GKIDS to Screen Kenji Iwaisawa's 100 Meters Film in N. American Theaters in October

English-subtitled trailer streamed

On Monday, GKIDS declared that they have purchased the North American rights for the animated movie adaptation of Utami Kuroba's popular manga series "100 Meters." This film will be shown in theaters across North America in October. An English-subtitled version of the trailer was released online earlier today.

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The film will premiere in Japan on September 19.

In the movie "Blue Flag," Tori Matsuzaka portrays the talented athlete Togashi, while Shōta Sometani portrays Komiya, who becomes obsessed with running the 100 meters after meeting Togashi.

Kenji Iwaisawa is directing the movie at Rock 'n' Roll Mountain with production support from Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace. Yasuyuki Mutō wrote the script for Tokyo Revengers. Keisuke Kojima designed characters and served as chief animation director while Keikankun Yamaguchi was art director. Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu are producers for this film. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed music for it.

Last June, during the Annecy International Film Festival, a sneak peek of the movie that was shown was presented as part of the festival's Work in Progress section. The festival described the plot.

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.

In November 2018, Kodansha published Uoto 's first manga series in their Magazine Pocket app. This series was called "Hyakuemu." Kodansha also released the third compiled book volume of this manga in August 2019.

Ohashi had previously directed "ON-GAKU: Our Sound," which was based on his "ON-GAKU" manga series. He announced the film project in 2012 and launched a crowdfunding campaign on Makuake in July 2018. The film was released in Japan in January 2020, then screened in North America by GKIDS in December 2020 before being released on home video in March 2021.

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