It was officially announced at Kadokawa’s AnimeJapan 2024 stage event today that independent anime artist Gensho Yasuda’s original film Make A Girl is set to release in Japanese theaters in 2025.In addition to the previously announced Atsumi Tanezaki (Frieren in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) as No. 0 and Shun Horie (Kazuya Kinoshita in Rent-a-Girlfriend) as Akira, two more voice cast members of Akira’s classmates were announced — Toshiki Masuda (Chris Redgrave in HIGH CARD) as Kunihito Obayashi and Sora Amamiya (Aqua in KONOSUBA -God’s blessing on this wonderful world!) as Akane Sachimura.
Message from Toshiki Masuda:
I am very pleased to be cast in the role of Kunihito Obayashi. I have known director Gensho Yasuda through SNS and have been attracted to his worldview. I hope that you will enjoy this film from various perspectives, which is centered on human drama and mixes realism with a touch of affectation in its visual direction. And I wish you to come to the theater to see this feature-length film by director Yasuda and. Please taste a forerunner of a new history.
Message from Sora Amamiya:
When I was chosen for the role, I didn’t know the details yet, so I was excited to read the script to see what kind of world awaited me. The storyline in a world with advanced science and technology, combined with the reality of the images, made me feel as if it could happen to me in the not-so-distant future, and I found myself immersed in the film and enjoying it. I am sure that you will feel the realism and power of such a unique experience! Please look forward to the release of the film!
Make A Girl Teaser trailer
The feature film is based on Yasuda’s independent 3DCG short film Make Love released on February 8, 2020. The two-and-a-half-minute short was selected as an award-winning work in the 29th CG Animation Contest, Japan’s oldest CG animation contest. Yasuda serves as director/screenplay writer, and Yasuda Gensho Studio by Xenotoon, a 3D studio jointly established by Yasuda and Xenotoon, works on anime production. The story takes place in the near future: Akira Mizutamari, a scientific genius who succeeded in developing and commercializing SALT, a robot that supports people’s lives, finds himself stuck in a rut when all of his new inventions fail. After hearing from a friend that he can “power up” by creating a girlfriend, he does literally that and scientifically creates an “artificial” girlfriend named “No. Zero”. Torn between her programmed emotions and her growing feelings, No. Zero starts to waver. Is it “love” that buds between her and Akira, who is unaccustomed to communicating with others, or perhaps……?
Sources: “Make A Girl” anime film project official website / Twitter, Kadokawa AnimeJapan 2024 Stage Event©︎ Gensho Yasuda / Xenotoon, Make A Girl Project
