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Actress Aya Ueto, comedian Takashi Okamura join June 28 film
The official Twitter account for Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun, the 35th film in the Anpanman franchise, unveiled a new poster visual and trailer on Friday. The trailer reveals two cast members for the film.
＼📖予告映像が解禁📖／
〈絵本の世界〉を舞台に
森の妖精 #ルルン と大冒険へ🎵ルルンの森を守るため#ばいきんまん が呼んだのは #アンパンマン !?
アンパンマンとばいきんまんが
力を合わせて大活躍✨みんなで一緒に〈絵本の世界〉を大冒険しよう🌈
6/28（金）元気100倍ロードショー！
— 【公式】映画『アンパンマン』 (@anpanman_movie) February 29, 2024
©やなせたかし／フレーベル館・ＴＭＳ・ＮＴＶ ©やなせたかし／アンパンマン製作委員会 2024
Actress Aya Ueto (live-action Azumi, Thermae Romae) voices the central character Lulun, while comedian Takashi Okamura plays a rampaging elephant.
The film will open in Japan on June 28.
The film’s story centers on Anpanman’s nemesis Baikinman, but this time, he attempts to become a warrior of love and courage when he is sucked into a picture book. Inside the book is a large forest where fairies live. Baikinman meets the fairy Lulun, who asks him to defeat an elephant that is rampaging in the forest. Although Baikinman is reluctant, he tries his best to defeat the elephant. However, it is too strong for Baikinman, so he tells Lulun to call Anpanman to help protect the picture book world.
Soreike! Anpanman Roboly to Pokapoka Present, the 34th anime film in the Anpanman franchise, opened last June and earned 113,432,810 yen (about US$788,390) in its first three days.
The film commemorates the 35th anniversary of the anime and the 50th anniversary of the Anpanman picture book series.
The Soreike! Anpanman television anime series began in 1988, and new Anpanman films have opened each summer since 1989. The 2014 film Soreike! Anpanman: Ringo Bōya to Minna no Negai (Let’s Go! Anpanman: The Apple Boy and Everyone’s Wishes) was the first film since Anpanman creator Takashi Yanase‘s passing.
Sources: Soreike! Anpanman: Baikinman to Ehon no Lulun film’s Twitter account, Comic Natalie
