Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl (2019)

Original title

青春ブタ野郎はゆめみる少女の夢を見ない

Directed by

Sōichi Masui

Genre

science fiction, romance film, romantic drama fiction

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 602 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A high school student faces a supernatural condition that causes a girl he knows to physically age backward. He must help her confront a traumatic event to stop the regression.

bittersweetmelancholictendercerebralunsettlingemotionally intenseslow-burnpoignant

What happens

Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl is a 2019 Japanese animated supernatural romantic drama film based on the sixth and seventh volumes of the light novel series Rascal Does Not Dream written by Hajime Kamoshida and illustrated by Kēji Mizoguchi. It is a sequel to the anime television series Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai, which adapts the first five volumes of the series. The film was originally released in June 2019 in Japan, and received limited theatrical releases in other regions in late 2019. A sequel film, Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out, was released in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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