Alice in Borderland
star plays Pantan on journey with
Anpanman
in June 26 film
The official website for
Soreike! Anpanman: Pantan to Yakusoku no Hoshi
(Pantan and the Promised Star), the 37th
film
in the franchise, announced on Wednesday that
Tao Tsuchiya
(
Sing a Bit of Harmony
,
live-action
Alice in Borderland
,
Rurouni Kenshin
)
is guest-starring in the film as a red panda named Pantan. (The video below is restricted to viewing in Japan only.)
Image via
Anpanman films’ X/Twitter account
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The film centers on a new character named Pantan. Pantan is a red panda who seeks to find the treasure thought to be in a rainbow star in the night sky, in order to keep a promise made to an adventurer long ago. When Pantan and
Anpanman
encounter each other,
Anpanman
lends his abilities to help out Pantan.
Hiroyuki Yano
, who has directed numerous previous films in the franchise, is directing the new film.
Shoji Yonemura
, a similar veteran of the franchise, is penning the film’s script. Franchise composers
Taku Izumi
and
Hiroaki Kondō
are composing the music.
The new movie will open in Japan on June 26.
Soreike! Anpanman: Chapon no Hero!
, the 36th
film
in the
Anpanman
franchise,
opened
in Japan last June and
ranked
#8 in its opening weekend. The film earned 132,757,670 yen (about US$924,000) in its first three days.
The
Soreike! Anpanman
television anime series began in 1988, and new
Anpanman
films have
opened
each summer since 1989. The 2014
film
Soreike! Anpanman: Ringo Bōya to Minna no Negai
(
Let’s Go! Anpanman
: The Apple Boy and Everyone’s Wishes) was the first film since
Anpanman
creator
Takashi Yanase
‘s
death
.
Sources:
Soreike! Anpanman: Pantan to Yakusoku no Hoshi
anime film’s
website
,
Comic Natalie
