Kouhei Kadowaki's first feature-length animated film, We Are Aliens, has won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, following a Cannes premiere and an Annecy feature competition selection.
Kouhei Kadowaki's first feature-length animated film, We Are Aliens, has moved through the festival circuit and into audience reaction. The film premiered at Cannes and was selected for the feature competition at Annecy. It then won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
The film follows the 30-year friendship of Tsubasa and Kyotaro. Its theme song is "Sasakure" by adieu, the artist name of actress Moka Kamishiraishi, with Yaffle writing, composing, and arranging the track. A trailer revealed a previously unseen section of the song. The film is produced by NOTHING NEW, a label founded in 2022.
Coverage shifted from the film's music and festival placements to how its story lands with viewers. The YouTuber group Comdot, five childhood friends, released a video of their impressions and discussed how they related to the film's depiction of trouble between elementary schoolers Tsubasa and Akitaro. Kadowaki said he would watch the video in real time. The Comdot video puts the film in front of an audience beyond the festival circuit.
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YouTuber group Comdot released a video of their impressions of Kohei Kadowaki's animated film 'We Are Aliens.' Comdot, five childhood friends, discuss how they related to the film's depiction of trouble between elementary schoolers Tsubasa and Akitaro. Kadowaki, who directed the film as his first feature-length animated work, said he would watch the video in real time. The film won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Sep 8
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.