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The Aurora

The Aurora

20004.51h 31m

Overview

Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ancient bacteria, once revived, attempt to make the world habitable for themselves - a process that would bring Earth back to its early primal form, killing all current life in the process.

Directed by Yoshinori Sugano
Written by Michiru Shimada, Takehiko Hata
Produced by Shinichiro Maeda
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Top Cast

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Jack Mollard (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Toru Enriques (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Hatsuhiko Goto (voice)

Megumi Okina

Megumi Okina

Chun-lu Wang (voice)

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Yu-long Wang (voice)

Hideyuki Tanaka

Hideyuki Tanaka

Makoto Watanabe (voice)

Junichi Ishida

Junichi Ishida

Shinji Amari (voice)

Issei Ishida

Issei Ishida

Hiroshi Ibuki (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Nora (voice)

Ryūta Kawabata

Ryūta Kawabata

Wataru Oguchi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

ecology

About The Aurora

The Aurora is a animation, adventure, science fiction film released in 2000 exploring themes of ecology. Directed by Yoshinori Sugano, it stars Shigeru Chiba, Toshio Furukawa, Takaya Hashi. Deep-sea archeologist Hiroshi Ibuki is the member of the digging team working at the bottom of the sea hoping to uncover the origins of Earth's existence but instead uncovers a mysterious colony of bacteria which gives off light similar to the Aurora Borealis. The ancient bacteria, once revived, attempt to make the world habitable for themselves - a process that would bring Earth back to its early primal form, killing all current life in the process.

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