Cosmolina

Cosmolina is a 2000 Japanese animated superhero black comedy film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo and Buena Vista Home Entertainment, and distributed by Shochiku. The film is set in a universe where superpowered individuals are recognized as heroes by the general public and owned by powerful corporation JenkinsCorp, which markets and monetizes them. Outside of their heroic personas, most are arrogant and corrupt. The film focuses on a young girl who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic, psychedelic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream and becomes a superhero and joins a group of vigilantes looking to keep the corrupted heroes under control. The film stars Ashley Johnson, E.G. Daily, Seth Green, Bonnie Hunt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, Tobey Maguire, Gary Oldman and Will Ferrell. The film received universal acclaim for its animation, humor, characters, visuals, musical score, voice acting and themes. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $305 million against a budget of $20 million.

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

E.G. Daily as Kurumi Toru, Emica's younger sister

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

Bonnie Hunt as Nagisa Toru, Emica and Kurumi's mother

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Suki Morutaki

Leonardo DiCaprio as Makoto Sukami

Tobey Maguire as Jinta Masamoru

Gary Oldman as Dr. Henry Atkinson, an Oxford University professor

Will Ferrell as Mark Jenkins, the corrupt founder and owner of JenkinsCorp.

Release
The film was released on February 4, 2000.

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

Transcript
Cosmolina/Transcript

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Critical reception
The film has an a approval rating of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.