# 'Hirune Hime' - A New Anime Film to be Released This March 2017! <img src="http://i.imgur.com/yZ4yiHn.png"> <i>Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari</i> (Napping Princess: The Story of the Unknown Me) is an upcoming anime film to premiere in Japan this March 18, 2017. Aside from the trailer officially streamed (see video below), a cover of the The Monkee's song "Daydream Believer" by lead actress Mitsuki Takahata is also featured. This film will be directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Blood: The Last Vampire, 009 Re: Cyborg, Ghost in the Shell). <iframe width="594" height="359" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lwosha9tmDs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The movie sets in the year 2020 (before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics) and tells the story of a father and his daughter who is very close to him. The promotional poster for this movie shows the following text: "Why can't we sleep like this all day long?" and "That dream is connected to my family's secret." Below is the official cast for this anime film. <img src="http://i.imgur.com/zE8dbom.png"> (Top row, from left to right): Mitsuki Takahata (live-action Sexy Voice and Robo, Ao Haru Ride) as Kokone Morikawa Shinnosuke Mitsushima (ERASED) as Morio, Kokone's childhood friend Arata Furuta (live-action 20th Century Boys) as Watanabe, the CEO of Shijima Automobiles, who is planning to trick Kokone's father (Bottom row, from left to right): Tomoya Maeno as Kijita, a friend and bad influence on Kokone's father Hideki Takahashi (Pokémon the Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram) as Isshin Shijima, the president of Shijima Automobiles Yosuke Eguchi (live-action Rurouni Kenshin) as Momotarō, Kokone's father Rie Kugimiya as Joy, the stuffed Shiba Inu toy friend of Kokone Morikawa For more information, you can check out <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-11-23/hirune-hime-film-trailer-previews-cover-of-the-monkees-daydream-believer-song/.109132">Anime News Network</a>