GKIDS will release the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters on Blu-ray Disc on December 1, following its September 2025 Japanese theatrical opening and its December 2025 streaming arrival on Netflix. Uoto has since announced two new manga series, one at Shogakukan and one at Kodansha.
The anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters reached theaters in Japan in September 2025, timed to the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, and began streaming on Netflix with Japanese audio and English subtitles in December 2025. GKIDS then set a Blu-ray Disc release for December 1. The Collector's Edition adds five art cards and a mini-poster, and the disc includes an interview with director Kenji Iwaisawa, a rotoscoping workshop, and scene breakdowns.
The film adapts Uoto's five-volume debut manga, also known as Hyakuemu, into a 100-minute feature about 100-meter sprinters and their obsessive dedication to a sport where years of preparation can be undone in fractions of a second. Iwaisawa, a fan of Uoto's work before producer Yusuke Terada approached him in July 2021, turned his personal company Rock'n Roll Mountain into a full animation studio after failing to find a traditional pipeline that fit his methods. The production blends rotoscoping, 3D models, and freehand animation. Character designer Keisuke Kojima played a central role. A three-minute 40-second uninterrupted tracking shot of pre-race preparations took a year to animate.
After the film, Uoto announced two new manga series. Hallucination Meat will run in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, with a launch date still undetermined but expected this year. Test Taker/Cheaters, written by Uoto with art by Kyo Yoneshiro, will run in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon, aiming for the start of next year. A December 1 disc date gives 100 Meters a physical release in the same year as its streaming arrival, with the disc extras carrying Iwaisawa's own account of the rotoscoping process.
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GKIDS announced Wednesday that it will release the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters on Blu-ray Disc on December 1. The Collector's Edition adds five art cards and a mini-poster, and the disc carries an interview with director Kenji Iwaisawa, a rotoscoping workshop, and scene breakdowns. Netflix began streaming the film with Japanese audio and English subtitles in December 2025; it opened in Japan in September 2025.
Uoto, the artist behind Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, announced two new manga series across Friday and Saturday. Hallucination Meat will run in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits, with a launch date still undetermined but expected this year. Test Taker/Cheaters, written by Uoto with art by Kyō Yoneshiro, will run in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon, aiming for the start of next year.
Manga artist Uoto, known for "Chi: On the Movements of the Earth," and director Kenji Iwaisawa, acclaimed for "On-Gaku," have teamed up for a theatrical adaptation of Uoto's debut manga "Hyakuemu" (also known as "100 Meters"). The film, released in September 2025 to coincide with the Tokyo World Athletics Championships, follows the stories of 100-meter sprinters, exploring their obsessive dedication to a sport where years of preparation can be undone in fractions of a second. Iwaisawa, who had been a fan of Uoto's work before being approached by producer Yusuke Terada in July 2021, adapted the five-volume manga into a 100-minute film. The production was notable for its unconventional approach: Iwaisawa turned his personal company Rock'n Roll Mountain into a full animation studio after failing to find a traditional pipeline that fit his methods. The film blends rotoscoping, 3D models, and freehand animation, and features a celebrated 3-minute 40-second uninterrupted tracking shot of pre-race preparations that took a year to animate. Character designer Keisuke Kojima played a central role in the production.