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Neofilms Opens Kin-iro Mosaic Anime Film in Hong Kong on April 28
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms announced last week that it will open Kin-iro Mosaic Thank you!!, the new anime film based on Yui Hara's Kin-iro Mosaic manga, in Hong Kong on April 28.
The film opened in Japan in August 2021.
Munenori Nawa (NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!, R-15) directed the film at Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, and Yuniko Ayana (Hello!! KINMOZA, Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic) wrote the script. Kazuyuki Ueda (Hello!! KINMOZA, Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic) designed the characters. Voice actress unit Rhodanthe* performed the film's theme song "Kin-iro Rhodanthe."
Hara launched the manga in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Max magazine in April 2010, and the series ended in March 2020. Houbunsha released the 11th compiled book volume in April 2020. A special Kin-iro Mosaic Best wishes manga launched in May 2020, and ended in March 2021.
The original manga's story begins with Shinobu, a 15-year-old, seemingly "pure Japanese" girl who did a homestay in Great Britain. Even after coming back to Japan, she still misses her time overseas. One day, an air mail letter arrives from Alice, the girl in Shinobu's host family in Great Britain. The letter reads, "Shinobu, I'm coming to Japan!" The "Japanese/British girls' light comedy" follows the lives of Shinobu, Alice, and other girls from both Japan and Great Britain.
The first anime series based on the manga aired in 2013, and the second series, Hello!! KINMOZA, premiered in 2015. The Kin-iro Mosaic: Pretty Days anime special episode opened in theaters in Japan in November 2016.
