{"id":166234,"date":"2026-08-20T03:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=166234"},"modified":"2026-08-20T03:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:30:25","slug":"grotesqqque-anthology-releases-aeliens-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/08\/20\/grotesqqque-anthology-releases-aeliens-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"GROTESQQQUE\u00a0Anthology Releases \u201cA(E)LIENS\u201d Trailer\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The Aniplex YouTube channel has released a trailer for \u201cA(E)LIENS,\u201d one of the three anime shorts from the upcoming <strong>CloverWorks<\/strong>-produced <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/07\/04\/grotesqqque-anthology-film-reveals-main-trailer-november-6-release-date\/\"><em>GROTESQQQUE<\/em> anthology film<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The premise of \u201cA(E)LIENS\u201d features an alien girl called Elie, who comes to Earth as a goodwill ambassador and looks for \u201cfriends\u201d while accompanied by the space bureau\u2019s Kento Kunihara, Her experience is complicated by distrust from the humans and the appearance of a hostile alien.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u6620\u753b\u300eGROTESQQQUE-\u30b0\u30ed\u30c6\u30b9\u30af-\u300f\u300e\u30a8\u30ea\u30a3\u30a2\u30f3\u30ba\u300f\u4e88\u544a\uff5c11\u67086\u65e5(\u91d1)\u516c\u958b\uff01\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZE7Znobr1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>GROTESQQQUE\u00a0<\/em>director <strong><b>Atsushi Nishigori\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>(<em>Darling in the Franxx\u00a0<\/em>director and co-series composer et al.,\u00a0<em>The Idolmaster<\/em> director and character designer et al.) is also serving as the episode director for the short, which has <strong>Masato Anno<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Flying Witch<\/em>) as main character designer. The cast features <strong>Kana Ichinose<\/strong> as Elie,<strong>\u00a0Gen Hoshino<\/strong> as Kento, and <strong>Akio Otsuka<\/strong> as the chief of the space bureau..<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">GROTESQQQUE\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">is set to debut in Japanese theaters on November 6. after a delay from its previous 2025 release date. The other two shorts in the anthology are \u201cYOROSHIKU\u2605Girl,\u201d where a group of girls in GALs TOKYO vie to become the \u201cQueen\u201d of the game Queen of Butterfly, and the post apocalyptic vampire story \u201cNOCTURNE: NUIT GROTESQUE.&#8221; \u00a0Fantasia Film Festival 2026 hosted the world premiere.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">\u201cA(E)LIENS\u201d credits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Episode director: Atsushi Nishigori<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Main character designer:<span style=\"color: initial\">\u00a0<\/span>Masato Anno<span style=\"color: initial\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;color: initial\"><br \/>\u2022 Color designer: <strong>Kazuko Nakajima<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Wonder Egg Priority<\/em>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/04\/03\/cloverworks-drops-7fates-chakho-anime-short-film-from-wonder-egg-priority-director\/\"><em>7FATES: CHAKHO<\/em>\u00a0short film<\/a>)<br \/>\u2022 Compositing director:<strong>\u00a0Yuya Sakuma<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>7FATES: CHAKHO<\/em>\u00a0short film,\u00a0<em>Bocchi the Rock!<\/em> live lighting director)\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022\u00a0Kana Ichinose<span style=\"color: initial\"> as Elie<br \/>\u2022<\/span>\u00a0Gen Hoshino<span style=\"color: initial\"> as Kento<br \/>\u2022 <\/span>Akio Otsuka<span style=\"color: initial\"> as the chief of the space bureau<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px\"><strong>\u201cYOROSHIKU\u2605Girl\u201d credits<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Episode director:<strong>\u00a0Takahiro Miura<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Fate\/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works]<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Character designer: <strong>tarou2<br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Action director: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sakugabooru.com\/post?tags=isao_hayashi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isao Hayashi<\/a><br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Color designer: Kazuko Nakajima<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Cast<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 <strong>Sara Minami\u00a0<\/strong>as Stella<br \/><strong>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>Ikumi Hasegawa\u00a0<br \/>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>Saori Hayami <\/strong>as Hikarin<strong><br \/>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>Maaya Uchida <\/strong>as Gorgeous\u2606Mika<strong><br \/>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Chika Anzai <\/strong>as Sword<strong><br \/>\u2022 Miyu Tomita <\/strong>as Chiffon<strong><br \/>\u2022<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Rumi Okubo <\/strong>as Papico<strong><br \/>\u2022 <\/strong><strong>Rie Kugimiya <\/strong>as Poyomi<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px\">\u201cNOCTURNE: NUIT GROTESQUE\u201d credits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Production<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 Episode director: Atsushi Nishigori<br \/>\u2022 Character designer: Atsushi Nishigori<br \/>\u2022 Color designer: Kazuko Nakajima<br \/>\u2022 <span style=\"color: initial\">Compositing director: Yuya Sakuma<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Cast (all listed names are\u00a0Nogizaka46 members)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u2022 <strong>Nagi Inoue\u00a0<\/strong>as Ayame<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Aruno Nakanishi <\/strong>as Shion<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Miku Ichinose<\/strong>\u00a0as Momo<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Nao Tomisato\u00a0<\/strong>as Kanna<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Aniplex Channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trailer for \u201cA(E)LIENS,\u201d one of the three anime shorts from the upcoming CloverWorks-produced GROTESQQQUE anthology film, has been 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