Village Pictures , Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company , AV Visionen Filmverleih , Kaze , Manga Entertainment , Selecta Visión

Cinematographer: Tôru Fukushi

Producer: Akihiro Hino , Arimasa Okada , Kenji Horikawa , Ichirô Takase , Akihiro Usuki , Makoto Ômura , Toshihiro Hashida , Madoka Hosoya , Nobuhiro Kikuchi , Hiroshi Aso , Kôji Gorômaru , Shûji Abe , Naoya Fujimaki , Kazuya Hamana , Masakazu Kubo , Toshiaki Okuno , Katsuhito Yamauchi

Production Manager: Yasuteru Kamei , Mitsuhito Tsuji

Art Direction: Michiko Shinohara , Yûsuke Takeda

Certificates: Australia:PG , Canada:PG::(Manitoba) , Canada:G::(Nova Scotia/Ontario/Quebec) , France:Tous publics , Germany:6 , Ireland:PG , Japan:G , New Zealand:PG , Singapore:PG , Spain:A , United Kingdom:U , United States:Not Rated

Composer: Tomohito Nishiura

Editor: Toshio Henmi

Editorial Department: Yoshihiro Ueno , Daisuke Imai , Ayumu Takahashi , Kazunori Nagasawa , Yuriko Satô , Tomoyasu Inagaki , Hiroaki Hirabayashi

Sound Crew: Noboru Nishio , Akira Rizawa , Atsushi Aikawa , Akiko Mutô , Takeshi Nishina , Akikazu Inuzuka , Naoto Yamatani , Tsutomu Kawahigashi , Takuya Hasegawa , Tomokazu Mitsui , Yasunori Ogata , Akiko Nakamura , Katsuhiro Ono , Haruki Sato , Sachiko Nishi , Sayaka Ninomiya , Kôichi Utagawa , Kunio Andô , Shizuo Kurahashi , Masafumi Mima , Mikio Mori , Mirai Ueno

Visual Effects: Misako Saka , Katsumi Takao , Yoshinori Moriizumi , Masashi Kobayashi , Mi Hyang Kang , Michiyo Matsuda , Tetsuya Nomura , Yûki Ninomiya , Reona Suzuki , Tatsuo Yotsukura , Miki Kinoshita , Kazushi Ishihara , Ryu Harada , Ting Ni Qiu , Dan Han

Music Department: Norihito Sumitomo , Tsuneyoshi Saitô , Yôko Kogawa , Yasushi Ôshima , Yasunori Mori , Atsushi Isoyama , Shin'ichi Akagawa , Tetsuya Kuwayama , Takashi Takagi , Hiroshi Yamada , Masaki Ishida , Masami Miyasaka , Kiyoshi Nishiyama , Yumi Nagashima , Urara Ueno

Miscellaneous Crew: Minami Ichikawa , Toshihiro Suzuki , Takaaki Kabuto , Sadakazu Kikuchi , Ryûhei Tsutsui , Kenji Horikawa , Noriko Ikeura , Yûko Matsuda , Genki Kawamura , Yoshinori Kumazawa , Yûko Warizaya , Daizô Suzuki , Martin Vaughan , Seiji Yabe , Masanori Yumiya , Masashi Takatori , Nobuhiro Kikuchi , Shôji Sôma , Ryûichi Hasegawa , Yûko Horikawa , Chikara Saitô , Hidehiko Kitajima , Kaoru Sakamoto , Tsuyoshi Sawada , Masahiro Shinohara , Emi Nakagawa , Hideko Yamada , Kôichi Murata , Reibun Miyashita , Akira Fujita , Yoshiaki Ikeda , Hikaru Onoda , Shigeyasu Suzuki , Kino Arai , Akiko Okutsu , Takurô Imagawa , Yumi Ueno , Takayuki Sasaki , Hiroyuki Katô , Seiko Yokoyama , Hirohisa Mino , Shunji Takeuchi , Kôhei Andô , Takahiro Shimaoka , Tsuyoshi Nakamura , Satoshi Inoue , Asao Hio , Yoshihiro Minami , Daigaku Sanada , Atsuko Maruya , Rei Hayashi , Naoko Okamoto , Rui Sawaki , Shûkichi Kanda , Andrew S. Walsh

Thanks: Nobutaka Hirooka , Akane Yamago

Other Companies: A-Line , A.P.P.P. , Allure , Ando Laboratory , Animation Planet , Anime International Company (AIC) , Anime Spot , Annex Digital , Aoi Studio , Atelier Bitol , B side , Bamboo , Bihou , Bones , Buyu , C-Station , C2C , Ca4la , Cicata , Continental Far East , DTS , Delta Peak Production , ELM & Co. , Ekura Animal , Feel , Half H-P Studio , Hoods Entertainment , Hotweb , Imagica Recorder Realtime , Imagica , Jay Film , Jungle-Gym , Kodak , Last House , Lawson , Layton Grand Caravan Orchestra , Level-5 , M.S.C. , M.S.J Musashino Production , Mixer's Lab , Moon Flower , Neutral , Newyorker , Nichion , Nomad , OLM Digital , OLM Team2D , OLM , Oh Production , P.A. Works , Piracocha , Plastic , Silver Link , Son My , Sound Box , Sound City , Sound Valley , Studio Cockpit , Studio DEEN , Studio Elle , Studio Mu , Studio Road , Studio Targe , Sunny Side Up , T2 Studio , Tai Guan Animation , Telecom Animation Film , TightPro , Triple A , Ufotable , Union Cho , Viracocha , Vitamins , Wish , Yoruken , Yûhodô

Animation Department: Masaru Satô , Noriko Wada , Shin'ichi Yoshino , Tomonori Katô , Hiroyuki Horiuchi , Yûko Iwaoka , Makiko Kojima , Hideki Takahashi , Hiroshi Shimizu , Tsukasa Kakizakai , Takao Maki , Kayoko Nabeta , Kenji Irie , Hae-jin Kim , Katsumi Ikeda , Kenji Hashimoto , Hidetoshi Owashi , Toshihisa Kaiya , Yumenosuke Tokuda , Tadaaki Miyata , Eriko Kubokawa , Naomi Nakano , Tomoki Ogawa , Miyuki Ueda , Takeshi Yoshioka , Yuriko Taniguchi , Makiko Yamanaka , Yoshirô Kajiwara , Chie Iwamoto , Naoko Miyahara , Akiko Ôba , Takayuki Yokose , Tomomi Nakajima , Kôji Fukasawa , Aya Takada , Misaki Suzuki , Miho Daidôji , Takamasa Masuki , Kôsuke Kawazura , Tomohiro Koyama , Yasukazu Shôji , Yûsuke Suzuki , Aya Nakanishi , Tomoko Kikuchi , Mika Sakai , Harumi Okamoto , Mika Hinata , Naoko Ise , Aiko Natsuzumi , Kaori Nakahira , Hiromi Makino , Mayumi Miyaoka , Kayo Kojio , Asuka Kojima , Toshiaki Ôhashi , Junpei Fukuchi , Mika Onoda , Hiroshi Nitta , Tatsu Matsunaga , Kotomi Yagi , Daisuke Kurose , Natsumi Watanabe , Yasue Ôno , Kazuharu Saitô , Eriko Nakajima , Kazuki Higashiji , Satomi Hashimoto , Miho Imoto , Miyuki Nishimura , Ayano Yagi , Yuki Moriyama , Mika Yokoi , Takahiro Kuroishi , Saori Narita , Yûko Hamada , Kumiko Sone , Chie Oku , Taeko Mizuno , Asuka Seo , Yûko Koshida , Chisato Momiyama , Kaori Tsuta , Yurie Ôhigashi , Akiyoshi Sueshige , Eri Mizukami , Yasuhiro Yamako , Yuriko Satô , Yukiko Tadakuma , Momoko Shirashiki , Mitsuhisa Kubo , Yasuo Fujii , Atsuko Morimoto , Miwa Tsurumi , Shûhei Tsukakoshi , Misako Nomura , Takuzô Nagano , Kôta Takanashi , Atsushi Ogata , Takayuki Nagashima , Hiromi Shimada , Naoki Higuchi , Kanae Oku , Tomoya Nishiguchi , Kento Toya , Asami Hayakawa , Fumihiko Suganuma , Kôichi Satô , Rintarô Maeda , Yasuko Katayama , Reiko Okamura , Chikako Hanatani , Kazuko Amano , Aya Yokota , Tsutomu Iwanami , Yoshinori Ogawa , Thien Hung , Yoshimi Haneda , Reiko Katô , Kotomi Itayama , Ryûsuke Minami , Kôtarô Shimada , Takamichi Kaneko , Yukari Suganami , Miki Kitano , Mauricio Garcia-Vargas , Masumi Hôjô , Noboru Okada , Tsukasa Miyazaki , Shô Kojima , Yûko Yoshida , Yukiko Busa , Masako Iba , Saori Kishii , Eri Yamanashi , Yûko Washio , Rie Takeuchi , Daisuke Jinba , Naoko Yamada , Shizuka Tamura , Shûji Mizutake , Saki Hagino , Kôdai Hirose , Shôko Ochiai , Uta Tanaka , Yuka Aoki , Kazumi Hosokawa , Hisashi Koyanagi , Takashi Tsuda , Yukiko Muroga , Izumi Hirabayashi , Shûhei Yagisawa , Yuriko Abe , Ryô Miyaki , Aya Satô , Miho Tanaka , Kôji Matsuda , Kaori Saitô , Akiko Fujiwara , Yuki Akiyama , Sachiko Yashima , Yayoi Akimoto , Yûsuke Kitano , Manabu Hanawa , Satoru Kakutani , Mari Tomita , Yûji Ônuki , Hirotoshi Doi , Tôji Tsuchiya , Katsuhiro Nagamine , Truc Cau , Yutaka Takahashi , Rika Itô , Chikako Hanada , Saori Takagi , Hiromi Yaesgashi , Miki Ônishi , Megumi Sunaga , Sheng Sun , Jia Sun , Chao Wang , Lin Sun , Hong Yu Gu , Lin Feng Zhu , Emi Yokota , Akane Nishioka , Keiko Numai , Rie Arai , Sayuri Ichiishi , Akiharu Ishii , Norihiro Matsubara , Nobutoshi Ogura , Noboru Sugimitsu , Naohito Takahashi

Assistant Director: Chizuru Miyawaki , Jôji Shimura , Masakazu Hashimoto , Hideyo Yamamoto , Sô Toyama , Mitsuru Hongô , Naohito Takahashi

Art Department: Junji Nishimura , Katsue Inoue , Hiroyuki Horiuchi , Kayoko Nabeta , Sôichi Masui , Naomi Nakano , Jôji Shimura , Masakazu Hashimoto , Takuzô Nagano , Eriko Ishibashi , Rintarô Maeda , Akiko Shioda , Hiroyuki Imaishi

Camera and Electrical Department: Hiroshi Tanigaki , Akiko Shimizu , Jirô Tazawa , Miyuki Hirama , Rumi Ishiguro , Shinsuke Ikeda , Satoshi Namiki , Katsufumi Satô , Mayo Suzuki , Jirô Kageyama , Eri Katô , Yukiko Kaga , Aya Aoshima , Mitsuhiro Satô , Jun Ôtaki , Mitsutoshi Yamazaki , Teruhisa Mizuhara , Kaori Otsuka , Miho Ishimaru

Special Effects: Anex Digital , OLM Digital

Casting Department: Martin Vaughan