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Crunchyroll Adds Zombie Land Saga Film, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Film, Given OVA
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Crunchyroll added the Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise (Dream Galactic Paradise) anime film, the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon: Samishigariya no Ryū) anime film, and the Given: Moments in Life OVA on Friday.
Takafumi Ishida and Takeru Satō (both Zombie Land Saga episode directors) directed the film at MAPPA. Shigeru Murakoshi (The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse) wrote the screenplay. Fumihide Sai, Jinshichi Yamaguchi (both chief animation directors for Zombie Land Saga), and Kasumi Fukagawa (character designer for Zombie Land Saga) are credited as character designers. Yasuharu Takanashi returned to compose the music. Yuriko Waki returned as an animation producer.
Tatsuya Ishihara (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S; Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!) directed the anime. The film features returning cast members Mutsumi Tamura as Kobayashi, Yūki Kuwahara as Tohru, and Maria Naganawa as Kanna.
The new cast members include Fumihiko Tachiki as Kimun Kamui and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Azad. Shiori Sugiura voices Ilulu in the film, replacing Tomomi Mineuchi who quit voice acting in 2022.
fhána performs the opening theme song "Namida no Parade" (Parade of Tears). Sachiko Kobayashi performs the ending theme song "Bokutachi no Hibi" ("Days of Us"), and kotringo performs the insert song "Negaigoto" (Wish).
Kizu launched the Given manga in Chéri+ in 2014. The manga ended in March 2023, and Shinshokan published the manga's ninth and final compiled book volume in September 2023. Viz Media's SuBLime imprint for boys-love manga is releasing the series.
The manga's television anime adaptation premiered on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block in July 2019. An anime film based on the manga opened in Japan in May 2020. Crunchyroll is streaming the film.
An original anime disc (or original video anime) titled Given: Uragawa no Sonzai (Given - on the other hand) – which focused on Mafuyu and Ritsuka during the events of the Given movie – shipped with the limited edition of the manga's seventh volume in December 2021. Crunchyroll started streaming the OVA episode in July 2022.
Eiga Given: Hiiragi mix, the first film in a two-part sequel anime film project based on the manga, debuted in Japan in January 2024. The Eiga Given: Umi e film opened in September 2024.
Source: Crunchyroll (link 2, link 3) via @AIR_News01
