Warner Bros. Japan began streaming a teaser video on Sunday for it and Level 5's Ni no
Kuni anime film. The teaser starts at 0:10 in the below
video, and ends at 1:18. The video then gives highlights from the press
conference on Saturday that revealed the film.
The film will debut this
summer.
The movie stars
actor Kento Yamazaki (live-action Death Note's L, live-action Orange's Kakeru Naruse) as the
protagonist Yū (pictured below). Yū is a prodigy who is top of his class, and
he uses a wheelchair to get around. He has kept his feelings for his childhood
friend Kotona secret from her. His best friend Haru is dating Kotona.
Yū's best friend Haru (below left) is popular and the ace of
the school's basketball team. Kotona (right) is a high school student who is
innocent and liked by everyone.
The film will feature an original story in which through a
certain incident, the three friends are able to travel back and forth between
reality and "another world" Ni no Kuni. When the life of the Kotona
in both worlds is simultaneously put in danger, the three friends must make
"the ultimate choice."
Yoshiyuki Momose (The Legend of the Galactic Heroes character designer, Only Yesterday and Pom Poko storyboarder) is returning
from the game series to direct the film, and Hayao Miyazaki's
longtime collaborator Joe Hisaishi (Nausicaä of the Valley of
the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) is returning to compose
the music. Level
5 CEO Akihiro Hino is overseeing the
film and is writing the script, and he is also credited with the original work. Hiroyoshi Koiwai (live-action Gintama, Rurouni
Kenshin) is the executive producer. OLM(Pokémon, Inazuma Eleven franchises) is
animating the film. Warner Bros. Japan is
the distributor.
Warner Bros. Japan previously stated that the idea for the film had been in
the works for 10 years. The AnimeJapan 2019 event will reveal more
information about the film on March 23.
Level 5 debuted the fantasy role-playing game Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for
the PlayStation 3 in Japan in 2011, after a Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madōshi game for Nintendo DS in 2010 and a game for Japanese phones. Namco Bandai Games then released Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch outside
Japan in 2013. The RPG featured cut scenes from Studio Ghibli.
Level 5 released the Ni
no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom PlayStation 4 and PC game
on March 23.
Source: Warner Bros. Japan's YouTube channel
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