Image source: Grotesqqque anime film’s website, Comic Natalie — via Anime News Network
Aniplex began streaming a trailer on Thursday for the "A(E)liens" story segment of Atsushi Nishigori's original anime film Grotesqqque (previously titled Grotesque).
The film is an omnibus film of three stories with different worldviews:
The film's cast members and characters include:
For the"A(E)liens" story:
For the "Yoroshiku★Girl" story:
For the "Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque" story:
The 35 musical acts contributing to each story in the film are:
"A(E)liens:"
"Yoroshiku★Girl"
"Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque"
The band METALVERSE perform the opening theme song "Shoot Shoot Shoot." Haoto performs the ending theme song with lyrics by momosu momosu.
Atsushi Nishigori(The IDOLM@STER, DARLING in the FRANXX) is directing the film, and is also writing the screenplay and designing the characters.
The film comes from JOEN, the company jointly established by Sony media subsidiary Aniplex, its CloverWorks animation studio, Production I. G sister company Wit Studio, and publisher Shueisha. CloverWorks producer YūichiFukushima and Wit Studio producer Tetsuya Nakatake are the representative directors of JOEN.