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All You Need Is Kill Anime's Trailer Unveils January 9 Opening in Japan
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for Warner Bros. Japan and STUDIO4°C's anime of Hiroshi Sakurazaka and Yoshitoshi ABe's All You Need Is Kill science fiction light novel unveils its January 9 opening in 10 theaters throughout Japan, full trailer, and key visual on Tuesday. The video features the anime's theme song "Tsuretette" by AKASAKI.
The anime's staff also announced that it is an official selection and is nominated for the "Anima't Selection" of the 58th Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, happening October 9-19 in Spain.
The anime will also screen in additional upcoming festivals including the Bucheon International Animation Festival on October 24-28, San Sebastian Fantasy Festival on October 31 to November 7, Scotland Loves Anime Festival on November 6 to December 12, Leeds International Film Festival on October 30 to November 16, and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on November 6-23.
The original novel by Sakurazaka is set in a future Earth under attack by alien invaders known as Mimics. Humanity's infantry goes into battle in powered armor suits that enhance their deadliness, but they are still losing the war. Keiji Kiriya is a newly enlisted soldier, but dies in his first battle. After he dies, he finds himself awakening to a time prior to the battle, having inexplicably entered a time loop. Through a repeating process of dying and learning from his mistakes, he slowly finds a way to live longer and longer, and finds himself drawn to an elite soldier named Rita Vrataski.
The anime retells the story from Rita's viewpoint, a different viewpoint from the novel and Hollywood's Edge of Tomorrow film adaptation.
The anime stars:
- Ai Mikami as Rita
- Natsuki Hanae as Keiji
- Kana Hanazawa as Shasta
- hiccorohee as Raychell
- mo-junior high school as Yonaval
Kenichiro Akimoto (Children of the Sea CGI director, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko unit director) is directing the anime at STUDIO4°C.
GKIDS acquired the anime in multiple territories, including North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. The company will screen the film in theaters.
Shueisha published the novel in December 2004. Viz Media published Sakurazaka's novel in English to launch its Haikasoru imprint for Japanese science fiction and fantasy in 2009.
The novel spawned a manga by artist Takeshi Obata (Hikaru no Go, Death Note, Bakuman.) and writer Ryōsuke Takeuchi (ST&RS) in Shueisha's Young Jump magazine in January to May 2014. Viz Media published the manga in English.
Viz also released a separate one-volume full-color graphic novel adaptation of the story in May 2014. Nick Mamatas (Move Under Ground) adapted the story and Lee Ferguson (Green Arrow, Miranda Mercury) drew the art.
The novel inspired the live-action Hollywood movie adaptation Edge of Tomorrow in 2014, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. Edge of Tomorrow made over US$100 million in the U.S., US$15 million in Japan, and US$370,541,256 worldwide.
Sources: All You Need Is Kill anime's website, Comic Natalie
