The Foreigner's Melody

Lost Star is a 1999 Japanese animated romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Masayuki Kojima and produced by Eizo Kondo, Shigeru Kitayama and Shinji Komori. The film focuses on a college student and part time stage actor, who one day sees a shooting star that turns out to be a girl from another world, who is on the run from an entity disguised as an agent who intends to use her lifeforce to become immortal.

The film was produced by Madhouse and released by Toho Co. on September 4, 1999. An English version was produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment for LIVE Entertainment and was released directly to VHS and DVD in 2004.

Home media releases

 * 2004 HBO Video VHS/DVD (under license from LIVE Entertainment)
 * 2017 Discotek Media DVD/Blu-ray