35 Artists Join Music for Atsushi Nishigori's Animated Film GROTESQQQUE
The scale of the music contributor list-35 artists from disparate genres-signals that GROTESQQQUE is treating its soundtrack as a multi-perspective anthology, matching the film's own three-part structure.
Reporting from 3 sources: Eiga Natalie, Comic Natalie, Anime Anime.
The original animated film GROTESQQQUE, directed by Atsushi Nishigori and produced by CloverWorks, has announced that 35 artists will contribute music to the project. The lineup includes ASCA, Reol, Otoha-otoha-, Iori Noguchi (=LOVE), TAKU INOUE, Junna, and 29 others, spanning singer-songwriters, Vocaloid producers, idols, bands, and composers. The film is scheduled for release in 2026 and consists of three distinct stories: Ellians, about an alien girl and a civil servant searching for friends; Yoroshiku Shojo, a battle royale among girls called Gyaru P; and Nocturne ~Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni~, following a pure-blood vampire and three infected survivors traveling through a devastated world. The cast includes Tomoka Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Miku Ichinose (Nogizaka46), Nao Inoue (Nogizaka46), Maaya Uchida, Rumi Okubo, Rie Kugimiya, Nao Tomita, Aruno Nakanishi (Nogizaka46), Ikumi Hasegawa, Saori Hayami, Gen Hoshino, and Sara Minami. Details on how the 35 artists will participate will be announced from July onward.
Nishigori, who directed The Idolmaster and Darling in the Franxx, writes the script and provides original character designs for this film. CloverWorks, the studio behind SPY×FAMILY and Bocchi the Rock!, handles production. The two previously collaborated on Darling in the Franxx and The Idolmaster Series Concept Movie 2021 VOY@GER.
The 35 artists include Vocaloid producers, singer-songwriters, idols, bands, and composers. The full list is ASCA, Akki, Mika Ichinose, VaVa, eba, Otoha-otoha-, Ken Kamikita, Koto Sato (yutori), sabio/Futa Takamura, SEE, Kanon Shizaki, Ayato Shinozaki, Junna, Suiso, Surii, TAKU INOUE, Ryosuke Tachibana, tsumiki, Yuji Nakajima (Gusokumuzu), Nakano+, Shiina Natsukawa, Nanahira, Iori Noguchi (=LOVE), Haneoto, Hashimelo, Shota Horie, Myuk, MIRI, METALVERSE, Momosumomosu, Kairi Yagi, Rei Yasuda, Yuyoyuppe, Runaar, and Reol.
In Yoroshiku Shojo, the girls called Gyaru P compete in a game called Queen of Butterfly. Nocturne ~Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni~ follows a pure-blood vampire and three girls who survive after being infected by her bite, traveling through a devastated world in a wagon. The cast includes Tomoka Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Miku Ichinose (Nogizaka46), Nao Inoue (Nogizaka46), Maaya Uchida, Rumi Okubo, Rie Kugimiya, Nao Tomita, Aruno Nakanishi (Nogizaka46), Ikumi Hasegawa, Saori Hayami, Gen Hoshino, and Sara Minami. Details on how the artists will participate will be announced from July onward.
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