 The official website of the anime movie inspired by Vocaloid music circle HoneyWorks revealed that the work will be titled Zutto Mae kara Suki Deshita.: Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai. The movie will open in theaters in Japan on April 23, 2016.The updated website also revealed the first key visual (pictured), which was created by animator Maki Fujii. A trailer was uploaded to the YouTube channel of Aniplex, but it is region-locked to Japan. The complete production staff and additional cast members were also announced. Cast Yuu Setoguchi: Hiroshi Kamiya (Durarara!!) Natsuki Enomoto: Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online) Souta Mochizuki: Yuuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin) Akari Hayasaka: Kana Asumi (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) Haruki Serizawa: Kenichi Suzumura (Kara no Kyoukai) Miou Aida: Aki Toyosaki (K-On!) Koyuki Ayase: Tsubasa Yonaga (Cardfight!! Vanguard) Hina Setoguchi: Momo Asakura (Charlotte) Koutarou Enomoto: Natsuki Hanae (Tokyo Ghoul) Saku Akechi: Hikaru Midorikawa (Little Busters!) Sena Narumi: Sora Amamiya (Isshuukan Friends.) Staff Director: Tetsuya Yanagisawa (High School DxD) Script: Yoshimi Narita (Precure series) Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Maki Fujii (Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance) Art Director: Yuki Unno (Junjou Romantica 3) Color Design: Makiko Kojima (Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki) Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) Editing: Aya Hida (Shingeki no Kyojin) Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (Love Live! The School Idol Movie) Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri) Studio: Qualia Animation Kokuhaku Jikkou Iinkai is a series that HoneyWorks initially created for Vocaloid songs. Various seiyuu later joined the project to voice the characters depicted in the music videos, which were uploaded to Niconico and YouTube. The music videos have 100 million cumulative views on both platforms. A light novel series, Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu, featuring the characters has also been published since February 2014. PV (Region-locked) (Alternative Link) Source: Comic Natalie |
Sakana-sanNov 13, 2015 4:03 AM
| Decent cast I guess. Not sure I feel about this movie yet as the staff feels like a mixed bag. |
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| Look interesting.. The PV is blocked in my region :( |
| News of this is finally up! |
| 「友達なんていない。人はすぐに裏切るし、学校っていうのは誰かを標的にしないとやってられない馬鹿共の集 まり。ままごとみたいな役決めて、仲のいいふりして都合が悪くなったら知らんぷり。そんな奴らと仲良くした いとか全然思わない。」 |
| Oh fuck, that casting. All the all stars as well as newer seiyuu! :D I'm looking forward! |
| Nice, I really like the casting but the staff has me on the fence. As a fan of the circle and as someone who constantly plays their songs on osu I can't wait. |
| "The sea spills over the doorsill into the room, and the cockroaches scramble to escape by crawling up the walls. Those not quick enough are caught in the swirling current and float up with it or lie on their backs pretending to be dead." |
| Hiroshi Kamiya? Count me in. (also a bunch of other seiyuus I love, but Hiroshi Kamiya is all the motivation I need to watch an anime) |
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| So, basically, Mekakucity Actors Version 2.0? Sigh I'm still gonna watch it because of Kamiyan though |
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Comic_Sans said: At least this one is difficult to mess up ^^ It's just a simple school plot/setting. It'll be cute at least.So, basically, Mekakucity Actors Version 2.0? Sigh |
| Oooh a new studio. |
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mayukachan said: Comic_Sans said: At least this one is difficult to mess up ^^ It's just a simple school plot/setting. It'll be cute at least.So, basically, Mekakucity Actors Version 2.0? Sigh Mekakucity remake or riot! |
| ''Hayao Miyazaki was a mistake'' -Anime |
Simplo said: You have the manga and PVs. Be happy with what you have.mayukachan said: At least this one is difficult to mess up ^^ It's just a simple school plot/setting. It'll be cute at least. Mekakucity remake or riot! |
| The cover looks really good. Sad that no PV for outsiders :( |
CG-SilverNov 13, 2015 1:21 AM
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| HOLY SHIT A MOVIE BASED ON HONEYWORKS SONGS?! YES PLEASE. Some screenshots I took for people who can't view the video. |
Risara said: It looks so good. Whoa.HOLY SHIT A MOVIE BASED ON HONEYWORKS SONGS?! YES PLEASE. Some screenshots I took for people who can't view the video. Art style looks like Glasslip but legit good. |
Risara said: HOLY SHIT A MOVIE BASED ON HONEYWORKS SONGS?! YES PLEASE. Some screenshots I took for people who can't view the video. Thanks for sharing. Added on plan to watch. |
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mayukachan said: Risara said: It looks so good. Whoa.HOLY SHIT A MOVIE BASED ON HONEYWORKS SONGS?! YES PLEASE. Some screenshots I took for people who can't view the video. Art style looks like Glasslip but legit good. Just what I thought. The girl looks a lot like the main girl in Glasslip. But still I guess this would be much better too. A definite watch. |
| Ohhh this is surprising. I've actually listened to the songs, although I only like less than half of the songs. But the PV looks nice, liking the visuals. |
| That staff tho, what the hell is happening there. ._. Usually avoid shoujos but it's a movie so hey, what the hell. And HoneyWorks is awesome, I didn't watch the show but I simply loved their single for Ao Haru Ride's OP. Is this going to be based off this? |
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| omg yes please honeyworks fan right here Paulo27 said: Is this going to be based off this? that was more a 35 min bonus wasn't it? I don't remember it being the story of the songs. |
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| animation looks good... lets see wat hte story brings it in for us peeps |
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| Oh dear god no, really, is it this hard to get a Hatsune Miku The Animation. |
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| Looks good! Must watch! :3 |
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| Hmmmm |
Risara said: HOLY SHIT A MOVIE BASED ON HONEYWORKS SONGS?! YES PLEASE. Some screenshots I took for people who can't view the video. Ahh, it looks great, thanks so much for sharing! - Really looking forward to this, I love the songs (plus Kenichi Suzumura yesss). Slightly nervous though since I've heard the Kagepro adaptation wasn't very good but I mean this is a different studio and staff so hoping for a good outcome. |
| WWWWWWWWWWWWWHOA |
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| Good be good. Not particulaly impressed with casting but whatever. |
| It's time you look inward and begin asking yourself the big question, "Who are you, and what do you want?" - Uncle Iroh |
| HONEYWORKSSSSSSS |
| Looks very good. Also not bad cast and staff. Hope, we get something really amazing. |
| Movie- umm not looking good. |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
| A movie huh. Not looking bad. |
| On one hand, it's standard high school romance, so I doubt they can seriously mess this up. On the other hand, it's standard high school romance, so I doubt it'll be anything "amazing," at least plot-wise. That being said Honeyworks music is great, and I'm actually looking forwards to seeing how this will turn out. Cast looks pretty solid. |
| Everything's gonna be daijoubu. |
| Eh so it's basically mashing up together the three story branches to make a full length movie. Adding in the answer/conclusion we couldn't get from the song pv/manga thingy. Good XD The songs are so addicting~ |
| Romance, school and that cast. yaaay. |
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| hell yeah |
| Mmmmmmm.... Vocaloid projects being turned into an anime are usually not a good thing but ok, I'll watch it. Simplo said: Mekakucity remake or riot! This may sound weird, but are you from the Twitch Plays Pokemon fandom? |
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| It's looking nice! I'm liking what I see. The cast also looks pretty good. |
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I can not see the trailer T_T |
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arsonal said: Cast Yuu Setoguchi: Hiroshi Kamiya (Durarara!!) Natsuki Enomoto: Haruka Tomatsu (Sword Art Online) Souta Mochizuki: Yuuki Kaji (Shingeki no Kyojin) Akari Hayasaka: Kana Asumi (Haiyore! Nyaruko-san) Haruki Serizawa: Kenichi Suzumura (Kara no Kyoukai) Miou Aida: Aki Toyosaki (K-On!) Koyuki Ayase: Tsubasa Yonaga (Cardfight!! Vanguard) Hina Setoguchi: Momo Asakura (Charlotte) Koutarou Enomoto: Natsuki Hanae (Tokyo Ghoul) Saku Akechi: Hikaru Midorikawa (Little Busters!) Sena Narumi: Sora Amamiya (Isshuukan Friends.) This is amazing. |
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| looks good and look at those cast, count me in |
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| I think I've seen screen shots and art/fan art of the girl before from vocaloid stuff. I really like her character design, so I'll probably watch this. |
| Cool, they keep the cast from the drama CD. |
| Ayy Honeyworks :3 lovin the cast. As long as it doesn't become like Mikagura :o art looks similar to PA Works tho O_o |
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| im hypedddd that art style is amazing |
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