The upcoming new Mari Okada anime movie Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Koujou has received a main visual. The film is set to open in Japan on September 15.
The MAPPA-produced Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Koujou marks the second directorial stint of Okada (Anohana scriptwriter, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans series composer), following her debut with the 2018 P.A.Works-produced fantasy film Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. The plot of the movie, which Okada penned, revolves around three teenagers in a gloomy town that was the site of a steelworks explosion. Male protagonist Masamune Kikuiri (Junya Enoki) is led by the enigmatic Mutsumi Sagami (Reina Ueda) to the steelworks’ fifth blast furnace, where a feral girl called Itsumi (Misaki Kuno) resides. The encounter between these three breaks the balance of the world, and the unstoppable impulse to fall in love between boys and girls who are sick of everyday life begins its destruction.
The staff of the movie includes:
• Assistant Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu (Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms core director, Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 character designer)
• Character Designer & Chief Animation Director: Yuriko Ishii (Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms)
• Art Director: Kazuki Higashiji (Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms)
• Music Composer: Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya)
Source: @maboroshi_2023
