Atsushi Nishigori and CloverWorks Film Grotesque Reveals 14 Cast Members
The casting draws from voice acting, pop music, and live-action drama, suggesting CloverWorks is positioning the film for crossover audience appeal rather than a single niche.
Reporting from 3 sources: Crunchyroll News, Eiga Natalie, Anime Anime.
The original anime film "GROTESQQQUE -Grotesque-" from director Atsushi Nishigori and studio CloverWorks has announced its full cast of 14 performers, including musician Gen Hoshino and actress Sara Minami. The film, set for a 2026 theatrical release, is structured as three interconnected stories with distinct settings: "Elians" follows an alien girl and a civil servant searching for friends; "Yoroshiku★Shoujo" is a battle royale among girls called Gyaru P competing in a game called Queen of Butterfly; and "Nocturne ~This Grotesque Night~" centers on a pure-blood vampire and three infected girls traveling through a post-humanity world. The cast also features voice actors Tomoyo Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Maaya Uchida, Rumi Okubo, Rie Kugimiya, Miyu Tomita, Ikumi Hasegawa, and Saori Hayami, alongside Nogizaka46 members Miku Ichinose, Kazu Inoue, Nao Tomori, and Aruno Nakanishi. Character assignments have not been disclosed. Nishigori wrote the script, directed, and designed the original characters; he previously directed "THE IDOLM@STER" and "DARLING in the FRANXX" and served as chief animation director on "Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time."
- Gen Hoshino, a musician and actor known for his role in the NHK drama "Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu" and for providing the theme song for the anime "Yuri!!! on Ice," joins the cast.
- Sara Minami, a live-action actress who appeared in the film "The Great War of Archimedes," is also part of the lineup.
- The cast includes four members of the idol group Nogizaka46: Miku Ichinose, Kazu Inoue, Nao Tomori, and Aruno Nakanishi.
- Voice actors in the cast include Tomoyo Anzai, Kana Ichinose, Maaya Uchida, Rumi Okubo, Rie Kugimiya, Miyu Tomita, Ikumi Hasegawa, and Saori Hayami.
- CloverWorks, the production studio, is known for recent works including "WIND BREAKER," "SPY×FAMILY," and "Bocchi the Rock!"
- The film is structured as three separate stories: "Elians" (an alien girl and a civil servant searching for friends), "Yoroshiku★Shoujo" (a battle royale among girls called Gyaru P), and "Nocturne ~This Grotesque Night~" (a pure-blood vampire and three infected girls traveling through a post-humanity world).
- Character assignments for the 14 cast members have not been disclosed.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.