A new teaser visual was recently revealed for the upcoming movie Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fine (Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata fine) in the movie’s official website. The visual features all seven of the main characters under a clear blue sky. Check it out below!
In addition to a new key visual reveal, the website also announced that the movie’s theme song entitled “glory days” will be sung by Haruna Runa, who sung the OP theme of the Saekano’s two seasons. She is co-writing the song’s lyrics with Miku Sawai, who performed the ED theme of the anime’s first season. The song will be included in the Saekano theme song collection album that will be released on October 23.
Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Fine movie is animated and produced by Cloverworks. Kanta Kamei, who directed the OP and some episodes of the Saekano TV anime, will now be chief director. Akihisa Shibata, who was episode director for the series’ two TV seasons, is directing the film. Fumiaki Maruto is handling scripts while character design is still done by Tomoaki Takase. Film distribution will be done by Aniplex. The film is slated for an October 26, 2019 release in Japan.
The main cast from the TV series is also returning for the movie, such as:
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tomoya Aki
• Kiyono Yasuno as Megumi Katō
• Saori Ōnishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura
• Ai Kayano as Utaha Kasumigaoka
• Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyōdō
• Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima
Saekano is based on a light novel series written by Fumiaki Maruto, with illustrations done by Kurehito Misaki. It ran from 2012 to 2017 for thirteen volumes, all published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. In 2015, it was adapted into an anime series by A-1 Pictures , and a second season followed in 2017.
Anime News Network describes its story as such:
”[The story]evolves around Tomoya Aki, an otaku who is working part-time to earn enough money to buy anime on Blu-ray Disc. He meets a beautiful girl on his way home during spring vacation. He eventually models the heroine of his own dōjin game after her. However, he finds out a month later that the girl is in fact his classmate, and he doesn’t know her name. He learns that the girl — named Megumi — actually is hardly noticed by others. Tomoya also has no artistic ability or writing skills, so he asks ace of the art club Eriri Spencer Sawamura to provide the art, as well as the honor student Utaha Kasumigaoka to write the scenario. Can they produce a decent game for Comic Market?”
Source: Crunchyroll News