Bokura wa Uchujin Trailer Reveals adieu Theme Song Sasakure
The trailer pairs the theme song with the film's 30-year friendship story as the title heads into release after a Cannes premiere and an Annecy selection.
Reporting from 2 sources: KAI-YOU, ASCII.jp.
The new trailer for the anime film Bokura wa Uchujin is out, built around the theme song "Sasakure" by adieu, the artist name of actress Moka Kamishiraishi. Yaffle wrote, composed, and arranged the track. The trailer reveals a previously unseen section of the song. The film is Kouhei Kadowaki's first feature-length anime, produced by the 2022-founded label NOTHING NEW, and follows the 30-year friendship of Tsubasa and Kyotaro. It premiered at Cannes and was selected for Annecy's feature competition.
Kadowaki directed the trailer himself, and the production took an unusual route to its look: the pre-visualization was shot live-action with child actors across nearly every cut, a method the director used to balance realistic beauty with narrative.
The film follows Tsubasa, voiced by Ryuta Bando, and Kyotaro, voiced by Amon Okayama, who meet in third grade and stay friends for 30 years. NOTHING NEW, the label founded in 2022, handles planning and production.
After a world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight at the 79th Cannes Film Festival and a selection for the Annecy feature competition, the film now heads toward release. Yoshitoshi Shinomiya, literary critic Kaho Miyake, and TV Tokyo producer Tokio Omori are among those who shared comments after screenings.
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