Malaysia’s Golden Screen Cinemas will begin screening the upcoming anime movie The Concierge on October 26, less than a week after the film’s October 20 Japanese premiere.
The Concierge, or The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store, is based on the Shogakukan-published manga by Tsuchika Nishimura, which was a recipient of the Japan Media Arts Festival’s 25th Manga Division Excellence Award. The Japan Media Arts Festival describes the manga as:
“All kinds of animals, including ones that are a bit unfamiliar, visit the department store where I work.” Akino is a new concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, where all customers are animals. This is a series of short stories, portraying Akino’s growth as she learns about the mentality of being a concierge through her job. At this unusual department store with human clerks and animal customers, extinct animals come to consult with the concierges about items they are looking for or problems they have. As Akino tactfully solves the problems of the customers with a smile, her sincerity gradually softens difficult customers.
The movie is produced by Production I.G with Yoshimi Itazu (Welcome to the Ballroom) as director, Satomi Ooshima (Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Raven of the Inner Palace series composer) as scriptwriter, and Chie Morita (Run With The End Ep 17, 21, and 23 co-animation director) as character designer and chief animation director. Other staff include:
• Concept color designer: Izumi Hirose (Tengoku Daimakyou color designer)
• Art director: Studio Fuuga’s Ichirou Tatsuta (Haikyu!!)
• Compositing director: Kouji Tanaka (The Deer King)
• Music composer: tofubeats
Meanwhile, the cast includes:
• Natsumi Kawaida as Akino
• Takeo Ootsuka as Elulu
• Nobuo Tobita as Todo
• Megumi Han as Mori
• Natsumi Fujiwara as Iwase
• Eiji Yoshitomi as Maruki
• Jun Fukuyama as the maître d’hôtel
• Yuuichi Nakamura as Tokiwa
Source: GSCMOVIES Facebook page
