Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window Anime Film’s Trailer Reveals Theme Song

The staff of Shinei Animation‘s anime film adaptation of Tetsuko Kuroyanagi‘s Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window (Madoigwa no Totto-chan) autobiographical memoir revealed on Friday that Aimyon will perform the theme song “Ano ne.” TOHO streamed a new trailer that previews the theme song:

The staff also unveiled a visual:

The film stars 7-year-old Liliana Ohno as Totto-chan.

The cast includes:

• Kōji Yakusho as Sōsaku Kobayashi, Totto-chan’s principal at Tomoe Gakuen
• Shun Oguri as Moritsuna Kuroyanagi, Totto-chan’s father
• Anne (Anne Watanabe) as Cho Kuroyanagi, Totto-chan’s mother
• Karen Takizawa as Miss Oishi, Totto-chan’s homeroom teacher

The film will open in Japan on December 8.

Shinnosuke Yakuwa (Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Daimakyō – Peko to 5-nin no Tankentai, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016, Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s Chronicle of the Moon Exploration) is directing the film at Shinei Animation. and he is also penning the script alongside Yōsuke Suzuki (Pazudora). Shizue Kaneko (Monster Strike The Movie, Adachi and Shimamura, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord) is designing the characters.

Kuroyanagi’s memoir tells her story of going to school at Tomoe Gakuen, after not fitting at her original elementary school. She meets unique students and learns new things at school, even as Japan descends into war.

Kuroyanagi published the book in Japan in 1981, where it became a bestseller over the next year. It became required reading for Japanese elementary school students in the 1980s, and was also translated in English and many other languages worldwide.

Sources: TOHO‘s YouTube channel, Comic Natalie