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Netflix to Stream 100 Meters Film, Shiboyugi Anime, More in India

Netflix is listing the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters (Hyakuemu) manga for release in India on December 31. It will stream SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table, the television anime of writer Yūshi Ukai and artist Nekometal's Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table (Shibō Yūgi de Meshi o Kuu) light novel series, on January 7; and Shingo Yamashita's Cosmic Princess Kaguya! (Chō Kaguya-hime!) anime film on January 22 on their Japanese debut dates.

100 Meters held its world premiere at Annecy on June 12. The movie premiered in Japan on September 19.

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.

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 Muto (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.

SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table will debut on Tokyo MX on January 7 at 11:00 p.m., and the first episode will be 60 minutes long. The second episode and later will debut at 11:30 p.m. instead of 11:00 p.m. The anime also debut on January 7 on ABC TV, and will debut on WOWOW on January 13. The anime will also stream on Netflix and other streaming services in Japan at the same time as the television debut.

Crunchyroll will also stream the anime in India as it airs in Japan.

Sōta Ueno (Days With My Stepsister) is directing the anime at Studio Deen. Rintarou Ikeda (The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement) is in charge of series composition. Eri Osada (Blade & Soul) is designing the characters. Noriyoshi Konuma (The Dangers in My Heart) is the sound director.

LIN from MADKID will perform the opening theme song "¬Ersterbend" (pronounced as "Not Ersterbend"). Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme song "Inori" (Prayer).

Netflix describes the story:

Yuki plays death games for a living, but when she wakes in a mansion with five other women, can she survive a new lethal maze of locked rooms and traps.

Netflix will stream Cosmic Princess Kaguya! worldwide on January 22.

The movie stars:

• Yuko Natsuyoshi as Kaguya
• Anna Nagase as Iroha
• Saori Hayami as Yachiyo

Rie Kugimiya is voicing Fushi, a fluffy sea slug and Yachiyo's partner.

Yamashita (Pokémon: Twilight Wings, opening animation for Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw Man, 2022 Urusei Yatsura) is making his feature-length directorial debut in a collaboration between his Studio Chromato and Studio Colorido. Hechima (The Idolmaster Gakuen) and Akihiro Nagae (Drifting Home) are designing the characters, with the former in charge of the Tsukuyomi designs and the latter handling the real-world character designs.

The film features songs by Vocaloid producers ryo (supercell), kz (livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra, and yuigot.

The film is set in the virtual realm Tsukuyomi, and the story is a modernized take on the Japanese legend The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

The film is getting a manga adaptation by Tarо̄ Yoneda. The first two chapters will launch in Kadokawa's Comptiq magazine on January 9. The film is also getting a novel by author Naruto Kiriyama and illustrations by Asao Urata on January 30. Yamashita is supervising.

Source: Netflix