One of the most unexpected hits on the DS, the Professor
Layton series, developed by Level-5, managed to bring text and puzzle based
adventure games to the mainstream, US audience and quickly became one of the DS’
biggest franchises. So naturally, it makes sense that a movie would eventually
be made based on the series. Each game has such a heavy emphasis on story, that
it’s the perfect candidate for a movie adaptation.
So in 2009, an
animated feature film version was released in Japan, Professor Layton and the
Eternal Diva. Instead of taking one of the stories from the games and making it
a feature film, they decided to go in a completely different direction and make
a brand new mystery for the Professor to solve. The movie finally made it to
American shores thanks to Viz media and it’s a good thing it did because it is
a pretty fun film.
