'Promare' Anime Film Announces Cast, Additional Staff for May 2019 Premiere

by Vindstot
Jan 22, 2019 6:55 PM | 25 Comments

The official website of Studio Trigger and XFLAG's Promare anime film revealed cast, additional staff, and the second promotional video on Wednesday. Directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) with Kazuki Nakashima (Kill la Kill) in charge of script, the anime film will open in theaters in Japan in May 2019.

Cast
Galo Thymos: Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note)
Lio Fotia: Taichi Saotome (Tennis no Ouji-sama: Eikokushiki Teikyuu Shiro Kessen!)
Kray Foresight: Masato Sakai (Aoi Bungaku Series)
Aina Ardebit: Ayane Sakura (Ballroom e Youkoso)
Remi Puguna: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis)
Varys Truss: Tetsu Inada (Tsubasa Chronicle)
Lucia Fex: Mayumi Shintani (FLCL)
Ignis Ex: Rikiya Koyama (Kekkai Sensen)
Ellis Ardebit: Ami Koshimizu (Macross Δ)
Vulcan Heistus: Taiten Kusunoki (Tokyo Ghoul √A)
Gera: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Highschool of the Dead)
Mace: Katsuyuki Konishi (Blood+)

Staff
Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (Little Witch Academia)
3D Director: Shinpei Ishikawa (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
Director of Photography: Shinsuke Ikeda (Bubuki Buranki)
Editing: Junichi Uematsu (Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Jormungand)
Creative Producer: Hiromi Wakabayashi (Darling in the Franxx)
Animation Producer: Kazuya Matsumoto (SSSS.Gridman)

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Looks cool enough.

And having Bahi JD on this is a definite plus IMO.

Jan 25, 2019 8:25 AM by Haneken2086

The aesthetic alone has me sold. Studio Trigger really is the only studio out here even trying right now.

Jan 24, 2019 1:56 PM by Stripes

https://twitter.com/bahijd/status/1088398371151241216

bahi jd will go in

Jan 24, 2019 5:12 AM by anemonespotte

YOURS IS THE DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!

Jan 24, 2019 5:11 AM by Slarkero

Full 3DCG. No, thanks.

Jan 24, 2019 3:04 AM by rsc-pl

The Main Character looks like he is from Gurren Lagann and i can give this a try

Jan 24, 2019 2:01 AM by SpeedRoidGenm

DasHund said:
Do we have any details on what it's about?

Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control and wield flames, and the fire disaster they have unleashed on Earth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promare#Plot

Jan 24, 2019 12:09 AM by deg

Despite the PV looking good... egh after the big scandal between DarliFra and Gridman (for two entirely different reasons) I'm concerned about watching this. Though honestly my anticipation got killed generally for my disinterest in the installment + the things related to the complaints of the Big 3 projects for Trigger.

Note: I still had some sort of... egh expectations to begin with at least this project. Not because I'm doubtful towards Imaishi, but it just looks like something that I won't entirely enjoy. The entire deal with the projects killed my interest since people were just bashing things left and right without any sort of actual meaning behind it if you catch my drift. Or even criticize it for that manner... so yeah.

I will see if I can give it a shot later on but for now I'm most likely gonna pass. At least for now.

Jan 23, 2019 11:53 PM by removed-user

Major Gurren Lagann vibes....which is a good thing.

Jan 23, 2019 9:01 PM by malvarez1

Please come to the US T_T

Jan 23, 2019 6:53 PM by RealMTL

ukloim said:

penpenpenpen said:
No sign of Sushio in the staff list, i hope he's doing something on this project

He was confirmed to be an animator on this movie.

where, he didnt say anything on his twitter

Jan 23, 2019 5:57 PM by anemonespotte

HYPER! I hope it's a good movie

Jan 23, 2019 2:37 PM by Fundashi666

Do we have any details on what it's about?

Jan 23, 2019 10:45 AM by DasHund

penpenpenpen said:
No sign of Sushio in the staff list, i hope he's doing something on this project

He was confirmed to be an animator on this movie.

Jan 23, 2019 4:29 AM by ukloim

Kaiser_Senpai said:

_MushiRock11_ said:
Great, looking forward to this!
Hopefully, this will be just as good as SSSS. Gridman, if not better!

I was sure the Sound Director would be Sawano Hiroyuki for this upomcing movie but well he’s still around for the music so not too much of disappointment.

Sound director? He never did that. The music is from him but the sound direction is always done by other person.

I’m aware of that, I was hoping for a change of pace in his (already) illustrious career. I read from some random source a month or so back that he’d finally become the Sound Director for this movie, and have since been hyping over it. I don’t usually pay attention to info from such kind of sources but this was too good that I convinced myself straight away it was true.
Hence, the little disappointment as I mentioned above.

Jan 23, 2019 4:12 AM by _MushiRock11_

Kaiser_Senpai said:

Sound director? He never did that. The music is from him but the sound direction is always done by other person.

Sound Director/Designer is different to Composer. Sound Director directs VA and sound effect. Composer make OST and Insert Song.

Jan 23, 2019 4:03 AM by gadboyz

It looks fun and colorful. I'm excited.

Jan 23, 2019 2:56 AM by xchyssa

Sound director? He never did that. The music is from him but the sound direction is always done by other person.

Jan 23, 2019 2:14 AM by KaiserFGO

No sign of Sushio in the staff list, i hope he's doing something on this project

Jan 22, 2019 10:51 PM by bhaktivinoda

Great, looking forward to this!
Hopefully, this will be just as good as SSSS. Gridman, if not better!

I was sure the Sound Director would be Sawano Hiroyuki for this upcoming movie but well he’s still around for the music so not totally disappointed here. Director of TGGL too, so it definitely has a great staff behind the scenes! Only worry is the little CG details in the key teaser, but I’m sure Trigger will get it right no doubt!

Jan 22, 2019 10:35 PM by _MushiRock11_

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