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Japan Cuts Film Festival Screens Gridman Universe Anime, Live-Action Kowloon Generic Romance
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The Japan Society announced on Tuesday that it will screen the North American theatrical premiere of the Gridman Universe anime film and the world premiere of the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance manga, as part of the JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film event at New York on July 10-20. The Gridman Universe film will have its North American theatrical premiere on July 20 at 12:30 p.m., and the live-action Kowloon Generic Romance film will have its world premiere on July 13 at 12:30 p.m..
The film stars a returning cast from SSSS.GRIDMAN and SSSS.DYNAZENON.
Akira Amemiya returned to direct the film at Studio Trigger. Other returning staff members include scriptwriter Keiichi Hasegawa, character designer Masaru Sakamoto, and composer Shiro Sagisu.
The live-action Kowloon Generic Romance film will premiere in Japan in August.
Riho Yoshioka (Blind, Anime Supremacy!) plays Reiko Kujirai in the live-action film, while Kōshi Mizukami (Nina, My Love) plays Hajime Kudō. Other cast members include:
- Ryō Ryūsei as Miyuki Hebinuma
- Shuntarō Yanagi as Tao Guen
- Minami Umezawa as Yōmei
- Kotone Hanase as Xiaohei
- Figaro Tseng as Yūlong
- Takashi Yamanaka as Lee
- Sahel Rosa as hostess at the Club Banri snack bar
- Mandy Sekiguchi as advertising staff of Hebinuma Pharmaceuticals
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Shū
Yen Press is releasing the manga in English and describes the story:
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia, and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai―one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…
Mayuzuki launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in November 2019.
The manga's anime adaptation premiered on April 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan, along with an English dub.
JAPAN CUTS will also host award-winning actress Yūmi Kawai (voice of Fujino in Look Back anime film) for a Q&A panel for the film A Girl Named Ann on July 13, and for the She Taught Me Serendipity film on July 12.
Source: Press release
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