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NYAV Post to Dub Promare Anime Film With Supervision by Trigger
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
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Animation studio Trigger announced at a panel at Anime Expo on Friday that NYAV Post is producing the English dub of the studio's Promare anime film. Trigger itself is supervising the dub, including making the casting choices.
GKIDS and Fathom Events will screen the film in North America on September 17 and 19 at 7:00 p.m. local time. The screening on September 17 will have an English dub, and the screening on September 19 will have English subtitles. The film will separately open in select theaters on September 20.
Anime Expo hosted the North American premiere of the film on Friday, and Otakon will also screen the film this month.
The film opened in 200 theaters in Japan on May 24.
Director Hiroyuki Imaishi and scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima teamed up again for the new project at Trigger. Trigger and Nakashima are credited with the original work. Shigeto Koyama was in charge of character design and mechanical design, and Sushio (Kill la Kill) was involved as an animator. Tomotaka Kubo (Mary and The Witch's Flower) was the art director, and Saishi Ichiko was in charge of logo design. Hiroyuki Sawano (Attack on Titan, Kill la Kill) composed the music. SANZIGEN Animation Studio handled the 3DCG animation. XFlag is credited with production, and TOHO is distributing the film.
Source: Trigger panel at Anime Expo
