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Emica is a 2000 Japanese animated teen science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and distributed by Shochiku. The film follows a friendless, bullied genius high-school girl from an abusive household who after stealing a mysterious drug from a low level pot dealer, she gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. The film stars Ashley Johnson, Seth Green, John Travolta, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Tobey Maguire and Gary Oldman. The film received universal acclaim for its animation, characters, dark tone, visual style, musical score, voice acting and themes.

Cast
Ashley Johnson as Emica Toru, a 15 year-old genuis high school student who is accidentally dosed with a drug that activates a myriad of pre-encoded genetic conscious capabilities and Mike's love interest.

Seth Green as Mike Grenfold, an American transfer student with a genius IQ and Emica's love interest.

John Travolta as Kenji Toru, Emica's abusive father.

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Suki Morutaki

Elijah Wood as Makoto Sukami

Tobey Maguire as Jinta Masamoru

Gary Oldman as Dr. Haru Muchizuki, a psychiatrist

Release
The film was released on February 4, 2000.

Music
The film's score was composed by Marco Beltrami.

Transcript
Emica/Transcript

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Critical reception
The film has an a approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.