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CloverWorks’ Omnibus Anime Film Grotesqqque Reveals Trailer for ‘A(E)liens’ Segment – News
Film opens on November 6 in Japan
Aniplex began streaming a trailer on Thursday for the “A(E)liens” story segment of Atsushi Nishigori‘s original anime film Grotesqqque (previously titled Grotesque).
©Atsushi Nishigori, CloverWorks/Project GTQ
The film will open in Japan on November 6. The film had its world premiere at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which took place in Montreal from July 16-August 2.
The film is an omnibus film of three stories with different worldviews:
- “A(E)liens”
- “Yoroshiku★Girl,” (also known as “4649 Girl,” pronounced as “Yoroshiku★Shōjo,” a pun on the words “Nice to Meet You★Girl” with the literal meaning of the kanji being “Evening Dew Heads to Its Death★Girl.” The numbers 4649 can be read in Japanese as “Yoroshiku.”)
- “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque” (“Nocturne: Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni,” literally, Nocturne: On This Grotesque Night, romanized in a previous video as “Nocturn: En Cette Nuit Grotesque.”)
The film’s cast members and characters include:
For the “A(E)liens” story:
For the “Yoroshiku★Girl” story:
For the “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque” story:
The 35 musical acts contributing to each story in the film are:
“A(E)liens:”
“Yoroshiku★Girl”
“Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque”
The band METALVERSE perform the opening theme song “Shoot Shoot Shoot.” Haoto performs the ending theme song with lyrics by momosu momosu.
Atsushi Nishigori (The IDOLM@STER, DARLING in the FRANXX) is directing the film, and is also writing the screenplay and designing the characters.
The film comes from JOEN, the company jointly established by Sony media subsidiary Aniplex, its CloverWorks animation studio, Production I.G sister company Wit Studio, and publisher Shueisha. CloverWorks producer Yūichi Fukushima and Wit Studio producer Tetsuya Nakatake are the representative directors of JOEN.
Source: Grotesqqque anime film’s website, Comic Natalie
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Fund to promote Japanese culture abroad amassed 54 billion yen in losses since 2013
Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, and other newspapers reported on Thursday that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has decided to effectively abolish the Cool Japan Fund, the public-private company that the government uses to fund projects as part of its “Cool Japan” initiative. According to these newspapers, METI is submitting a budget request for the 2027 fiscal year without money earmarked for the fund.
The government and various companies supported the “Cool Japan” initiative to promote modern Japanese culture such as anime and manga abroad. According to the initiative’s premise, Japan’s strength in business and international affairs lies in anime, manga, films, fashion, and other fields of Japanese arts and entertainment content.
The Cool Japan Fund was a major pillar of the second administration of the late Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. However, the fund accumulated 54 billion yen (about US$340 million) in losses since its 2013 launch. The financial news source Nikkei reported in 2017 that most of the fund’s investments that year underperformed. A subcommittee meeting of Japan’s Ministry of Finance discussed restructuring or abolishing the fund in 2022, particularly if it was not profitable by the 2025 fiscal year.
METI had convened an expert panel in late July to streamline the fund, but without a budget in the next fiscal year, the fund would not be able to make any new investments.
The Cool Japan initiative launched an emergency fund to help keep businesses afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The fund invested US$30 million into Sentai Holdings, LLC (the parent company of Sentai Filmworks, HIDIVE, and Anime Network) in 2019, and offered another US$3.6 million to Sentai Holdings in 2020.
The fund invested in 2014 in Anime Consortium Japan, a joint venture that eventually managed the Daisuki streaming service before it shut down in 2017.
The fund planned in 2015 to invest up to 450 million yen (about US$3.7 million) in Kadokawa‘s projects to develop content creators for anime and manga outside Japan, with a particular focus in allowing Kadokawa Contents Academy Co. to expand its schools in other markets. Kadokawa Contents Academy Co. aimed to produce at least 2,000 graduates among its collective schools by 2020.
Sources: Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun
Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. One or more of the companies mentioned in this article are part of the Kadokawa Group of Companies.
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Artist Urozane launched manga on August 14 about protagonist whose status points all drop to 1
Urozane launched a manga adaptation of Nabeshiki‘s Heion ni Ikitai [Status All 1] wa Kyō mo Kyō tote Sekai wo Sukū (I Want to Live Peacefully: [Status All 1] Saves The World Day After Day) web novel on Kodansha‘s Comic Days platform on August 14.
![Manga announcement image for Heion ni Ikitai [Status All 1] wa Kyō mo Kyō tote Sekai wo Sukuu](/thumbnails/max600x600/cms/news.9/240696/hpo8g4bayaama3f.jpg)
© Nabeshiki, Urozane, Kodansha
The story follows the protagonist whose status points inexplicably drop to 1. While rushed for emergency treatment, he gains access to the mysterious Training Room. Fast-paced battles and adventures follow as he explores the Shinjuku Dungeon.
Nabeshiki serialized the web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō platform from January to March 2022.
The staff for the television anime of Nabeshiki and Kawaguchi‘s I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! (Ore wa Subete o “Parry” Suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyō wa Bōken-sha ni Naritai) light novel series revealed in July 2025 anime will get a second season.
The first season debuted in July 2024 on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels. HIDIVE streamed the series as it aired and also streamed an English dub.
Nabeshiki began serializing the I Parry Everything story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in October 2019, where it is still ongoing. Earth Star Entertainment began releasing the series in print in September 2020 with illustrations by Kawaguchi. J-Novel Club is releasing both the light novels and their manga adaptation in English.
KRSG launched the manga adaptation of the novels on Earth Star Entertainment‘s Comic Earth Star website in September 2020.
Source: Comic Days
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The official website for the Pop Pap Polters, a series of miniature stop-motion anime shorts by director Mozu and MOZU STUDIOS, presented the project’s full trailer and key visual on Thursday. The trailer announces the anime’s cast, additional staff members, and October 4 premiere.
©MOZU STUDIOS・シンエイ/ポップパップポルターズ
The anime combines miniatures and stop-motion animation to depict the bustling daily life of three ghost siblings living in a room of a (human) homeowner.
Atsumi Tanezaki voices the three ghost siblings Pop (youngest), Pap, and Polter (oldest), while Junya Enoki voices the homeowner. (The live-action “actor” of the homeowner is director Mozu.)
In addition to directing, Mozu produced the miniatures, and is also writing the scripts with Yuuka. Yuuka is serving as art director and character designer as well. Mascot character designer Hiroshi Yoshii (Ghost Hunt ending sequence’s 3D CG ghost production, Yans! Gans! character designer) handled the ghosts’ character 3D modeling, and Yūta Negishi handled the photography. Noriyoshi Konuma is directing the sound, and Scat Gotō is composing the music.
As previously announced, MOZU STUDIOS is credited for the original work and animation production. Shin-Ei Animation is credited for planning and production.
The anime will premiere within TV Asahi‘s “PicoAniTime” programming block on October 4 at 10:00 a.m. (October 3 at 9:00 p.m. EDT).
Sources: Pop Pap Polters anime’s website, Comic Natalie
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