We Are Aliens Trailer Puts Konatsu In Front As September 25 Opening Nears
With the Japanese opening two weeks out, the marketing has moved from the two leads to the character who carries the emotional turn, and the festival run from Cannes to Busan already has the film in front of programmers before general audiences see it.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
NOTHING NEW released a new trailer and visual for the We Are Aliens anime film on Tuesday, both built around the heroine Konatsu, voiced by Sakurazaka46 member Ten Yamasaki. Ryota Bando and Amane Okayama play Tsubasa and Gyotaro as young adults, with Yuto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voicing the characters as children. Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited the film, which opens in Japan on September 25.
Ten Yamasaki, a Sakurazaka46 member, voices Konatsu, and the new trailer and visual both center on her rather than on the two boys the film follows from elementary school into adulthood. Yamasaki shares the cast with comedian Kemuri Matsui, Gaku Sano as Tsubasa's friend Seiya Toda, Reika Ozeki as young Seiya, Arisa Sasaki as Elmo Matsushita, and Edo Harumi as a calligraphy teacher.
Kohei Kadowaki handled planning, script, direction, storyboarding, and editing, with Yaffle composing. French studio Miyu Productions joined the production in June 2025.
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