New Anime "Fafner of the Blue Sky: BEHIND THE LINE" Key Visuals and Staff Revealed! Theatrical advance screenings and "HEAVEN AND EARTH" remastered screenings are scheduled!

Theatrical advance screenings of the anime "Soukyu no Fafner BEHIND THE LINE" and remastered screenings of "HEAVEN AND EARTH" have been announced. Key visuals and staff members were also announced.

The science fiction anime series "Fafner of the Blue Sky" depicts boys and girls boarding the humanoid weapon "Fafner" and risking their lives against an unknown entity called "Festum. The story that spans 17 years came to an end with the 12-episode "Soukyu no Fafner the Beyond," which was screened in advance in theaters from 2019 to 2009, attracting a great deal of attention.

⇒ A new spin-off anime of " Blue Sky Fafner" will be produced! Sokyu no Fafner BEHIND THE LINE

BEHIND THE LINE" will be screened in advance at theaters and "HEAVEN AND EARTH" will be screened as a remastered version!

The new anime "Soukyu no Fafner BEHIND THE LINE" is a "peaceful spin-off" work that was promised to be produced at the "Minashiro Soji Birthday Festival 2017" in the past. The story takes place in Ryugu Island, where peace was restored in the theatrical version of "Heaven and Earth," before being drawn back into battle in the second season of the anime "Exodus. The film depicts the casual but unforgettable days spent by the people of Ryugujima, including Ikki Makabe and Soji Minashiro, who are reunited with each other.

A special advance screening of the film will be held at theaters. The key visual depicts Ikki, Soji, Shinya Tomi, Kanon Hazama, and others against the backdrop of the well-known "Cafe Rakuen". As the film is a spin-off that depicts the time before "EXODUS," it has been announced that not only Soji and Kanon, but also Hiroto Douma, Taki Nishio, and other characters who lost their lives in the previous series will appear in the film.

Key visual of "Fafner: Behind the Line

Continuing from the previous series, the production team consists of Takashi Noudo as director, Tadashi Ubukata as script writer, Hisashi Hirai as character designer, and Production I.G as animation creator. The theme song artist is angela, who has sung all the theme songs and insert songs for the Fafner series.

For more details on the screening schedule and PV, please wait for future information.

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Official Twitter: @fafnerproject

In addition, a special screening of "Soukyu no Fafner: Heaven and Earth" remastered version will be held from this fall to commemorate the production of this film! The UHD version of the movie, which is only included in the "Sokyu no Fafner" series ultimate box set, will be reformatted for theatrical use. The screening theaters and the starting date will be announced later.
*Some theaters will show the film in 4K quality.

In addition, a re-screening of the 4DX version, which was shown for a limited time in 2019 and attracted a lot of attention, is also being planned. Why not take this opportunity to watch it again in preparation for the new film?

"Fafner the Blue Sky: Beyond 4" BD & DVD, spot images

Blue Sky Fafner The Beyond 4" Blu-ray and DVD are now on sale!

15-second SPOT video

Contents: Episode 10 "Storm Comes", Episode 11 "Hero, Two", Episode 12 "Beyond the Blue Sky
Release date: March 16, 2022
Part numbers: [Blu-ray] KIZX-522-524 [DVD] KIZB-423-425
Price: 8,800 yen + tax
Specifications: 3 DISC set (2 BD/DVD + 1 CD) / booklet / tall case outer box

Video extras
Episode 10, Episode 11 Non-drop ending (2.0ch/3.1ch)
Part 4: The first PV / The second PV
SPOT for TV (before/ during screening)
15-second SPOT for Volume 3 package - Reo & Misaka OP ver.~/ED ver.~ (before/after release)
15-second SPOT for Volume 4 package - Soji/Ikki A type～/B type～（Before/after release)
Sokyu no Fafner the Beyond" Soji Minashi's Birthday Commemoration Emergency Crossing Special Program 2020
Makoto Ishii "Secret Hakodate Travel
angela "Now, for the sake of living" "The past day" "Shangri-La ~THE BEYOND~" (before/after release)

Production Information

Anime "Soukyu no Fafner BEHIND THE LINE
＜Introduction
"Are you there?"
The "Soukyu no Fafner" series started in July 2004 and will be completed in 2021.
With the support of many fans, the story has continued to be spun without stopping.

Now, we are proud to present a story that has never been depicted before.
A glimpse of a certain summer day, casual but unforgettable.
It was not long before the two girls met, leading to new possibilities with Festum....
The story depicts a moment in the lives of boys and girls after Soji Minashiro returns home.

<Staff> Original story by: XEBEC / Screenplay by: XEBEC
Original story: XEBEC / Screenplay: Tadashi Ubukata / Character design: Hisashi Hirai / Mechanical design: Naohiro Washio / Art director: Yumi Horikoshi / Color designer: Mitsuko Sekimoto / Director of photography: Ryudai Koshida / Editor: Junichi Ito /
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima / Music: Tsuneyoshi Saito / Performed by: Warsaw State Philharmonic Orchestra / Theme Song: angela /
Producer: Go Nakanishi / Animation Producer: Yuko Meikan /
Animation Production: Production I.G / Director: Takashi Nodo / Production: FAFNER BEHIND PROJECT

＜Cast
Ikki Makabe: Makoto Ishii / Soji Kaijo: Kohei Kiyasu / Shinya Tohmi: Marika Matsumoto / Kanon Hazama: Sanae Kobayashi /
Sakira Kaname: Satomi Arai / Kenji Kondo: Minoru Shiraishi / Hiroto Doma: Nozomu Sasaki / Rina Nishio: Ryoko Shiraishi / Taki Nishio: Hiroki Kaji / Seri Tachigami: Misato Fukuen /
Fumihiko Makabe: Masahiko Tanaka / Chizuru Tohmi: Emi Shinohara / Kyosuke Mizoguchi: Takaya Doji / Yumiko Hino: Yukana / Miu Hino: Sumire Moroboshi / Yoko Hazama: Nanaho Katsuragi /
Kiyomi Kaname: Shizuka Ishikawa / Shojo Chen: Michiko Komatsu / Vera Dernyoni: Natsuhime Aikawa / Olga Katina Betlenko: Miyu Sawai / Yukimi Nishio: Naoko Kyoda
and others

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