PREVIEW: Sing a Bit of Harmony (PG)

WHO’S IN IT? (ENGLISH VERSION)

Megan Shipman (Hells), Risa Mei (film debut), Jordan Dash Cruz (Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic), Ian Sinclair (The Boy and the Beast), Alexis Tipton (Dragon Ball Super: Broly), Kamen Casey (Southtown), David Wald (Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie), Laila Berzins (Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission), Richard L. Olsen (Searching for Sonny)

WHO’S IN IT? (JAPANESE VERSION)

Tao Tsuchiya (The 8-Year Engagement), Haruka Fukuhara (Girl’s Play), Asuka Kudō (Lesson of the Evil), Kazuyuki Okitsu (Josee, the Tiger and the Fish), Mikako Komatsu (Okko’s Inn), Satoshi Hino (Demon Slayer: The Movie – Mugen Train), Kenjiro Tsuda (Planzet), Sayaka Ohara (A Whisker Away), Kenji Hamada (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Patema Inverted), director, writer; Ichirô Ôkouchi (Magic Tree House), writer; producers TBA; Ryō Takahashi (film debut), composer; editors TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Satomi (Mei/Fukuhara) is comfortable being alone until a mysterious new AI named Shion (Shipman/Tsuchiya) joins her class and wins everyone over with a song and a promise to make them happy. With Shion’s help, Satomi is brought closer to her classmates…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The week’s other animated musical with the word “sing” in the title, this light-hearted Japanese sci-fi provides plenty of heart that is far from artificial.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH JANUARY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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