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COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing Film Opens in the Philippines in April
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The film opened in Japan on January 17. It debuted at #2 and sold 232,500 tickets and earned 306,817,000 yen (about US$1.96 million) in its first three days.
Colorful Palette, a subsidiary of Craft Egg, and Sega collaborated on the film, which is getting a global release.
The original story follows Ichika Hoshino, who hears a Miku song that she has never heard before at a CD shop and sees a Hatsune Miku whom she had never seen before. Ichika calls out to Miku, who surprised by the voice, disappears shortly after making eye contact. Miku later appears on Ichika's smartphone to tell her that she would like to reach others with her songs, but no matter how much she sings, her songs cannot reach them. After seeing Ichika reach others' hearts with her live street performance, Miku asks for her help.
Saki Fujita reprises her role as Hatsune Miku from other works in the franchise. Ruriko Noguchi stars as Ichika Hoshino. The cast also includes returning members from the franchise.
Hiroyuki Hata (Lapis Re:LiGHTs) directed the anime at P.A. Works. Yōko Yonaiyama (Ya Boy Kongming!) wrote the screenplay. Yuki Akiyama (IRODUKU: The World in Colors) designed the characters and was a chief animation director, along with Masatoshi Tsuji (chief animation director for Summer Time Rendering), who was also a sub-character designer. Satoshi Hōno (Aggretsuko) composed the music.
