Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva

Dec 1, 2009

1h 39m

★ 7.5

Overview

Archeologist and avid puzzle solver Professor Layton and his assistant Luke are caught up in an adventure when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.

Genres

Family

Animation

Mystery

Production Companies

LEVEL5

P.A.WORKS

OLM

TBS

Shogakukan

TOHO

jeki

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners

Pony Canyon

Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions

d-rights

Amuse Soft Entertainment

Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Trailers

Cast

Professor Layton (voice)

Yo Oizumi

Luke Triton (voice)

Maki Horikita

Emmy Altava (voice)

Saki Aibu

Janice Quatlane (voice)

Nana Mizuki

Jean Descole (voice)

Atsuro Watabe

Inspector Clamp Grosky (voice)

Hochu Otsuka

Oswald Whistler (voice)

Iemasa Kayumi

Melina Whistler (voice)

Fumiko Orikasa

Celia Raidley (voice)

Kikuko Inoue

Nina (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Curtis O'Donnell (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Marco Brock (voice)

Kenta Miyake

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