Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Yūji Nishimura’s web manga Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun (Space Academy) will have an anime film titled Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Ukkari Detekita Uchūjin o Sagase! (Space Academy: Find the Aliens Who Accidentally Came Out!) that will open in Japan on September 11.
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The film’s story centers on space pilot trainee Kotetsu hearing about the possible existence of aliens and driving the whole academy to search for them.
The film will feature both anime footage, as well as real footage of space.
The cast from the television anime will reprise their roles in the film.
Yoshinori Tsutsui is directing the film. Yōichi Katō returns from the television anime to pen the film’s script. Tasuku Nakanishi and Yuri Habuka are composing the music. Kōhei Chida is credited as the music producer. Kensuke Matsui is credited for sound design. Bit Grooove Promotion is credited for sound production. Fanworks is credited for animation assistance. ScienceArt is credited for video production assistance, and NHK Educational is credited for video production. The Young Astronaut Club-Japan is credited for space supervision.
Nishimura launched the manga on August 6, 2019, just after the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, and has since posted a chapter every other Monday for free. The manga follows the daily life of Kotetsu-kun, who aspires to be an astronaut, and friends at the Animal Space Academy as they all pursue their dreams.
The weekly anime premiered its first season on NHK Educational in April 2021, and aired until March 2022. The second season premiered in April 2022, and ended in February 2023.
Source: Press release
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