Flag Pictures revealed the new cast for the anime adaptation of Kazumi Takayama’s novel Trapeze on Thursday. Haruka Aikawa will play Mika Kamei,”Northern Star”, one of Yū Higashi’s old classmates from elementary school.
Haruka Aikawa as Mika Kamei Image provided by Flag Pictures
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The film will open in Japan on May 10. VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei will perform the vocals for the film’s theme song”Nanmonai feat. Hoshimachi Suisei, sakuma.”(You’re welcome, Hoshimachi Suisei, sakuma.). MAISONdes is still credited as the composer of the title song.
The novel describes 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.
Asaki Yuikawa will play the main character Yū Higashi in the film. Hina Yomiya will voice the character Kurumi Taiga, “Western Star”. Reina Ueda voices “Southern Star” Ranko Katori.
Masahiro Shinohara (Blend S, Is the order a rabbit?) is directing the film at CloverWorks, and Koji Masunari (storyboard for Oshi no Ko, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) is overseeing the series. movie. Yuuko Kakihara (The Apothecary Diaries, Buddy Daddies) wrote the script, Rio (Sorvious Stabber Orphen-Chaos in Urbanrama-) designed the characters, Masaru Yokoyama (Farewell, My Dear Cramer: The Movie, Fruits Basket-prelude-, Horimiya) is composing music and MAISONdes is the artist composing the theme song for the film. 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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