Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun Anime Film Opens September 11
The film brings the Space Academy franchise to theaters with a hybrid animation and live space footage approach, following two TV seasons.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Kadokawa announced that Yūji Nishimura's web manga Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Space Academy will receive an anime film titled Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Ukkari Detekita Uchūjin o Sagase! (Space Academy: Find the Aliens Who Accidentally Came Out!) opening in Japan on September 11. The film combines anime footage with real space footage. The TV anime cast returns. Yoshinori Tsutsui directs, Yōichi Katō writes the script.
Yūji Nishimura's web manga Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Space Academy began serialization on August 6, 2019, shortly after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The manga follows Kotetsu, an aspiring astronaut, and his friends at the Animal Space Academy. The television anime adaptation ran for two seasons on NHK Educational from April 2021 to February 2023. The upcoming film, directed by Yoshinori Tsutsui with a script by Yōichi Katō, will feature the same voice cast and incorporate real space footage alongside animation.
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- Anime News Network News Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Space Academy Manga Gets Anime Film