Get ready to experience the cinematic performance of the artist behind Chainsaw Man’s “KICK BACK” and The Boy and the Heron’s “Chikyugi – Spinning Globe” as the KENSHI YONEZU 2023 TOUR / FANTASY concert film heads to select theaters in September! Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures Entertainment will help release the movie starting September 24 for a one-day-only special release, with premiere dates including screenings at select theaters in the following locations:
September 24: Los Angeles, London, Paris
September 25: Los Angeles, New York, Toronto
September 26: Sydney
September 28: Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile (cities to be announced)
The film will be played exclusively at Regal LA LIVE in Los Angeles, Regal Union Square in New York and Cineplex Yonge Dundas in Toronto.
Kenshi Yonezu is known for his songs featured in Chainsaw Man, FINAL FANTASY XVI, The Boy and the Heron and more. His latest album, LOST CORNER, is now available worldwide. Fans in Los Angeles can also experience a pop event at Kiosk-o-thèque on Sunset Boulevard on August 24-25 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. and from August 26-27 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. celebrating the release of LOST CORNER, featuring exclusive merchandise, CDs and exclusive screenings of Kenshi Yonezu content.The concert film is described as such:
KENSHI YONEZU 2023 TOUR / FANTASY was taped during Yonezu’s last concert performance held in Yokohama, Japan, at the Yokohama Arena on July 2, 2023. The show features some of his chart-topping hits, including “Lemon,” the long-running theme song for the TV series Unnatural, for which Yonezu made Billboard chart history by becoming the first-ever act to score song of the year with the same song for two years; the theme song for Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning film The Boy and the Heron, “Chikyugi – Spinning Globe”; the opening theme for TV anime Chainsaw Man, for which Yonezu became the first-ever Japanese language song to reach RIAA Gold certification, “KICK BACK” and many more. Experience the raw emotion and passion of Kenshi Yonezu’s music as well as his electric stage presence as it unfolds on the big screen.
