Atsushi Nishigori's Grotesqqque Opens in Japanese Theaters on November 6
Grotesqqque, Atsushi Nishigori's three-part anime omnibus, opens in Japanese theaters on November 6 after screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival. CloverWorks animated the film, with planning and production by JOEN and Aniplex.
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Why it matters
Nishigori says he turned to three shorter segments because he had more visual ideas than one story could hold, and because he was too tired after Darling in the Franxx to take on a conventional feature, which makes the omnibus a working method rather than a stunt.
Key Facts
- Grotesqqque opens in Japanese theaters on November 6.
- CloverWorks animated Grotesqqque, with planning and production by JOEN and Aniplex.
- Atsushi Nishigori directed the film's first and third segments and wrote the second.
- The three segments are "A(e)liens," "Yoroshiku Girl," and "Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque."
- Grotesqqque screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
The segments are "A(e)liens," about a young alien woman who crash-lands in Shibuya and takes to Earth culture, "Yoroshiku Girl," a battle royale scenario, and "Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque," a vampire story. Nishigori directed the first and third and wrote the second.
Nishigori directed two of the three segments himself and wrote the middle one, and he created the original character concepts for all of them. The three parts differ widely in register: a Shibuya crash-landing story, an action-heavy battle royale, and a slower vampire piece set in a gothic apocalypse. He told Cartoon Brew the split came from having too many visual styles to fit into a single narrative.
- A(e)liens: A young alien woman crash-lands in Shibuya and develops a passion for Earth culture
- Yoroshiku Girl: An action-heavy battle royale scenario, written by Nishigori
- Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque: A slower sapphic vampire story set in a gothic apocalypse
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