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Garo: Gekkō no Tabibito Live-Action Film's Teaser Video Reveals October 4 Premiere
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the Garo: Gekkō no Tabibito (Garo: Moonbow Traveler) live-action film began streaming a teaser video for the film on Thursday. The video reveals that the film will debut in Japan on October 4. The official site for the series also revealed that JAM Project will perform the film's ending theme song "Garo: Gekkō no Tabibito." The film will be 106 minutes long.
The film stars:
- Masei Nakayama as Raiga Saejima
- Natsumi Ishibashi as Mayuri
- Atom Mizuishi as Crow
- Yukijirō Hotaru as Gonza
The film is the latest work in the "Raiga Saejima series" within the overall Garo franchise. The previous work was the Garo: Makai no Hana television series in 2014. Keita Amemiya is credited as the film's director, scriptwriter, and with the original work, and he stated in November that a new Garo project is in development, but he said it is not confirmed whether the project will be film or television.
The first 25-episode live-action Garo series premiered in October 2005 and has spawned multiple live-action films and television series. The live-action Kaminokiba -JINGA- series, the newest television series in the franchise, premiered in October.
Section23 Films' Kraken Releasing brand announced in October 2016 that it has licensed the original live-action Garo series. The company released the first 13 episodes on Blu-ray Disc in October 2017, and it has since released various installments in the franchise. HIDIVE began streaming the original series in June 2017.
The Garo the Animation, Garo: Crimson Moon, and Garo -Vanishing Line- television anime aired in 2014, 2015, and 2017, respectively. Funimation streamed the first two series and released them on home video. Crunchyroll streamed Garo -Vanishing Line- with English subtitles as it aired, and Funimation streamed the English dub. Garo: Divine Flame, a film sequel to Garo the Animation, opened in Japan in May 2016. Garo: Crimson Moon also received an anime film titled Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom (Usuzumizakura -Garo-) that opened in October.
Sources: Garo: Gekkō no Tabibito film's website, Eiga Natalie
