Lost Star

Lost Star is a 2004 animated romantic fantasy comedy-drama action film directed by Tatsuya Hironaka and produced by Shinichi Ikeda, Tomonori Ochikoshi and Neal H. Mortiz, with Moshi Kawara serving as an executive producer. Starring the voices of Elijah Wood, Anna Paquin, Tim Roth, Shane West, Amanda Bynes, Jason Bateman, Uma Thurman, Michael Rhys and Jon Lovitz, the film focuses on student Alistair Morris (Wood), who, during a commotion with a humanoid entity (Roth), suddenly meets and saves a girl (Paquin) from the entity, who he names Eloise. It turns out this girl is really from another world who came to Earth in the form of a star, and the entity is a "Demon of the Night" named Gideon, who goes around Earth slaughtering it's inhabitants to try and increase his lifespan, and he intends to capture her in order to use her lifeforce to become immortal.

Hironaka got the idea for the film in 1997, around the time he directed the On the Ropes segment for London Stories. A short pilot demonstrating the idea was created in 1999, which caught the attention of Moshi Kawara, and the film was officially announced in 2001 as a collaboration between Hironaka, J.C.Staff, The Moshi Kawara Office and Universal Pictures.

Lost Star was release to theaters in Japan on September 4, 2004 by Movie-Eye Entertainment, Inc. and on September 10, 2004 in the United States by Universal Pictures. Critical reviews were generally positive, with praise towards the characters, animation, voice acting and Mark Thomas' score, but some criticized the film's story for being somewhat derivative. Despite this, the film was a major success at the box office, grossing $146 million against a $20 million budget, and has since maintained a cult following amongst audiences.

Plot
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Additional voices

 * Chris Edgerly
 * Tom Kenny
 * Steve Bulen
 * Lara Cody
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Harrison Fahn
 * Joshua Seth
 * David H. Kramer
 * Lariane Newman
 * Jess Harnell
 * Richard Epcar
 * Eddie Frierson
 * Scott Menville

Release
Lost Star had it's Japanese theatrical release on September 4, 2004 by foreign and independent film distributor Movie-Eye Entertainment, Inc. The American theatrical release followed a week later on September 10, 2004.

Home media
Lost Star was released on VHS and DVD by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in the United States on December 14, 2004, in both full screen and widescreen formats. Featurettes included an audio commentary with Moshi Kawara, William Goldman and Elijah Wood, a making of featurette, multi-angle scene comparisons, two deleted scenes, actor interviews, production notes, a gallery and the film's trailers and TV spots. The film also saw release on the UMD format in February 2006 and the HD DVD format in 2007; It was the only animated film from Universal to be released on either format. A Blu-ray of the film was released on February 21, 2012. Due to licensing restrictions with the Japanese rightsholders, all of the video releases only contain the English version.

In Japan, the film was released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment on August 10, 2005. This release contains both English and Japanese audio tracks and a different set of bonus features in contrast to the British and American home video releases. A Blu-ray of the film was released in Japan by NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan on June 11, 2014.