Flag Pictures revealed the main trailer and poster, additional staff and two more actors for the anime adaptation of Kazumi Takayama’s novel Trapezoid on Monday. The video introduces the movie’s theme song “Nanmonai feat. Hoshimachi Suisei, sakuma.”(You’re welcome, Hoshimachi Suisei, sakuma.). VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei performed the vocals and MAISONdes was credited as composing the theme song.
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The film’s two new actors are JO1 idol group member Shōya Kimata as Shinji Kudō (left in image below) and comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura (right in image below) of comedy duo Utchan Nanchan in as Shuichi Itami.
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The newly announced cast of the film is:
The film will open in Japan on May 10. Cast members Asaki Yuikawa, Hina Yomiya, Reina Ueda and Haruka Aikawa will perform the song titled “Hōi Jishin”(Direction Itself). Takayama wrote the lyrics for the song. The song is in the original novel itself. Masaru Yokoyama, who was also in charge of the film’s music, composed the song. The cast will also perform another song in the film titled”Naritai Jibun”(I want to become).
The novel depicts the 10 years of Yū Higashi, a high school girl, whose goal is to become an Idol. To achieve her dream, she sets four rules for herself: do not be active on social networks, do not have a boyfriend, do not stand out at school, and will make friends with beautiful girls from the North, South, and South. east and west.
Yuikawa will play the main character Yū Higashi in the film. Yomiya will voice the character Kurumi Taiga, “Western Star”. Ueda voices “Southern Star” Ranko Katori. Aikawa will play Mika Kamei,”Northern Star”, one of Yū Higashi’s old classmates from elementary school.
Masahiro Shinohara (Blend S, Is the order a rabbit??) is directing the film at CloverWorks, and Koji Masunari (Oshi no Ko, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) is supervising the film. . Yuuko Kakihara (The Apothecary Diaries, Buddy Daddies) wrote the script, Rio (Sorcious Stabber Orphen-Chaos in Urbanrama-) designed the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama (Farewell, My Dear Cramer: The Movie, Fruits Basket-prelude-, Horimiya ) is composing music. Aniplex will distribute the film.
Takayama, a former first-generation member of idol group Nogizaka46, serialized the trapeze novel in Kadokawa Media Factory’s manga and book news magazine Da Vinci from 2016 to 2018. Kadokawa published the novel in November 2018.
Source: Press release
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