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Netflix Adds 100 Meters Anime Film on December 31
posted on by Anita Tai
Netflix announced in a new trailer on Monday that it will stream the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters (Hyakuemu) manga with Japanese audio and English subtitles beginning on December 31.
GKIDS screened the film on October 12-14 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. The film also screened in Los Angeles on October 10.
The film held its world premiere at Annecy on June 12. The Japan Society screened the East Coast premiere in New York on October 8 at 7:00 p.m. with director Kenji Iwaisawa in attendance.
Tori Matsuzaka plays the gifted runner Togashi, while Shōta Sometani plays Komiya, a hard worker whose obsession with the 100-meter dash began when he met Togashi.
The anime also stars:
- Kōki Uchiyama as Saizu
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Kaidō
- Jun Kasama as Nigami, Togashi's teammate
- Rie Takahashi as Asakusa, a high school girl who invited Togashi into the team
- Yuki Tanaka as Shiina, a high school girl on the team
- Atsumi Tanezaki as young Togashi in elementary school
- Aoi Yūki as young Komiya in elementary school
- Yūma Uchida as Kabanoki, an aspiring world-class runner
- Junya Enoki as Numano, a team member when Komiya was in high school
- Haruki Ishiya as Kyōden, the team captain when Komiya was in high school
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Morikawa, an athlete who looks up to Togashi
- Tomokazu Sugita as Onomichi
Kenji Iwaisawa (ON-GAKU: Our Sound) directed the film at Rock 'n' Roll Mountain. Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace are credited with production. Yasuyuki Mutō (Tokyo Revengers) wrote the script. Keisuke Kojima was the character designer and chief animation director, and Keikankun Yamaguchi was the art director. Producers include Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed the music for the film.
The band Official HiGE DANdism performs the film's theme song "Rashisa."
A preview of the film screened at last year's Annecy International Film Festival in June as part of the festival's Work in Progress lineup. The festival described the story:
Togashi is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
Uoto (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) launched the Hyakuemu manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in November 2018 as Uoto's first series, and Kodansha published the manga's third compiled book volume in August 2019.
