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Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-Hen Releasing in North American Cinemas on February 26

Aniplex USA have announced that they will be bringing over first film of the upcoming anime adaptation of Nisio Isin and Vofan’s Kizumonogatari entry in the Monogatari light novel series to North American cinemas on February 26, 2016.

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The first film in the Kizumonogatari anime film trilogy, Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen, will be available in select cinemas in USA from February 26. A new English Subtitled trailer has been released for the film’s North American release:

A Japanese cinema chain has listed Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen to be 60 minutes long. The movie will release in Japan on January 8th next year. The second film , Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen,will be released in Japan in the Summer 2016 anime season, which generally lasts from July – September.

There will be three anime films for Kizumonogatari. The first film will be titled Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen (Kizumonogatari I: Blood and Iron) and will release in Japan on January 8 in Toho Theatres across the nation. The second film will be titled Kizumonogatari II Nekketsu-hen (Kizumonogatari II: Passionate Blood) with the third and final movie being Kizumonogatari III Reiketsu-hen (Kizumonogatari III: Cold Blood). The release date of the third film have yet to be revealed.

The anime’s main cast includes:

  • Hiroshi Kamiya (Izaya Orihara from Durarara!!) returns to voice Koyomi Araragi

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  • Maaya Sakamoto (Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell) voices Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade

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  • Yui Horie (Naru Narusegawa in Love Hina) as Tsubasa Hanekawa

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  • Takahiro Sakurai (Shougo Makishima in Psycho-Pass) is voicing Meme Oshino

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  • Miyu Irino (Akito Hyuuga from Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito ) will voice Episode

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The character visuals have been revealed for the two new debuting characters:

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  • Dramaturgie

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The production staff of the Monogatari anime adaptations will also return to produce the movies:

  • Chief Director: Akiyuki Simbo (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
  • Director: Tatsuya Oishi (Bakemonogatari, MoonPhase Episode Director)
  • Anime Character Designers: Akio Watanabe (BakemonogatariThe World God Only Knows) and Hideyuki Morioka (D.Gray-man, Maria Holic)
  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka (Bakemonogatari, Free!)
  • Music Composer: Satoru Kousaki (Bakemonogatari, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya)
  • Animation Studio: Shaft (Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)

Here is the anime’s latest promotional video:

 

Tsubasa Hanekawa commercial:

Koyomi Araragi commercial:

Kizumonogatari itself is the third novel in the series set before Bakemonogatari and features the story arc Koyomi Vamp. Here is the synopsis for Kizumonogatari:

“I think it’s about time I talked about Kiss-Shot-Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade. I believe it’s something I have to do. I met her in the spring break between my second and third years of high school. That meeting had such impact and was also quite devastating.”

The Monogatari series is a collection of light novels, created by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Vofan. The novels started in late 2005 and published under Kodansha’s Box imprint, where there has been a total of 16 volumes to date. The 17th volume will release on April 3rd, and the 18th and final volume releasing later this year. The light novels first received an anime adaptation titled Bakemonogatari, after the first volume, in 2009 from the animation studio Shaft (NisekoiMahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica). Since then a total of 12 novels has been animated by the same studio. The most recent adaptation, Tsukimonogatari, aired on New Years In addition, a drama CD, a PlayStation Portable game and many figures and figurines have been made based on the series. The final book of the Monogatari series, Zokuowarimonogatari, released on September 17th last year.

Here is a synopsis of the first series:

Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms. He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

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There will be three films for the Kizumonogatari anime with the first film, Kizumonogatari I Tekketsu-hen, releasing in Japan on January 8, 2016 and in North America on February 26, 2016. The second film, Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen releasing in Japan in Summer 2016.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.kizumonogatari-movie.com/
And don’t forget to follow the anime on Twitter: @nisioisin_anime

 
Source Article and Images – Kizumonogatari USA Anime Website
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