KADOKAWA has released the first 15 minutes of Goodbye, Don Glees! on their YouTube channel. The special sneak peek has no English subtitles and will only be made available for a limited time. The film premiered in Japanese theaters on February 18, 2022.
The film’s main cast includes Natsuki Hanae as Rouma Kamogawa, Yuuki Kaji as Hokuto “Toto” Mitarai, Ayumu Murase as Shizuku “Drop” Sakuma, and Kana Hanazawa as Chibori “Tivoli” Urayasu. Other cast members include comedian Atsushi Tamura and singer/producer Rino Sashihara as Tarou Kamogawa and Mako Kamogawa — Rouma’s respective parents.
Goodbye, Don Glees! is directed and scripted by Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further Than the Universe). Takahiro Yoshimatsu (Hunter × Hunter) is the film’s character designer, Ayano Okamoto (Mieruko-chan) is the art director, and Harue Ohno (A Place Further Than the Universe) is the color designer. Yuuki Kawashita (Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro) is the photography director and Yoshiaki Fujisawa (A Place Further Than the Universe) is the music composer. Madhouse is in charge of the film’s animation production.
[Alexandros] is contributing the theme song “Rock the World” for the anime film.
The film follows two boys named Roma and Toto who meet in the countryside. Both become a dynamic duo calling themselves “Don Glees.” On the summer of their first year in high school, they meet a new addition to their crew named Drop, who invites them to see the world from above. Unfortunately, they become tangled in a forest fire that gets blamed on them. To prove their innocence, they journey in search of a missing drone that may have clues about what really happened, culminating into a trip to Iceland.
Source: KADOKAWAanime YouTube Channel
