Kyo-ani's Latest Production "Liz and the Blue Bird" Announces Additional Cast Members! Actress and figure figure athlete Mochiyui Honda will play the dual role of "Liz and a girl.

Additional cast and theme song information has been released from "Liz and the Blue Bird," the latest animated film produced by Kyoto Animation, to be released on April 21, 2018 (Saturday).

Liz and the Blue Bird" is based on Ayano Takeda's novel "Hibike! Euphonium Kita-Uji High School Brass Band Club, Disturbing Second Movement," which depicts the adolescence of high school students. Kyoto Animation, which won the "40th Japan Academy Prize for Best Animation" and the "Tokyo Anime Awards Festival 2017 Animation of the Year Film Grand Prix in the Theatrical Film Division" for the film "Unamplified", depicts a fleeting and beautiful moment between two girls, Mizore and Nozomi.
⇒Main staff comments and the latest information from "Liz and the Blue Bird," KyoAni's latest work directed by Naoko Yamada!
⇒Screening schedule of the animation film

The role of "Liz and the Blue Bird" is played by Mochiyui Honda, a junior high school actress and figure skater!　Ms. Honda, in her first theatrical animation role, will play the characters "Liz" and "Girl" from the fairy tale "Liz and the Blue Bird," which appears in the film. She plays the dual roles of "Liz," who has lost her parents and lives alone in a house near a lake, and a mysterious blue-haired girl who is rescued by Liz when she collapses on the shore of the lake. Ms. Honda's postrecording scene and comments have also arrived, so let us introduce them to you.

The theme song of the film is "Songbirds" by Homecomings, a four-piece female band from Kyoto!　The song is a sweet and bitter tune filled with the fleeting and beautiful blink of youth of the two girls in the film, Mizore Arumozuka and Nozomi Kasaragi, so please look forward to it as well.

The characters that Mochiyui Honda plays two roles are as follows.

Liz
A character from the fairy tale "Liz and the Blue Bird.
She has lost her parents and lives alone in a house near a lake.
One day, she rescues a girl who has collapsed and comes to live with her.

The girl
A character in the fairy tale "Liz and the Blue Bird.
A mysterious girl with blue hair. She is rescued by Liz when she collapses by the lake.


<Excerpts from Mr. Honda's public postrecording scene
～The scene where Liz is out on a picnic with the girl she saved.
The girl eating a small piece of bread.
Liz eating cheese on rye bread
　Liz: "Hey, where are you from?"
　The girl "I don't know. I've seen many cities and forests."
　Liz: "Why did you come here?"
　Girl "Because Liz was all alone."
　Liz "...!"
　Girl, "I wanted to play a lot with Liz."
Girl, gets up and runs away
Girl running down the hill at once
Liz shouts to stop her
　Liz: "Wait...!
Girl playing with spinning around and around, stopping at the sound of Liz's voice
The girl looking at Liz curiously
　Girl "What's wrong?"
　Liz "Stay with me... Always, always..."

<Mr. Honda's comment
Thoughts on the film and highlights
I was worried at first because I had to play two roles, but I enjoyed the postrecording so much that it was over very quickly. I have not seen the finished film yet, so I don't know what to expect, but since I didn't have any scenes with the other actors (who played other characters), I am looking forward to seeing their scenes and whether they are different from Liz's. I think it will be a really moving work. I am looking forward to seeing your scenes, and I am very much looking forward to seeing the differences between Liz's scenes and Liz's scenes. I think it will be a truly moving work that will make you feel relieved and inspired to work hard again tomorrow after seeing it.

Please give a message to the customers who are looking forward to seeing the movie.
I play two roles in the play, and I hope I can show the difference between the characters (in the finished film), and Liz and the girl I played will be the keywords. I am looking forward to seeing the scenes of the other actors, and I hope that after watching the film, you will be inspired to work hard again tomorrow. Please come to the theater and see it!

Theme song information
Homecomings "Songbirds
Theme song for "Liz and the Blue Bird
Lyrics by: Masaki Fukutomi Composer: Homecomings Arranger: Homecomings
Label: SECOND ROYAL RECORDS


Information】 (*Homecomings titles are omitted)
Liz and the Blue Bird
・Release Date：April 21, 2018 (Sat)
・Theatre Information：#
・Distributor: Shochiku


<Synopsis.
That child is a blue bird.
Flying around freely in the wide sky is her happiness.
But I was afraid to leave her alone, so I locked her up in a bird cage and pretended not to notice anything.
Mizore Arumozuka plays oboe and Nozomi Kusaki plays flute in the brass band of Kita-Uji High School.
They are in their third year of high school, and this is their last competition.
Liz and the Blue Bird" was chosen as the free piece, and there was a solo in which the oboe and flute played together.
This song is just like us," she said carefree.
Mizore is happy to spend her days with Kimi, but fears the end of their relationship is near.
They are supposed to be "best friends.
However, the oboe and flute solos do not go well together, and the distance between them is felt.

<Staff> Original story by Ayano Takeda
Original story: Ayano Takeda (Takarajimasha Bunko "Hibike. Euphonium") Euphonium Kita-Uji High School Brass Band Club, Turbulent Second Movement")
Director : Naoko Yamada
Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida
Character Design: Taishi Nishiya
Art Director：Mutsuo Shinohara
Color Designer: Naomi Ishida
Instrument Setup：Hiroyuki Takahashi
Director of Photography：Kazuya Takao
3D Director：Tetsuro Umezu
Sound Director：Yota Tsuruoka
Music: Kensuke Ushio
Music Production: Lantis
Music Production Cooperation: Senzoku Gakuen School of Music
Brass Band Supervisor: Masahiro Owada
Animation Production: Kyoto Animation
Production: "Kyoke! Production Committee
Distributor: Shochiku


© Ayano Takeda, Takarajima-sha / "Hibike! Production Committee