The makers of beloved anime collection Anohana are reuniting for a model new movie which has simply received a launch date.
Fureru is the newest venture from the Tremendous Peace Busters artistic crew, who’re made up of author Mari Okada, director Tatsuyuki Nagai and artist Masayoshi Tanaka. The trio first labored collectively on the Toradora! anime, earlier than shifting onto arguably their best-known work – Anohana, an anime collection a couple of group of buddies shattered by loss throughout childhood. It is a correct tearjerker that you will usually discover listed among the many saddest animes you possibly can watch.
They then adopted this up with one more bittersweet anime, 2015’s The Anthem of the Coronary heart, after which their most up-to-date movie – Her Blue Sky. The primary teaser trailer for Fureru, which was revealed in the direction of the top of final 12 months, primarily used clips from their three earlier initiatives to construct hype for what’s subsequent, and probably set the scene for the kind of emotional rollercoaster we’re all in for.
After beforehand being pencilled in for a fall 2024 launch, it has now been confirmed that Fureru can be launching in Japanese cinemas on October 4 2024. The discharge date was introduced just lately alongside the movie’s first full trailer, which revealed a bit extra in regards to the story. As Crunchyroll explains, Fureru is a coming of age movie set in Tokyo’s Shinjuku space, which focuses on three childhood buddies who discover a hedgehog-like creature with magical powers, that forces them to discover their bonds collectively. The brand new trailer additionally featured a snippet of the anime’s theme track, which is Monotone by Yoasobi – the artist behind Oshi No Ko’s massively fashionable opening Idol.
Whereas particulars are nonetheless a bit on the bottom, the premise of Fureru feels like one thing that is good for followers of Anohana. That cult traditional additionally has a magical MacGuffin, which within the case of Anohana (spoiler alert) is the ghost of the principle characters’ lifeless pal Menma, who hasn’t handed by way of to the afterlife.
Together with her previous childhood pal group splintered off and divided by the trauma they confronted at an early age, Menma seems as soon as once more, to ask them to reunite to grant her last want, and within the course of heal their wounds and are available again collectively.
If that temporary description is already sufficient to begin you welling up, then oh boy – are you in for one emotional journey. Anohana is a lovely, shifting story that appears at grief, love, loss and easy methods to discover the energy to maneuver on after one thing comes alongside that shatters your life in two. It is also received an unbelievable opening, with a track that completely captures the wistful, mournful and but hopeful and uplifting really feel of the anime. There is a full model of the opening track you possibly can hearken to, in addition to the beautiful ending track.
There are various causes that Anohana will at all times be burned brightly in my thoughts, however one factor I am going to at all times bear in mind clearly is how – for some inexplicable purpose recognized solely to me – I made a decision to observe it back-to-back with one other emotionally charged anime, Your Lie In April, and was left a blubbering mess by the top of it. If you happen to’ve not seen both of those animes earlier than, it is best to undoubtedly expertise them – however possibly do not watch them back-to-back like me, and as a substitute break it up with one thing light-hearted and humorous in-between like Laid-Again Camp or Non Non Biyori.
If you wish to watch Anohana: The Flower We Noticed That Day, you possibly can stream each episode with a Crunchyroll Premium subscription. The main anime streaming service additionally has the wonderful Your Lie In April in its library, if you wish to watch that too.
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