100 Meters Anime Film Screens East Coast Premiere on October 8 With Director Kenji Iwaisawa
Japan Society to host post-screening Q&A with Iwaisawa
On Monday, the Japan Society declared that they would host the East Coast debut of the anime film adaptation of Uoto 's popular manga series "100 Meters" (Hyakuemu) in New York City on October 8th at 7 PM. The screening will feature English subtitles. Director Kenji Iwaisawa will be present for a post-screening Q&A session. Tickets can be purchased through the Japan Society's website. ( link ) .
The movie had its first showing in France on June 12th, while it was released in Japan on September 19th.
On October 10th, there is an opening screening of the film in Los Angeles with English subtitles. On October 12th through 14th, the film will be shown in Japan with both English subtitles and an English dub.
In the movie "The Running Club," Tori Matsuzaka portrays the talented athlete Togashi, while Shōta Sometani takes on the role of Komiya, who becomes obsessed with running the 100 meters after meeting Togashi.
The anime also stars (character name romanizations are not confirmed):
- Kōki Uchiyama as Saizu
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Kaidō
- Jun Kasama as Nigami, Togashi's teammate
- Rie Takahashi as Asakusa, a high school girl who invited Togashi into the team
- Yuki Tanaka as Shiina, a high school girl on the team
- Atsumi Tanezaki as young Togashi in elementary school
- Aoi Yūki as young Komiya in elementary school
- Yūma Uchida as Kabanoki, an aspiring world-class runner
- Junya Enoki as Numano, a team member when Komiya was in high school
- Haruki Ishiya as Kyōden, the team captain when Komiya was in high school
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Morikawa, an athlete who looks up to Togashi
- Tomokazu Sugita as Onomichi
At Rock 'n' Roll Mountain, Kenji Iwaisawa directed the film. Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace were involved in production. Yasuyuki Mutō wrote the script for Tokyo Revengers. Keisuke Kojima was in charge of character design and chief animation direction, while Keikankun Yamaguchi was the art director. Producers for this film include Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed the music for this film.
The band Official HiGE DANdism performs the film's theme song "Rashisa."
Last June, during the Annecy International Film Festival, a sneak peek was shown of the movie that was screened 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's Magazine Pocket app released Uoto 's first manga series, which was called "Hyakuemu." This manga was created by Uoto and was published in three compiled book volumes by Kodansha in August 2019.
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