Expelled from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart and Girls Band Cry THE MOVIE have announced a special collaboration project, as both films feature animation produced by Toei Animation.
As the first part of the project, a new promotional video for Expelled from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart has been released, featuring “Zattou, Bokura no Machi,” the opening theme song of the Girls Band Cry TV anime. The video revisits memorable scenes from previous trailers.
Special collaboration visuals have also been unveiled, featuring characters from both series in school uniforms inspired by high school culture from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Expelled from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart will premiere in Japanese theaters on November 13, 2026, while Girls Band Cry THE MOVIE is scheduled for May 21, 2027.
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Collaboration Visual:
In the 2014 film (Expelled From Paradise), Angela Balzac, an agent residing in a virtual reality world aboard a space station, takes on an organic body to investigate a hacker operating on the desolate Earth. Teaming up with a man named Dingo, she pursues the enigmatic “Frontier Setter” while discovering the value of living in a physical form.
Girls Band Cry anime was directed by Kazuo Sakai at Toei Animation, with series composition by Jukki Hanada, character designs by Nari Tejima, and music composed by Kenji Tamai. The 13-episode anime originally aired in Japan from April to June 2024.
Crunchyroll currently streams Girls Band Cry and describes the story as follows:
Feeling out of place in the countryside, high school dropout Nina Iseri moves to Tokyo. After a rough first day and getting locked out of her apartment, she meets her favorite guitarist, Momoka Kawaragi. The two put on a street performance together and decide to start a band with three other girls. While each girl faces her own struggles, their passion for music keeps their dreams alive.
Source: @efp_official
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