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Dive in Wonderland Anime Film's Trailer Reveals More Cast, SEKAI NO OWARI's Theme Song

The official website for Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- (With Alice in Wonderland -Dive in Wonderland-), which the staff initially described as Japan's first anime film adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic children's novel Alice in Wonderland, began streaming the full trailer for the film on Wednesday. The trailer reveals more cast members for the film, and also reveals and previews the film's theme song "Zukan" (Guidebook) by SEKAI NO OWARI.

The new cast members include:

• Subaru Kimura as Tweedledum (upper left in image above)
• Ayumu Murase as Tweedledee (upper right)
• Yūki Ono as Yamane (lower left)
• Natsuki Hanae as a mysterious apple-shaped character (lower right, the character's name has not been officially announced)

The film will open on August 29.

Previously announced cast members include:

• Nanoka Hara as Rise
• Maika Pugh as Alice
• Mayu Matsuoka as The Queen of Hearts
• Kōji Yamamoto as The Mad Hatter
• Norito Yashima as The March Hare
• Ryūichi Kosugi as Humpty Dumpty
• Kappei Yamaguchi as The White Rabit
• Toshiyuki Morikawa as The Cheshire Cat
• Takahiro Yamamoto as The Caterpillar
• Shōtarō Mamiya as Akira Urai, a butler that invites Rise to Wonderland
• Keiko Toda as Ayako Azumino, Rise's grandmother

Toshiya Shinohara (Black Butler, A Lull in the Sea, The aquatope on white sand) is directing the film at P.A. Works. Yūko Kakihara (Blue Box, Urusei Yatsura 2022, The aquatope on white sand) is penning the script. Shochiku and TBS are listed as production coordinators.

Other staff members include:

• Original Character Design: Tomomi Takada, Jun Suzuki, Hiranko Konohana
• Character Design: Kousuke Kawazura, Mio Fujishima
• Animation Directors: Kanami Sekiguchi, Kousuke Kawazura
• Concept Design: Kiyoshi Arai
• Art Director: Kentarō Akiyama
• Compositing Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
• Color Key Artist: Miho Tanaka
• 3D Director: Haruki Suzuki
• Editing: Ayumi Takahashi
• Sound Director: Haru Yamada
• Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani
• Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan
• Music: kotringo

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland book centers on a girl named Alice, who one day follows a talking white rabbit into a rabbit hole, and ends up in a strange Wonderland where she has surreal encounters with its mercurial rules and denizens. The book has become one of the most referenced works of literature in pop culture, with elements and motifs appearing in virtually every medium, including anime, manga, and video games.

The book previously inspired Nippon Animation and Apollo Film's 1983-1984 television anime adaptation.

Sources: Press release, Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- film's website, Comic Natalie