Shintaro Asanuma, Maaya Sakamoto and other cast members of "Shijohan Time Machine Blues" announced! Theatrical release in 2022 & distribution on Disney Plus!

The main cast and theater screenings of "Yonjohan Time Machine Blues," which is set to be adapted into an anime, have been announced.

The "Yonjohan Mythology Taikaikei" was adapted into a TV anime on Fuji Television's "Noitamina" channel, and "Summer Time Machine Blues," a play by Makoto Ueda, has been adapted into a stage play and a live-action movie four times since its first performance. The novel "Yonjohan Time Machine Blues" by Tomihiko Morimi, which is a devilish fusion of the two works, will be adapted into an anime.

⇒Tomihiko Morimi × Makoto Ueda × Yusuke Nakamura! Sequel to "Shijohan Shinwa Taikei", "Shijohan Time Machine Blues" will be adapted into an anime! Information on the main staff has also been released!

The six main cast members of "YOTTAMBIHAN TIME MACHINE BLUES" have been decided. Shintaro Asanuma will play "I," Maaya Sakamoto will play Mr. Akashi, Hiroyuki Yoshino will play Ozu, Kazuya Nakai will play Master Higuchi, Junichi Suwabe will play Senior Jogasaki, and Yuko Kaita will play Hanuki.

Main Cast Members' Comments

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■"I" CV: Shintaro Asanuma Comment
The work that became the turning point for me as a voice actor was definitely "Shijohan Shinwa Taikei".
It is an incomparable pleasure to be able to once again, after 11 years, seek a rose-colored campus life, search for the person in charge, and scramble around with a black-haired maiden and her bad friends. Hopefully, it will reach that person.

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In addition to working as a screenwriter, director, and actor in a variety of genres, he began his career as a voice actor in 2006 with the anime "ZEGAPAIN". In 2007, he joined the entertainment unit "bpm", for which he writes the scripts and directs all productions. His most recent works include "Kikai Sentai ZENKAIJAR" (Juran/Zenkai Juran), "Hypnosis Mike -Division Rap Battle-" (Zamakki Hekikoh), and "Takuboku Tantei" (Takuboku Ishikawa).

■ Akashi-san CV. Maaya Sakamoto comment
I am very excited to meet them again after a long time. I am soawing about how I should now pick up Akashi-san, who I was able to do because of me back then, or who I couldn't reach back then. I feel like I want to get on a time machine and go back something very important but trivial, just like that. Anyway, I am looking forward to it.

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A child actor since the age of 8, she has performed in many commercial songs and dubbed for movies and foreign TV dramas. 1996, she attracted attention as Hitomi Kanzaki in the TV animation "Escaflowne in the Sky". Her major animation works include "Shin Evangelion the Movie," "Monogatari" series, and "Ghost in the Shell ARISE" series. He has also dubbed for Natalie Portman (STAR WARS series/Black Swan, etc.), Jessica Alba (Dark Angel/LA's FINEST, etc.), and many other versatile actresses.

■Kotsu CV: Hiroyuki Yoshino Comment
Speaking of "Shijo", it is one of the many works in which I was able to be involved with my ideal voice acting style, and it is one of those works for which I cannot help but be truly grateful. Is it the same again in this work? It is an honor, a pleasure, and a horror to play the part, and we are bound together by the black thread of fate. I hope that everyone will be prepared to go along for the ride (laughs).

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In 2013, she made her debut as an artist on the Kiramune label. In 2020, he was in charge of the original idea for the manga "I haven't noticed. His major works include "Dragon Quest: Dai no Dai Boken", "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", and "Yoru wa tanashi arukke yo Otome".

Master Higuchi CV: Kazuya Nakai Comment
A valuable experience in "The Night is Short and the Walking Maidens." I have a strong impression of my jitters in trying to create something different for Keiji Fujiwara's supremely charming Master Higuchi. I am truly honored to be able to play the role again this time, and I can't wait to return to that mysterious and wonderful Kyoto. I am sure that I will be a bit of a jittery mess this time as well, but I will enjoy myself and do my best.

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He made his debut as a voice actor in 1995, appearing in "Mobile New Century Gundam X" soon after his debut, and in 1999, he was selected to play the role of Zoro in "One Piece", his representative work, and in 2011, he received the "Supporting Actor Award" at the 5th Seiyu (Voice Actor) Awards. Currently, he also narrates for a number of information and news programs. His major works include animated films such as "Gintama" and "Fire Brigade", as well as "007: No Time to Die" and many other dubbing works.

Jogasaki Senpai CV: Junichi Suwabe Comment
I never thought I would have the chance to live in Morimi's world again. ...... What a heavy feeling I have right now! I am a person with a lot of problems. I am very happy to have the opportunity to live in Morimi's world again. I hope I will be able to play the role of Mr. Jogasaki in this work as well, with a mind of being rampant. I am really looking forward to it.

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Mr. Jogasaki is a talented voice actor who has been active for many years not only as a voice actor but also as a narrator and radio personality. He has won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Seiyu Awards twice. His major roles include Keigo Atobe in the anime "The Prince of Tennis", Shukusu Tsuina in "Jujutsu Kaisen", Archer in "Fate/stay night", and Yaichiro Shimogamo in "Yujoten Kazoku". Dubbing "Venom" as Eddie Brock, "Green Book" as Dr. Donald Shirley, etc.

■Hanuki-san CV. Yuko Kaita Comment
I am thrilled to be immersed in the world of "Shikatami" again! I am surprised that it has been more than 10 years. I am sure that Hanuki-san is still enjoying himself with a glass of sake and a lello lello. Until the day I get lost in the hot, hot four-and-a-half tatami mats with no air conditioner, I will try to take a detour into another dimension of novels, plays, and movies.

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In 2000, he made his debut as a dubbing artist for the foreign drama "You're the Scenario Writer! a foreign drama series in 2000. In 2019, she won the Foreign Film and Drama Award at the 13th Seiyu Awards. His anime credits include "Toradora!" Mobile Suit Gundam UC RE:0096," and "To Aru Kagaku no One Way."

To be distributed on Disney Plus and released in theaters in 2022!

In 2022, this film will be distributed worldwide through Disney (excluding mainland China), and in Japan, it will be distributed exclusively on Disney+, a subscription-based video distribution service, for unlimited viewing.
The film will also be released in theaters! After the series' first few episodes are distributed on Disney Plus, they will be re-edited and screened as a theatrical version.

Disney Plus will also distribute completely original episodes that can only be seen on Disney Plus, so please look forward to it. The timing and other details will be announced at a later date.

Film Information
YOTSUHAN TIME MACHINE BLUES

To be distributed on Disney Plus and released in theaters in 2022.
<Staff> <Originally written by: "YOTTAMHAN TIME MACHINE BLUES
Original story: "Yonjohan Time Machine Blues" by Tomihiko Morimi, original story by Makoto Ueda (published by KADOKAWA)
Director : Shingo Natsume
Screenplay : Makoto Ueda (Europe Planning)
Character Planning: Yusuke Nakamura
Animation Production: Science SARU

＜Story:
On August 12, in the scorching heat of Sakyo Ward, Kyoto.
The only air conditioner in "Shimogamo Yusuisuiso" stopped working. My bad friend Ozu submerged the remote control last night.
While I was discussing the countermeasure with the cool beauty Akashi of the film club "Misogi," a strange-looking male student named Tamura appeared. He said he had come from 25 years in the future on a time machine.
At that moment, "I" had a stroke of genius. Why don't we use this time machine to go back to yesterday and bring back the remote control before it broke? However, Ozu and his colleagues proceeded to alter yesterday and rewrite the past at their own whim. I, sensing the danger of the world's extinction, rush to stop them, but it is already too late!
Can the remote control and daily life be restored safely?
And what will happen to the love between "I" and Akashi-san?
Yesterday" and "today," the world's most careless waste of a time machine begins!