Dive in Wonderland Anime Film's Latest Video Previews Cast, Theme Song
SEKAI NO OWARI perform theme song for August 29 film
On Friday, the team behind Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- (which is based on Lewis Carroll 's classic children's novel Alice in Wonderland) released a video that showed off their cast and the theme song "Zukan" (Guidebook) by SEKAI NO OWARI . This video was meant as a break during the production process.
The plot of the movie revolves around Rise, a contemporary young woman who accidentally ends up in Wonderland where she encounters Alice.
The film will open on August 29.
The cast includes:
- Nanoka Hara as Rise
- Maika Pugh as Alice
- Mayu Matsuoka as The Queen of Hearts
- Kōji Yamamoto as The Mad Hatter
- Norito Yashima as The March Hare
- Ryūichi Kosugi as Humpty Dumpty
- Kappei Yamaguchi as The White Rabit
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as The Cheshire Cat
- Takahiro Yamamoto as The Caterpillar
- Shōtarō Mamiya as Akira Urai, a butler that invites Rise to Wonderland
- Keiko Toda as Ayako Azumino, Rise's grandmother
- Subaru Kimura as Tweedledum
- Ayumu Murase as Tweedledee
- Yūki Ono as Yamane
- Natsuki Hanae as a mysterious apple-shaped character
Toshiya Shinohara ( Black Butler , A Lull in the Sea , The aquatope on white sand ) is directing the film at P.A. Works . Yūko Kakihara ( Blue Box , Urusei Yatsura 2022, The aquatope on white sand ) is penning the script. Shochiku and TBS are listed as production coordinators.
Other staff members include:
- Original Character Design: Tomomi Takada , Jun Suzuki , Hiranko Konohana
- Character Design: Kousuke Kawazura , Mio Fujishima
- Animation Directors: Kanami Sekiguchi , Kousuke Kawazura
- Concept Design: Kiyoshi Arai
- Art Director: Kentarō Akiyama
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomo Namiki
- Color Key Artist: Miho Tanaka
- 3D Director: Haruki Suzuki
- Editing: Ayumi Takahashi
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
- Sound Effects: Naoto Yamatani
- Sound Production: Sound Team Don Juan
- Music: kotringo
In essence, Alice in Wonderland is a novel by Lewis Carroll that follows the adventures of a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a fantastical world called Wonderland filled with peculiar creatures and rules. This work has greatly influenced popular culture, with its themes being incorporated into various forms of media such as anime, manga, and video games.
The anime adaptation of 1983-1984 by Nippon Animation and Apollo Films was influenced by the book.
Source: Email correspondence
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