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'I fall in love with you through a robot' Novel's Full Animated Promo Streamed
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
Publisher Kawade Shobo Shinsha began streaming the full version the previously announced animated promotional video advertisement for Yūsuke Yamada's Boku wa Robot Goshi no Kimi ni Koi wo Suru (I fall in love with you through a robot) novel on Tuesday.
The video stars Kana Hanazawa as Saki, Miyu Irino as Takeru, Hidenobu Kiuchi as Yoichiro, and Nana Hayama.
A-1 Pictures (Your Lie in April, Sword Art Online) produced the animation for the video. The 22-year-old artist loundraw (Tsuki ga Kirei) designed the characters, and THE SxPLAY (Final Fantasy XIII game's theme song) performed the theme song. BALCOLONY. (Madoka Magica, Katsugeki! Tōken Ranbu) was in charge of graphic design.
The novel is the first novel by Yamada in four years, and shipped on October 21. Approximately 1,900 participating bookstores in Japan showed the full version of the video from October 21-31.
The novel's story is set in the year 2060 with Tokyo's third Olympics close at hand. While a secret project using robots moves forward, notice of a terrorist threat arrives. The story's protagonist combats terrorism and aims to protect the heroine, to whom he has given his heart. Plot twists come one after another as the story unfolds to a moving conclusion.
