The official website for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Ammitsu’s romance manga series Gazing at the Star Next Door (known as Tonari no Stella or Stella Next to Me in Japan) released a trailer and teaser visual today. The site also announced that the movie is set to release in Japan on August 22, 2025.
Tonari no Stella Live-Action Movie Trailer
The new teaser visual released is also homage to the manga’s fourth volume cover.
Teaser visual
Manga 4th volume cover
Riko Fukumoto (Yuna Ichihara in Love Me, Love Me Not live-action film) is cast as the main heroine Chiaki Amano, while Yusei Yagi (dance and vocal group FANTASTICS from EXILE TRIBE member) plays her love interest, Subaru Hiiragi. Hana Matsumoto, who worked on the Oshi no Ko live-action drama series, serves as director on a screenplay by Sawako Kawamitsu. Toho will distribute the film.
Ammitsu’s original Gazing at the Star Next Door manga is serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend monthly shojo manga magazine since January 2022, with seven tankobon volumes released to date in Japan. Koandsha USA releases an English version of the manga, and describes the series:
Chiaki is a pretty normal teenage girl. Since they were kids, she’s had a thing for her best friend Subaru—who’s fast becoming the hottest young actor in Japan! With Subaru threatening to slip away, Chiaki has a decision to make: Will she finally take her shot, or give Subaru up to his adoring public?
Source: “Tonari no Stella” live-action movie official website / X (formerly Twitter)
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