A Midnight Rose

A Midnight Rose (堀越 愛と幸せの物語, Horikoshi: Ai no Monogatari, lit. Horikoshi A Story of Love and Happiness) is a 2011 anime romance drama film based on the 1997 light novel series Horikoshi: A Tale of Love by Ryotaro Sekizawa, who wrote the movie's screenplay. It was directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto and produced by Kyoto Animation, Paramount Productions (Japan) G.K. and Nippon Television Network Movies, the latter two of whom also produced The Eternal Idol. The film, like the light novel series, follows a hapless Horikoshi High School boy named Naoki Miyashita, who is diagnosed with ADHD and fairly antisocial until one night when he befriends Katsumi Hino, who is considered to be the princess of the class he takes, and slowly, a romance blossoms between them as they try to deal with their own internal struggles and fears along with various events happening in their lives. The Japanese version of the film features the voices of Satoshi Hino, Mamiko Noto, Nobuo Tobita, Masakazu Morita and Chafurin, whilst the English version features the voices of Daryl Sabara, Selena Gomez, Dermot Mulroney, Logan Lerman and Chris Pine.

A Midnight Rose was released to theaters in Japan by Shochiku and Paramount Japan K.K. on June 11, 2011 and in the United States by Paramount Pictures via the Insurge Pictures banner on November 4, 2011. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed a worldwide total of $96.4 million against a budget of $3 million.

Plot
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Theatrical
A Midnight Rose was released to theaters in Japan by Shochiku and Paramount Japan K.K. on June 11, 2011. In the United States, the English version of the film was released on November 4, 2011, in a wide release of 2,256 theaters.

Home media
A Midnight Rose was released on DVD, Blu-ray and digital download in the United States on March 6, 2012. Bonus features on the video releases include a featurette on the English version, another featurette on the production itself, the film's US and Japanese trailers and TV spots and the options of both English and Japanese audio tracks. The production featurette and Japanese trailers and TV spots were all presented in Japanese with English subtitles. A double feature DVD release with The Eternal Idol was released in February 2013.

VAP released the film on Blu-ray in both standard and limited edition formats on April 18, 2012.