Hey, hey, it’s Mitsuki Takahata.
Yesterday, the official Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari (Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me) film’s website updated with a new promotional video. The 105-second trailer confirms a March 18 première, and offers a preview of the film’s main theme song.
Kenji Kamiyama (Eden of the East, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct the project at I.G. Port’s newest anime subsidiary studio, Signal.MD. Kamiyama also wrote the film’s script. Satoko Morikawa (Eden of the East, Tico and Friends) is providing character designs, while Yoko Shimomura (Xenoblade Chronicles, Kingdom Hearts) scores the soundtrack. Shigeto Koyama (Michiko & Hatchin, Moribito – Guardian of the Spirit) is in charge of mechanical designs.
Mitsuki Takahata will perform the opening theme song, which is a cover of The Monkees’ Daydream Believer.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Kokone Morikawa: Mitsuki Takahata
- Morio: Shinnosuke Mitsushima
- Watanabe: Arata Furuta
- Kijita: Tomoya Maeno
- Isshin Shijima: Hideki Takahashi
- Momotarō: Yosuke Eguchi
- Joy: Rie Kugimiya
Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari will be set in the Okayama prefecture in 2020, just days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics. The film focuses on the relationship between Kokone and her father, and the secrets held between them. Lately, Kokone has been having the same dream night after night, which she learns is connected to a family secret that she had never known about.
Warner Brothers released a promo video for the film in May. You can check it out below:
Source: Oricon Style
