The anime film WE ARE ALIENS has won Best Animated Feature Film in the Anima’t section at the 59th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in Spain.
Directed by Kohei Kadowaki, the film was also selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the 79th Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Animated Feature at the 50th Ottawa International Animation Festival.
At age 30, Kadowaki is the youngest Japanese director to win this SITGES award.
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.
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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