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Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Anime Film Reveals Ending Theme Song Artists
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The film's stars Yūko Natsuyoshi and Saori Hayami perform the ending theme song "ray Chō Kaguya-hime! version," a cover of BUMP OF CHICKEN's song "ray." Taku Inoue created a new arrangement of the song.
Ryo (supercell) feat. Kaguya (voiced by Yūko Natsuyoshi) perform the special track "Melt CPK! Remix," a new remix of Ryo's "Melt" song.
The staff will release music videos for "Melt CPK! Remix" on January 22 at 9:00 p.m. JST (7:00 a.m. EST), Ryo's "World is Mind CPK! Remix" on January 23 at 9:00 p.m. JST, and "ray Chō Kaguya-hime! version" on January 31 at 9:00 p.m. JST on YouTube. The music video version of "Melt CPK! Remix" will have Hatsune Miku performing the song.
Netflix began streaming the film on January 22.
Netflix describes the film's story:
Tsukuyomi is a virtual realm where hopes and dreams come together.
Iroha Sakayori, a 17-year-old high school student in Tokyo, leads an extremely busy life trying to balance part-time work and academics. She finds peace by watching a popular streamer named Yachiyo Runami, who is the administrator of an online virtual space called Tsukuyomi.Iroha frequents Tsukuyomi, where people can live different lives and freely pursue their creativity, and she passes the time by supporting Yachiyo and playing battle games to earn a little extra money.
On her way home one day, Iroha finds a telephone pole shining with iridescent hues. To her surprise, an adorable baby emerges from the pole.Unable to abandon it, Iroha takes the infant home and watches her rapidly grow into a girl her own age.
"Are you Princess Kaguya?"
The grown-up Kaguya develops a self-indulgent personality. At Kaguya's fervent request, Iroha helps her start streaming in Tsukuyomi. With Iroha as producer and songwriter and Kaguya as streamer and singer, the two grow steadily closer. Little do they know that ominous forces lie in wait, eager to take Kaguya back to the moon.
This is The Tale of Princess Kaguya as never seen before.
The movie stars:
- Yūko 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.
Saori Hayami as Yachiyo performs the theme song "Ex-Otogibanashi" ("Ex-Fairy Tale"), composed by Ryo (supercell).
The film features songs by Vocaloid producers Ryo (supercell), kz (Livetune), 40mP, HoneyWorks, Aqu3ra, and yuigot.
The film has a manga adaptation by Tarо̄ Yoneda that launched with the first two chapters 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.
Sources: Cosmic Princess Kaguya! anime film's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie
