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The Concierge: Crunchyroll has Anime Film for US Cinematic Release
Crunchyroll has anime film The Concierge, adapted from the novel "The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store" set for North American release.
Crunchyroll has acquired the North American rights for the new anime film The Concierge. The film, an adaptation of Tsuchika Nishimura's novel "The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store," follows Akino, a trainee concierge, who works at a very special store – the customers are all animals, and the most valued among them are extinct species. The story is one of Japanese fiction's entries in stories in the service industry and learning empathy by having walking, talking animals as stand-ins and metaphors for humans because Japanese fiction's greatest interest is in learning empathy as part of the base Shinto Buddhist beliefs in core Japanese culture. Who doesn't love a comedy of manners with humans and talking animals in a department store?
"Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge."
The Concierge is directed by Yoshimi Itazu from the production company PRODUCTION I.G (Ghost in the Shell, PSYCHO-PASS, Haikyuu!). The main voice cast includes Natsumi Kawaida as Akino, Takeo Otsuka as Elulu, and Kenjiro Tsuda as Woolly.
The Concierge made its World Premiere this past June at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its North American Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The film will screen in competition at the Animation Is Film Festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 21, at 3 p.m. PT. Tickets are now on sale at https://animationisfilm.com/
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