Happy Birthday: Inochi Kagayaku Toki


Re-Birthday

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ハッピーバースデー 命かがやく瞬間
English: Re-Birthday
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 27, 1999
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Magic Bus
Source: Book
Genre: Slice of LifeSlice of Life
Theme: IyashikeiIyashikei
Demographic: KidsKids
Duration: 1 hr. 19 min.
Rating: G - All Ages

Statistics

Score: 7.021 (scored by 16131,613 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #43112
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #9198
Members: 4,614
Favorites: 23

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Synopsis

After being abused by her mother physically and mentally Asuka gets taken in by her grandparents. Slowly she learns her own worth as a human being and overcomes many obstacles.

Characters & Voice Actors


Staff

Dezaki, Tetsu
Director
Yamamoto, Naoki
Director of Photography
Sakai, Kyuuta
Key Animation
Takahashi, Atsuko
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Ending Theme

"TRUE SONG" by Izumi Katou (加藤いづみ)




Reviews

May 15, 2013
You owe it yourself to watch this movie. I agree with most of what the previous person stated in their review.

I find it sad that a movie of this quality (ignoring the animation and sound issues) can go unnoticed and unappreciated for so long.

This English sub is quite good, again the animation and sound are not the best, but I think anyone who really loves Anime and wants to see everything Japan has to offer should watch this.

My personal opinion (keep in mind it is my opinion) is that if someone re-made this movie for western audiences it would be very well received.
Jan 14, 2025
Mixed Feelings
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Happy Birthday is an interesting film to watch. We have a lot of these "cryporn" series and films nowadays, like what Mari Okada scripts, Jun Maeda slop, Violet Evergarden, Fumetsu no Anata e, and Loli and the Creepy Dad (I think it's called Somali or something...). HB may be meant as a tearjerker, but I feel it's in a class of its own and is more old-school and traditional and draws from live action film or young adult coming of age novels more than anime and the "cryporn" phenomenon, even if it's similarly manipulative and wants to elbow you in the gut with blunt and ...
Jul 17, 2023
*Warning! Heavy Spoilers!*

Story: 3
Art: 3
Sound: 5
Character 3
Enjoyment: 3
Overall: 3

This will be a review for the anime “Re-Birthday”, a film that so few on MAL have seen yet is considered a hidden gem. Were this film to reach the wider public by some obscure, low-budget, 70s kids anime-oriented youtube channel like “AnimeEveryday” I have no doubt that it would be absolutely beloved by the entirety of MAL. As you can infer I didn’t really enjoy this movie and there are good reasons for it.
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