A main video featuring scenes from the daily lives of elementary school students in the feature-length animated film WE ARE ALIENS was released on YouTube on October 5.
The film won the Grand Prix, the highest award in the Feature Animation category at the 50th Ottawa International Animation Festival, one of the world’s three major animation festivals, held in Canada.
WE ARE ALIENS is currently screening in 72 theaters across Japan. Its box office performance also continues to grow through word of mouth. From September 28 to October 1, weekday box office revenue increased for four consecutive days compared to the previous day. The second weekend also saw a 112% increase in box office revenue compared to the previous weekend.
Video Clip:
Key Visual:
CAST:
Ryota Bando as Tsubasa
Amane Okayama as Gyotaro
Ten Yamasaki as Konatsu
Kemuri Matsui as Batahira
Gaku Sano as Seiya Toda
Reika Ōzeki as young Seiya
Arisa Sasaki as Elmo Matsushita
Edo Harumi as a calligraphy teacher
Ten Yamazaki from Sakurazaka46 as Konatsu
Saki Suzuki as Young Konatsu
STAFF:
Planning/Screenplay/Director/Storyboard/Editor: Kohei Kadowaki
Music: Yaffle
Co-production: MIYU PRODUCTION
Planning/Production: NOTHING NEW
STORY:
“Hey — what if I told you I was an alien?” In a small Japanese town, an ordinary boy’s quiet betrayal sets in motion something he will spend the rest of his life trying to forget.
Source: Comic Natalie
© NOTHING NEW, MIYU PRODUCTIONS
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