Cho Kaguya-hime! Adds One-Week SCREENX Encore Run From November 20
Twin Engine announced on November 12 that the anime film Cho Kaguya-hime! will get a one-week SCREENX encore screening run from November 20 to 26.
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Reporting from 4 sources: Denfaminicogamer, KAI-YOU, Nijimen, PANORA.
Why it matters
A format available at 23 of 248 theaters outsold every other special format in the revival run, so the encore is being scheduled around the one screen configuration that actually filled seats.
Key Facts
- Twin Engine announced on November 12 that the SCREENX encore screening of Cho Kaguya-hime! runs from November 20 to 26.
- Of the 248 theaters that held Cho Kaguya-hime! revival screenings from September 18, 23 were SCREENX-compatible, excluding ULTRA 4DX.
- Cho Kaguya-hime! has passed 1.8 million cumulative admissions and 3.6 billion yen in cumulative box office revenue.
- The SCREENX encore admission bonus is the ray Cho Kaguya-hime! Version cast message board, with handwritten messages from Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase and Saori Hayami.
- The one-week 4DX and ULTRA 4DX encore screenings of Cho Kaguya-hime! end on November 12.
SCREENX adds screens to the left and right of the front screen, spreading the image across 270 degrees of the viewer's field of view. The format was one of several special formats added when revival screenings began on September 18. Of the 248 theaters that held those revival screenings, only 23 were SCREENX-compatible (excluding ULTRA 4DX), yet SCREENX drew the highest attendance among the special formats, which the announcement cites as the reason for the encore. The run follows the one-week 4DX and ULTRA 4DX encore screenings, which end on November 12. Attendees receive the ray Cho Kaguya-hime! Version cast message board, cut from the music video's final scene and carrying handwritten messages from Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase and Saori Hayami. Cumulative admissions have passed 1.8 million and box office revenue has topped 3.6 billion yen.
The SCREENX run is the last chance to see the film in that format, and the press release says the same of the 4DX and ULTRA 4DX encores that end on November 12. The revival screenings themselves closed on November 5, with second-run screenings starting the next day at a reduced number of theaters.
SCREENX drew its repeat business from staging not visible in the standard image: live scenes set in the virtual space Tsukuyomi and battle scenes where characters move freely in all directions. The press release advises aiming for rear seats, since the left and right screens are hard to fit into one's field of view from the front row.
The film is the first feature-length directorial work by Kiyotaka Yamashita, with animation production by Studio Colorido and Studio Chromato, the latter led by Yamashita. In-story songs were provided by ryo (supercell), kz (livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra and yuigot. The main theme is "Ex-Otogibanashi" by Yachiyo Tsukimi (cv. Saori Hayami); the ending theme is "ray Cho Kaguya-hime! Version" by Kaguya (cv. Yuko Natsuyoshi) and Yachiyo Tsukimi.
The story follows Iroha Sakayori, a 17-year-old high school girl in Tokyo who finds a baby that grows into Kaguya Hime, and the two make music together in Tsukuyomi. The cast includes Miyu Irino as Akira Mikado, Yuma Uchida as Rai Komazawa, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Noi Komazawa, Rie Kugimiya as FUSHI and Natsuki Hanae as Terukoto Okoto.
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- Denfaminicogamer 『超かぐや姫！』まだまだ終わらない。「SCREENXアンコール上映」を1週間限定で実施へ、視界の270度まで広がる3面ワイドスクリーンにより“かぐや道”が深まる特別フォーマット
- KAI-YOU 映画『超かぐや姫！』興行収入36億円突破 11月20日からSCREENXでさらなるアンコール上映
- Nijimen 『ファントエス with 超かぐや姫！』11月26日から開催！描き起こしミニキャラのアクスタや場面写グッズ、限定カプセルトイが登場
- PANORA 「超かぐや姫！」1週間限定のSCREENXアンコール上映が11/20より開催決定 SCREENXで鑑賞できるラストチャンス