Magic Tree House (film)

Jack is a shy but confident bookworm, and his sister Annie can quickly make friends with whoever she wants, both humans and animals. One day, while they were playing together in a forest, they unexpectedly stumble upon a wooden treehouse located in this forest. This magical treehouse allows people to travel across time and space whenever they liked. Morgan le Fay is accidentally transformed into a mouse named Peanut by Merlin (echoing the plot from books 5–8), and Jack and Annie have to find four magic medallions to rescue her. They visit the late Cretaceous period with dinosaurs (from book 1), a medieval castle (from book 2), the town of Pompeii (from book 13) and a pirate ship (from book 4). At the end, Peanut is once again turned into Morgan. ==Production==

Development On 17 November 2010, Publisher Media Factory revealed that the English-language children's fantasy series, Magic Tree House would be adapted into an anime film. Subsequently, in the 6 March 2011 issue of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, an advertisement announced that the film would be released in Japanese cinemas in 2011. The film is based on the Japanese version of the series illustrated by Ayana Amako, Cast and crew The voice cast for the film Magic Tree House was announced on 8 August 2011. In her voice-acting debut, actress Keiko Kitagawa described this role as "challenging", and she added that she "wanted to express the freshness of the voice of [Jack] as much as possible." ==Release==

Magic Tree House made its debut at the 24th Tokyo International Film Festival on 23 October 2011. It was featured as one of the festival's special screenings. The film was released in Japanese cinemas on 7 January 2012, and was also featured at a release ceremony at Shinjuku Piccadilly that day. The DVD, Blu-ray & limited edition of the film were released on 3 August 2012. ==References==