100 Meters Anime Film Screens in N. America on October 12-14 With Los Angeles Opening on October 10
GKIDS announced on Thursday that it will screen the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters (Hyakuemu) manga on October 12-14 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. There will be an opening screening in Los Angeles on October 10. The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer: 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 (character name romanizations are not confirmed): Kenji Iwaisawa (ON-GAKU: Our Sound) is directing the film at Rock 'n' Roll Mountain. Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace are credited with production. Yasuyuki Mutō (Tokyo Revengers) is writing the script. Keisuke Kojima is the character designer and chief animation director, and Keikankun Yamaguchi is the art director. Producers include Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu. Hiroaki Tsutsumi is composing 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: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.Source: Press release
