1st Generation Nogizaka46 member Takayama launched debut novel in 2016 about girl aiming to be an idol
Flag Pictures announced on Tuesday the anime film adaptation of Kazumi Takayama‘s trapezium novel, which will premiere in Japan on May 10, 2024. Aniplex released a video for the film announcement and a teaser visual.
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Aniplex also posted a video message from the novel’s author Takayama, who was a first generation member of the idol group Nogizaka46.
The novel depicts the 10 years of a girl who aims to be an idol. Yū Higashi, a high school girl, aims to be an idol. To achieve her dream, she sets four rules for herself: she will not be active on social media, she will not have a boyfriend, she will not stand out in school, and she will make friends with beautiful girls from the north, south, east, and west.
Asaki Yuikawa will play the protagonist Yū Higashi in the film.
Masahiro Shinohara (episode director for Blend S, Is the order a rabbit?) is directing the film at CloverWorks, and Koji Masunari (storyboard for Oshi no Ko, TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) is supervising the film. Yuuko Kakihara (The Apothecary Diaries, Buddy Daddies) is writing the script, Rio (Sorcerous Stabber Orphen -Chaos in Urbanrama-) is designing the characters, Masaru Yokoyama (Farewell, My Dear Cramer: The Movie, Fruits Basket -prelude-, Horimiya) is composing the music, and MAISONdes is the film’s theme song artist. Aniplex will distribute the film.
Takayama’s trapezium novel serialized in Kadokawa Media Factory‘s Da Vinci book and manga news magazine from 2016 to 2018. Kadokawa published the novel in November 2018.
Source: Press release
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