The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) is a 2006 Japanese-animated science fiction romance film produced by Madhouse, directed by Mamoru Hosoda and written by Satoko Okudera. Distributed by Kadokawa Herald Pictures, the film is a loose sequel to the 1967 novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui and shares the basic premise of a teenage girl who gains the power of time travel and repeatedly relives the same day in a time loop, but with a different story and characters than the novel. Riisa Naka voices teenager Makoto Konno, who learns from Kazuko Yoshiyama, Makoto's aunt and the protagonist to the original story, that Makoto has the power to travel through time. Makoto begins using the time-leaps frivolously to fix problems. Riisa Naka later portrays Makoto's cousin, Akari Yoshiyama, the protagonist of the 2010 live-action film Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, which follows a different story.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Theatrical release poster

Japanese name
Kanji 時をかける少女

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Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Screenplay by Satoko Okudera
Based on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Produced by
Takashi Watanabe
Yuichiro Saito
Starring
Riisa Naka
Takuya Ishida
Mitsutaka Itakura
Sachie Hara
Cinematography Yoshihiro Tomita
Edited by Shigeru Nishiyama
Music by Kiyoshi Yoshida

Production
company
Madhouse
Distributed by Kadokawa Herald Pictures

Release date
July 15, 2006

Running time 98 minutes[1]
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Box office ¥300 million (Japan)[2]
₩665 million (South Korea)