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Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza Anime Film Opens in 4 Asian Countries

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Sequel film opening in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong in November, and Malaysia in January

The official Twitter account of the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime franchise revealed on Tuesday that the Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza film will open in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia. The film will open in Taiwan on November 7, in Singapore on November 19, and in Malaysia on January 7. The Hong Kong opening simply lists "at the end of November" with no exact opening day.

The film opened on 60 screens in Japan on October 3, ranking at #7 and earning 67,525,150 yen (about US$560,560) and selling 42,170 tickets, with a per-screen average of 1.13 million yen (about US$9,383).

The Arpeggio of Blue Steel (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio) film projects reunites the cast and staff from the 2013 television anime series. Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova DC is a compilation of the 2013 television anime series with new story sequences, while Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova Cadenza is an entirely brand-new work.

The official website previously streamed a trailer for the film in January that introduces five new characters.

New characters for the second film include:

Fog Student Council Vice President Myōkō (voiced by Ayaka Fukuhara)

Fog Student Council Nachi (voiced by Satomi Satou)

Fog Student Council Haguro (voiced by Hiromi Igarashi)

Fog Student Council Ashigara (voiced by Suzuko Mimori)

Fog Student Council President Hiei (voiced by M.A.O)

Super Battleship Musashi's "mental model" Musashi (voiced by Rie Kugimiya)

Gunzō Chihaya's father Shōzō Chihaya (voiced by Jouji Nakata)

In Ark Performance's original science-fiction naval manga, humanity lost much of its developed land due to global warming in the first half of the 21st century. Then, a "Fleet of Fog" loaded with super weapons suddenly appears all over the world. Without the ability to withstand this fleet, humanity was defeated and could no longer travel the seas. 17 years after the devastating naval war, Gunzō Chihaya and his crewmates somehow commandeer a "Fleet of Fog" submarine named I-401. Together with Iona (I-401's "mental model" or incarnation in humanoid form), they take on the "Fleet of Fog."

The television anime re-aired last year with 12 new "Kiri-Kumas" (literally, "Fog-Bears") shorts by same main staff who worked on both the television anime and the upcoming movies. Crunchyroll streamed the television anime as it aired in Japan, and Seven Seas Entertainment is publishing the manga in North America.

Source: Crunchyroll

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