Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring (1992)
Original title: ザスピリットオブワンダー - チャイナさんの憂鬱
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring is a 1992 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Mitsuru Hongo, with a running time of 45m. It stars Hiroyuki Shibamoto, Noriko Hidaka and Michio Hazama.
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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What is Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring about?
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.
When was Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring released?
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring was released on 3 June 1992.
How long is Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring?
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring runs 45m.
Who made Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring?
Spirit of Wonder: Miss China's Ring was directed by Mitsuru Hongo.
Cast
- Hiroyuki Shibamoto as Jim Freud (voice)
- Noriko Hidaka as Miss China (voice)
- Michio Hazama as Dr. Breckenridge (voice)
- Akiko Hiramatsu as Nancy (voice)
- Chisa Yokoyama as Robin (voice)
- Ikuya Sawaki as Paul (voice)
- Ako Mayama as Joan (voice)
- Shozo Iizuka as Rock (voice)
- Tamao Hayashi as Titi (voice)
- Yuriko Fuchizaki as Lily (voice)
- Yu Shimaka as Shop Owner (voice)
- Chafurin as Man A (voice)