New poster for Flowers and Alice's Murders
Time Network News The famous Japanese director Shunji Iwai's first animated feature film "Flowers and Alice Killings" was exposed today with a new poster. In addition to the two female protagonists who will voice their respective characters, Suzuki Apricot and Yu Aoi, the other voice actor lineups have also been revealed, and Ryo Katsuji, Kuroki Hua, Kimura Tae, Hiraizumi Sei, and the male protagonist of the movie "Flowers and Alice", Guo Zhibo, will all contribute to the film.
The film "Flowers and Alice", released in 2004, is one of the representative works of Shunji Iwai. It tells the story of the triangular relationship between two teenage girls who have been friends since childhood, Flower and Alice and a teenager. Shunji Iwai used a delicate, aesthetic visual language and a simple story to construct a unique youthful style, and also took over the work of the film's writers, producers and original music.
Trailer for Flowers and Alice's Murders
This time, the animated film "Flower and Alice Murder Incident" will tell the story of flower and Alice's encounter. On the newly exposed poster, Shy Flower hides behind Alice, which reads "Alice, the strongest transfer student in history." The strongest 'home squat' flower ever. At the same time that the two men met, the smallest murder in the world took place. ”
In addition to directing an animated feature film for the first time, Shunji Iwai is also the writer and producer of the film. Another executive producer is Tomohiko Ishii, who has produced Hal's Moving Castle and Ghost in the Shell SSS 3d. The color design film Katayama Yumiko of "East Eden" and the art supervisor of Makoto Shinkai's "Garden of Words" Takiguchi Bilushi will also join.
Shunji Iwai seems to be interested in opening up a new realm in the animation circle recently. Previously, he also collaborated with the Japanese website "TownWork" on the commercial animation short film "Town Workers". This time there are many big names behind the scenes of the animation industry, how the effect of the film is worth looking forward to, not to mention, Iwai Shunji's family still has a bit of "animation background", and his uncle Takahata's "The Tale of Hui Ye Hime" has recently been nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.
"The Killing of Flowers and Alice" is currently finalized and will be released in Japan on February 20.