Anime Film "Kimi Dake ni Mote ni Taisetai..." to be released in theaters today and that the planning and original story was by Akimoto Yasushi! Also includes comments!

The original theatrical anime "I Want to Be Popular Only with You" was released on Friday, October 25, 2019. In conjunction with this, it was announced that Akimoto Yasushi is in charge of planning and original storytelling for this work.

Kimi dake ni moete taisetto da." is the same as "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. The Heart Wants to Scream. Mari Okada, known for her work on screenplays such as "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai" and "Kokoro wa Yomitakutte Gatteiru Nte. The clumsy and somewhat "unfortunate" high school boys go round and round in circles, but change when they meet "Kimi" - a story of first-time love and the pure emotion of adolescence in which they learn the meaning of friendship. It is a story about first-time love and the meaning of friendship.

The original character design is by Yamako, an illustrator from the creator unit "HoneyWorks," whose videos have been viewed more than 400 million times on video-sharing websites. The collaboration between Okada-san's coming-of-age story and Yamako-san's beautiful and emotional visuals is sure to attract much attention.

Animation production will be by "Birthday Wonderland," "It's Good to Keep Running," and "Hirune Hime: Watashi no Watashi no Shiranai Shisetsu. MD, which has produced "Princess Hirune: The Unknown Watashi no Monogatari," among others. The director is up-and-coming director Shun Hisato, who also worked as assistant director on "GARO" and "Hammerhead.

Today, the day of the anime's release, it was announced that Yasushi Akimoto was in charge of the film's planning and original story.

Comment from Yasushi Akimoto, Planning and Original Story (original in Japanese)

It is generally believed that to be "popular" is to be favored by an unspecified number of people. Many people wish to be popular. But what if you are "popular" but only one person in the world, the one person you like, is not interested in you? Would you still feel happy to be "popular"? No, I am sure you would not think so. You must realize that it is meaningless to be liked by an unspecified number of people. What is important is whether or not the person you like will be attracted to you. I only want to be popular with the people I like.

I only want to be popular with you. This is for all those who are in love."

Yasushi Akimoto

Film information
■Theatrical animation "Kimi dake ni moete taisetai." October 25, 2019 (Fri.) in theaters nationwide
Director: Shun Hisato
Script Organization：Mari Okada
Character Planning：Yamako (HoneyWorks)
Screenplay: Mari Okada, Akiko Waba, Nanami Higuchi
Character Designer：Majiro
Monitor Graphics Designer：Matsune Masato
Art Director：Yoshimi Mineta
Color Designer: Miho Tanaka
3D Director：Tatsuo Nakajima
Director of Photography: Daiki Sugiyama
Editing: Masaki Honda
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Animation Production: SIGNAL.
Planning Cooperation: Vizm
Production: Kimimote Production Committee
Distribution: Toho Film Division

Cast
　Tokio Furuta : Souma Saito
　Shigekazu Ashida : Koki Uchiyama
　Kotaro Tojima : Rikiya Tomizono
　Aki Sahashi : Sadaaki Matsuoka
　Shun Gotoda：Yuichiro Umehara
　Sakiko Horinomiya: Yui Ishikawa
　Moderator: Hiroki Kaji

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