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GROTESQQQUE Brings Atsushi Nishigori and CloverWorks Back for a Three-Story Film
Atsushi Nishigori directed GROTESQQQUE, an original anime film that opens in theaters on Friday, November 5. The film is a triple bill of three unrelated stories.
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Why it matters
GROTESQQQUE is a film built around Nishigori's own visual preferences rather than a story engine, and CloverWorks' willingness to produce it is the reason it exists at all.
Key Facts
- GROTESQQQUE opens in theaters on Friday, November 5.
- Atsushi Nishigori directed the film and CloverWorks produced it.
- The film is a triple bill of three completely different stories.
- Producer Yuichi Fukushima said the project began after DARLING in the FRANXX with the stance of trying something they liked.
- Nishigori said the release format, including whether it would open in theaters, was undecided when the project started.
Nishigori worked with CloverWorks, the studio behind Bocchi the Rock! and SPY x FAMILY. Producer Yuichi Fukushima said the project grew out of conversations after DARLING in the FRANXX about doing something they liked before committing to a series or a large concept.
The project began without a decided release format. Nishigori said the outlet, including a theatrical release, had not been settled when he signed on, and he was thinking of a medium-length work. He had come off DARLING in the FRANXX spent, having put much of his energy into story construction and thematic work, and proposed a project with a completely different approach so he could start right away.
Fukushima traced his own interest to Nishigori's character design work on THE IDOLM@STER and to the characters and pictures Nishigori draws, which he said he loved. Their timing and inclinations matched, and the film became a three-part bill of separate stories.
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