Unveiling Labyrinth Movie Trailer: Cast, Crew, and Theme Song Revealed

The official site for Shoji Kawamori’s latest animated feature, Labyrinth, unveiled a new trailer and visual on Tuesday. The trailer introduces additional cast and crew members and showcases the film’s theme song, “Sailor, Sail On,” performed by the pop group Atarashii Gakkō!

In addition to performing the theme song, Atarashii Gakkō!’s member Suzuka will voice the film’s protagonist, Shiori. The musician yonkey, known for composing the group’s signature song “Otona Blue,” has also created the film’s theme song and the overall music for the movie.

The new cast members include:
– Shō Hayami as Shiori’s distant father, Keizō Maezawa
– Maaya Sakamoto as Shiori’s mother, Yoriko Maezawa
– Tomokazu Sugita as Shiori’s seemingly indifferent but secretly dedicated homeroom teacher, Tōsaka

The previously announced cast members include:
– Atarashii Gakkō! pop group member Suzuka in her voice-acting debut role as protagonist Shiori Maezawa and her other self, Shiori@Revolution

– Taizō Harada as Komori, a rabbit stamp

– Aoi Itō as Kirara Kurashina, Shiori’s schoolmate

– Jun Saitō as Kento Yamada, Shiori’s classmate

– Takuto Teranishi in his voice acting debut as Suguru Kagami, a young, internationally renowned entrepreneur who researches in college on how to directly connect the human brain to smartphones

The film revolves around Shiori Maezawa, an ordinary high school girl who finds herself in a deserted parallel world of Yokohama after her smartphone suddenly breaks. She discovers photos on her social media accounts that she doesn’t remember posting. To prevent her other self from spiraling out of control, Shiori must navigate the strange labyrinth of her smartphone.

Kawamori is directing the anime, his first feature-length animated film not based on an existing franchise, at SANZIGEN. The original story concept is credited to Slow Curve, Vector Vision, GAGA, and Fuji Television, with Slow Curve also handling the planning and production. Risa Ebata is designing the characters, and Taichi Hashimoto wrote the script.

Kawamori has expressed that the film is inspired by the idea that smartphones, which accumulate personal data, are essentially “another self.” He aims to create an emotional, pop entertainment piece that blends song and horror.

Kawamori is renowned for his work on The Super Dimension Fortress Macross series, where he designed the iconic transforming Variable Fighter mecha and oversaw most of the main installments, including Macross Delta. He has also created series like Aquarion, AKB0048, and Arjuna, and contributed mechanical design work to numerous other anime projects.

News Source: Animenewsnetwork.com