The Girl Who Leapt Through Time License Acquired by FUNimation

<p>FUNimation announced today that they have purchased the rights for the memorable animated film&colon;<em> The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<&sol;em> directed by Mamoru Hosoda&period; The company plans on giving this special movie a home release this summer to coincide with the film&&num;8217&semi;s 10th anniversary&period; <em>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<&sol;em> is a groundbreaking film because it was the first time an original animated movie was not connected to a previous anime episodic TV series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A high school girl Makoto Konno wakes up late for her classes and ends up fumbling her assignments from a quiz to accidentally starting a fire in her cooking class that day&period; On her way home her bicycle&&num;8217&semi;s brakes won&&num;8217&semi;t stop her bike in time and she collides into a train&period; In this moment a secret ability triggers and Makoto leaps back through time&period; With her new special power she re-takes tests and assignments and relives embarrassing moments to fix them&period; Like every other person who would have discovered this ability&comma; Makoto does all these leaps without thinking there can be any side effects&period; Unfortunately&comma; leaping backwards through time to altar her history has begun to negatively impact the people round her&period; Now she only has a limited number of leaps to set time back on the right path before her actions and altered time lasts forever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>FUNimation will post <em>The Girl Who Leapt Through Time<&sol;em> pre-ordering information on their website in the near future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <strong><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;funimation&period;com&sol;blog&sol;">FUNimation<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;