PREVIEW: Goodbye, Don Glees! (12A)

WHO’S IN IT? (ENGLISH VERSION)

Adam McArthur (Sing a Bit of Harmony), Nick Wolfhard (film debut), Jonathan Leon (film debut), Victoria Grace (Mirai), Stephanie Sheh (Your Name), Alan Lee (Zombex)

WHO’S IN IT? (JAPANESE VERSION)

Natsuki Hanae (Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train), Yuki Kaji (Fireworks), Ayumu Murase (The Empire of Corpses), Kana Hanazawa (Your Name), Rino Sashihara (I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow), Atsushi Tamura (Ganryujima)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Atsuko Ishizuka (No Game No Life: Zero), director, writer; producers TBA; Yoshiki Fujisawa (Love Live! The School Idol Movie), composer; Kashiko Kimura (Tokyo Godfathers), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Japan, teen outcasts Rōma (McArthur/Hanae), Toto (Wolfhard/Kaji) and Drop (Leon/Murase) form a group known as the “Don Glees”, and set out on many backyard adventures. When the trio are blamed for a local wildfire, they set out into the wilderness to prove their innocence, while also dealing with their emotional adolescent distress…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

From first-time anime filmmaker Atsuko Ishizuka, comes this light-hearted and surprisingly emotional coming-of-age story that will ring true for anyone who’s ever had to leave their childhood behind.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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