Taichi Saotome is the best in Japan if he is made to carry something" "Promea" Taichi Saotome & Kazuki Nakajima appear on stage for the one night Champion Festival!

A collaborative screening event of the popular visual entertainment "Geki x Cine" and the anime film "Promea" was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on Monday, August 5, 2019.

Promea" is a completely original work by Hiroyuki Imaishi, director of the TV series "Gurren Lagann" (2007) and "Kill la Kill" (2013), and Kazuki Nakajima for the screenplay. The character design is by world-renowned creator Shigeto Koyama, who worked on the concept design for Disney's "Baymax," music by Hiroyuki Sawano, who has worked on numerous dramas and animations including "Shinkage no Kyojin," and art direction by Tomotaka Kubo, who worked on "Mary and the Witch's Flower. The title logo design will be handled by Masashi Ichiko, who worked on the package design for the "Evangelion" series. Sanzigen, which has produced many popular works, will produce the 3DCG part.
⇒Theatrical animation "Promea" directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi, director of Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill, and Kazuki Nakajima will be released in 2019!
⇒Schedule of Anime Film Screening

This time, a collaborative screening event of the anime film "Promea" with the popular visual entertainment "Geki×cine", in which the audience enjoys the images of the Gekidan☆Shinkansen's popular stage performances in movie theaters, was held at Shinjuku Wald 9 on August 5, 2019 (Monday).

Geki×cine is a popular visual entertainment in which audiences enjoy the images of Gekidan☆Shinkansen's popular stage plays in movie theaters. Kazuki Nakajima has written numerous stage scripts as a writer for the Gekidan Shinkansen, and he also wrote the script for "Banyuki" (performed in 2009), which will be presented in collaboration with "Promea" this time. Taichi Saotome and Masato Sakai also appeared in the same play, and when casting the main characters of "Promea", Rio and Clay, they were offered the chance to perform in "Ban'yu-ki" with their performances in mind.
The official report of the collaborative screening event, which was born from these various connections, has just arrived, and will be introduced here.

Official Report】 ※Titles omitted

When Saotome and Nakajima took the podium after the screening of "Ban'yuki," the audience applauded loudly, and Saotome said, "Today is a total of six hours. I'm worried about my hips and back because of the long time.
When asked by the MC how this project came about, Nakajima replied, "First of all, 'Promair' has grown so far thanks to everyone's passion, and it is about to make 1 billion at the box office soon. I was watching this trend and heard some people asking why we were not showing "Banyuki," in which Sakai and Taichi appear, so I thought it would be interesting to have a project where people could see them all at once, so I talked to the Shinkansen side and they agreed to work with me. I thought it would be interesting to have a project where people could see all the shows at once, so I consulted with the Shinkansen side, and they agreed to do it. I am the happiest person in the world. Thank you very much.

Saotome, who had rushed to the event after his performance in Gekidan Shinkansen's stage play "Kemuri no Gundan," was also surprised by the enthusiasm of the audience and commented, "I didn't know it would be this great, so I'm really happy to know that everyone has been spreading the word.
When asked by the MC about the name of the event, "Champion Festival," Nakajima replied, "When we put on a fun play at Shinkansen that is different from the "Inoue Kabuki," I thought it would be fun to call it the "Champion Festival. When we were children, Toho, the distributor of "Promea", had a "Toho Champion Festival" in which Godzilla and other animated films were shown together. I liked it so much that I even took the Shinkansen to see it. We liked it so much that we named the Shinkansen "Champion Festival" as well, so we feel like we are back at Toho (laughs).

When asked about her memories of "Banyuki," which was her Gekidan Shinkansen debut, Saotome replied, "When I was 13 years old, I saw "Seven Skulls in a Castle" for the first time and I was very moved by it. I remember I was very happy because I never thought I would be able to appear on the Shinkansen. At the time, I was afraid of acting because I was not very good at it, but I was determined to do my best with the sword, so I practiced hard," he recalled.
Nakajima joked, "I only wrote one line of the script," and Saotome quipped, "Just writing the word 'spectacular' is enough to get me into trouble (laughs). (laugh)." The light-hearted exchange made the audience laugh.

As for Nakajima's script, Saotome commented, "As with 'Promea,' Kazuki's writing is very simple and straightforward, with straightforward passion, vigor, silliness, and coolness. On the other hand, Nakajima commented on Saotome's charms, "I think he is the best in Japan if you make him carry something on his back (laugh).

When the MC asked Nakajima, who had recently seen a supporting screening of "Promea," what he thought of it, he replied, "It's interesting. The audience shouts out the lines together with me. It's like at a Southern band concert when the audience shouts back, "Yeah, that's pretty much it! (laugh). On stage, you can only use words to express yourself, so I wrote the names and dialogue with a great deal of attention to the words that would resonate when they are spoken aloud, so it was a pleasant dialogue to say out loud while watching the cheering audience.
Saotome also commented on Nakajima's unique dialogue: "There are many lines that can only be said on stage, and they would be embarrassingly straight-forward under normal circumstances, but on stage, with the lights and music, they look really cool.

Finally, Saotome said, "I am so happy to have such support from the audience. Thanks to all of you. The event ended on a high note.

Film information】 ※Titles omitted.
■"Promeer".
May 24, 2019 (Fri.) Nationwide Roadshow

＜STORY
The Great Global Firestorm

What triggered the unprecedented situation in which half of the world was destroyed by fire was the appearance of the "Varnish," a race of people born as a mutation who could manipulate flames.
Thirty years have passed since then, and a group of aggressive individuals, calling themselves the "Mad Burnish," have attacked the world once again.
Garo, a rookie member of the Burning Rescue, a highly mobile firefighting team for the Varnish, and Rio, the leader of the Mad Varnish, are both possessed by the burning spirit of firefighters. Their passionate souls collide, and the outcome of their battle is...

<Cast
Garo Timos: Kenichi Matsuyama
Rio Fortier: Taichi Saotome
Clay Forsyte: Masato Sakai
Aina Aldebit: Ayane Sakura
Remy Pouguna: Hiroyuki Yoshino
Baris Truss: Toru Inada
Lucia Fex: Mayumi Shintani
Ignis Ex: Rikiya Koyama
Elise Aldebit: Ami Koshimizu
Vulcan Heistos: Daisuke Kusunoki
Guerra: Shuyuki Hiyama
Mace：Katsuyuki Konishi

<Staff
Original Story : TRIGGER/Kazuki Nakajima
Director：Hiroyuki Imaishi
Screenplay：Kazuki Nakajima
Character Design：Shigeto Koyama
Art Director：Tomotaka Kubo (Dehogirary)
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (T2 Studio)
3DCG Production: Sanzigen
3D Director: Shinpei Ishikawa (Sanzigen)
Director of Photography: Shinsuke Ikeda (Sanzigen)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu
Music: Hiroyuki Sawano
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Title Logo Design: Masashi Ichiko (TGB design.)
Creative Producer : Hiromi Wakabayashi (TRIGGER)
Animation Producer : Kazuya Masumoto (TRIGGER)
Animation Production: TRIGGER
Production: XFLAG
Distributor: Toho Film Division

(C)TRIGGER, NAKAJIMA Kazuki/XFLAG