Anime Movie 'Liz to Aoi Tori' Announces Additional Staff Members

by tsubasalover
Dec 15, 2017 2:02 AM | 26 Comments

The official website for the Liz to Aoi Tori anime movie has announced additional staff members. The new staff members have previously worked with other Kyoto Animation titles, such as Koe no Katachi. The movie will premiere in Japanese theaters on April 21, 2018.

Staff
Script: Reiko Yoshida (Tamako Love Story)
Character Design: Futoshi Nishiya (High☆Speed!: Free! Starting Days)
Music: Kensuke Ushio (Koe no Katachi)

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Source: animate Times

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Liz & girl: Miyu Honda (child actress and figure skater)
Theme Song: "Songbird" by Homecomings
https://natalie.mu/comic/news/272270

Mar 5, 2018 4:13 PM by tsubasalover

Many cast members from TV series will reprise, except there is one new cast member.
Ririka Kenzaki: Shiori Sugiura

http://moca-news.net/article/20180226/2018022616000a_/01/

Feb 25, 2018 11:40 PM by tsubasalover

AnimEva said:
Its present as a background element in both. The film eases up on it in some areas which strengthens the narrative as a whole due to a more honed focus on the main thematic heft.

nah, manga has it strong, and anime tooned it down... and they are change that not because they don't want' but because they can't...

Dec 25, 2017 10:19 PM by Kuma

Congrats. Your comment added absolutely nothing of substance. Not that I should expect that from the MAL forums.

Dec 25, 2017 10:00 PM by Joshimatsoo

AnimEva said:
My god these comments are face-palm worthy. Lemme address the stupidity one by one:

@DatRandomDude, Yeah, no shit. It's the same director and character designer. It's nice that one of the upcoming films is taking a fresh visual approach.

Thanks but i can fucking read, i already knew that when i commented this.

Dec 25, 2017 9:46 PM by DatRandomDude

Its present as a background element in both. The film eases up on it in some areas which strengthens the narrative as a whole due to a more honed focus on the main thematic heft.

Dec 25, 2017 9:28 PM by Joshimatsoo

AnimEva said:
@Kuma, Again, I never said there weren't elements of romance, just that it wasn't the main focus or theme of the story. It certainly wasn't either of the MC's main concerns. Either stop twisting my words or just read what I'm actually saying.

but it is there, and anime omitted it.... is it false?

Dec 25, 2017 9:23 PM by Kuma

@Kuma, Again, I never said there weren't elements of romance, just that it wasn't the main focus or theme of the story. It certainly wasn't either of the MC's main concerns. Either stop twisting my words or just read what I'm actually saying.

Dec 25, 2017 9:08 PM by Joshimatsoo

This became a Koe no Katachi discussion thread without me even knowing it.

Dec 24, 2017 7:15 PM by shanimebib

AnimEva said:

Kuma said:
what, the manga ending literaly ended with romantic tone (tho neither confession or official going out)... the whole making movie ruckus also because romantic reason... that black haired bitch was there also because romantic reason... sure romance is not main theme and delivered more subtle, but it is there.... sure it resolved kinda open ending in the manga, but male MC already admit it (it's hard to tell about main female already has romantic interest or not, but it is also there)... sure i get the movie had limited time so it can't developed that way... but at this point, you are outstright denial saying koe no katachi isn't mean to be romance...

There are elements of romance but the narrative is not concerned with portraying a love story. I never said there weren't elements in there. Perhaps that could be a story between the characters in the future but it's not the story Yoshitoki Oimo or Naoko Yamada were specifically interested in focusing on. It's at its heart a tale of redemption, friendship and learning to love oneself. The people who try to boil stories like this down to cheap Lifetime melodramas and cry salty tears over their being no cliche kiss scene to top it all off are mostly hormonal and angsty teens with very narrow views of life and relationships. If the main thing one took away from this story (manga or film) was "b-but why didn't they kiss!?!? >:(" and not any of the far more affecting themes and messages then those are some sad priorities.

what? again, i am more pissed with koe no katachi romance than pleased with it... the whole drama with black haired girlis fucking useless.... that double faced bitch romance doesn't even explainable... i put koe no katachi movie higher than the series because same reason... they rid the romance (but TBF, the whole making movie saga).... but saying koe no katachi manga is not romance simply there is no romantic relationship estabilished, simply beyond denial...

Dec 24, 2017 5:37 PM by Kuma

Dec 23, 2017 9:15 PM by Joshimatsoo

Hmm, what is the plot? I’m curious, but lazy.

Dec 21, 2017 8:29 PM by scaramouiche

AnimEva said:
Did we read the same manga? And no, a character blurting out a confession because she's confusing respect for love like a lot of teens have a tendency to do does not count. As single characters are not necessarily mouthpieces for the author or intent of the work.

Regardless even if you somehow disagree the film most definitely was not concerned with that at all.

what, the manga ending literaly ended with romantic tone (tho neither confession or official going out)... the whole making movie ruckus also because romantic reason... that black haired bitch was there also because romantic reason... sure romance is not main theme and delivered more subtle, but it is there.... sure it resolved kinda open ending in the manga, but male MC already admit it (it's hard to tell about main female already has romantic interest or not, but it is also there)... sure i get the movie had limited time so it can't developed that way... but at this point, you are outstright denial saying koe no katachi isn't mean to be romance...

Dec 21, 2017 2:16 AM by Kuma

@AnimEva Of course, there is no romance in the Voice. Ueno was never interested in MC, and in the end there was no conflict due to the fact that Shouko wanted to go away studying and they could not be together in the short term. Do not take any comment about KyoAni as an "insult to the master", it's funny.

Okama's razor is crying in this moment. Only one moment. No one told you that this makes the film bad :)

Dec 21, 2017 12:44 AM by RobertBobert

Did we read the same manga? And no, a character blurting out a confession because she's confusing respect for love like a lot of teens have a tendency to do does not count. As single characters are not necessarily mouthpieces for the author or intent of the work.

Regardless even if you somehow disagree the film most definitely was not concerned with that at all.

Dec 21, 2017 12:39 AM by Joshimatsoo

AnimEva said:
@RobertBobert, Oh by, how annoyed your comment made me. First of all, A Silent Voice was never meant to be a romance, the people who express dissatisfaction because it didn't cater to their cliche expectations that it was going to be a generic romance between the two mains can't comprehend that a film can be about a boy and a girl without it being inherently romantic or sexual. He wanted to mend the mistakes he made, also trying to get into the girl's pants would have just been a downright slimy and gross direction for the film.

ahh...uhh... but the manga was....

not saying movie was bad...

Dec 21, 2017 12:36 AM by Kuma

My god these comments are face-palm worthy. Lemme address the stupidity one by one:

@Hatsuyuki, That's great, your point?

@bastek66, They were never predictions, we knew they were literally the same movie the day they released that first teaser poster. All you had to do was actually read the press release.

@RobertBobert, Oh by, how annoyed your comment made me. First of all, A Silent Voice was never meant to be a romance, the people who express dissatisfaction because it didn't cater to their cliche expectations that it was going to be a generic romance between the two mains can't comprehend that a film can be about a boy and a girl without it being inherently romantic or sexual. He wanted to mend the mistakes he made, also trying to get into the girl's pants would have just been a downright slimy and gross direction for the film.

@DatRandomDude, Yeah, no shit. It's the same director and character designer. It's nice that one of the upcoming films is taking a fresh visual approach.

Anyway, the film looks great. Can't wait to see it.

Dec 20, 2017 11:51 PM by Joshimatsoo

Looks more like A Silent Voice than Hibike lel

Dec 15, 2017 5:55 PM by DatRandomDude

As pretty as KyoAni visuals are the Hibike train is running out of steam. Think there is only so many ways to make pretty high school girls having fun with music into interesting conception.

Dec 15, 2017 5:44 PM by Stripes

The PV looks good although the way it looks can be a bit of a tick-off. Then again, this is more of a sign that this is of course Yamada's style, at least from looking at it even.

In terms of the way it looks its actually interesting compared to what we're used to when it comes to Hibike Euphonium, of course the director is different so. You will expect this from that.

Dec 15, 2017 5:26 PM by removed-user

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