LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! - TAKE ON ME To Be Released in Select Theaters this November
Source: Azoland Pictures press release Official Site: anime-chu-2.com (Japan), azolandpictures.com/chunibyo-takeonme (US) Special Thanks to Erika T. Wright Azoland Pictures and Sentai Filmworks announced the forthcoming theatrical release of the highly anticipated anime feature film, LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! - TAKE ON ME (?? ?????????? -Take On Me-, Eiga Chuunibyoo Demo Koi Ga Shitai -Take On Me-, 2018). Following the North American premiere at Los Angeles Anime Film Festival in Los Angeles, California, the film will be released in select theaters across North America starting November 2, 2018. Theater patrons will receive an exclusive giveaway item with each purchased ticket at participating theaters, while supplies last. The film will be shown with Japanese audio and English subtitles. LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! is based off the light novel, of the same name, written by Torako. It received an anime adaption produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara in 2012. The series continued on for Season 2, LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! -HEART THROB- in 2014. Sentai Filmworks has released both the TV series in North America, attracting a number of viewers worldwide with their unique Chunibyo (delusional) world, cute high school romance comedy and epic action scenes. LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! - TAKE ON ME premiered at over 70 theaters in Japan in January 2018 and ranked #6 at the box office on its opening weekend. Details on tickets and showtimes are available on the official Azoland Pictures website. About LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! - TAKE ON ME Yuta and Rikka may have finally started to come to terms with the various delusions that have run their lives, but as their relationship becomes progressively more real, their development as a couple seems to be increasingly in danger of stalling out! When your relationship is partially the result of a series of fantasies, what can reality serve up that`s equal to the make-believe? Rikka`s sister decides that she`s going to move to Italy and take Rikka with her, and the solution that Rikka and Yuta decide on is both improbably logical and unrealistically practical: They`re going to elope! For real! Get ready for the ultimate fantasy road trip as our two young would-be lovers take off a whirlwind tour of the real Japan in LOVE, CHUNIBYO AND OTHER DELUSIONS! - TAKE ON ME. CREDITS STAFF Original Creator: Torako Director: Tatsuya Ishihara Script: Jukki Hanada Character Design: Kazumi Ikeda Art Director: Mutsuo Shinohara Color Design: Akiyo Takeda Setting: Hiroyuki Takahashi Director of Photography: Akihiro Ura 3D Director: Rin Yamamoto Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka Music: Nijine Theme Song Artist: ZAQ Production: Kyoto Animation Distribution: Shochiku CAST Yuta Togashi: Jun Fukuyama Rikka Takanashi: Maaya Uchida Shinka Nibutani: Chinatsu Akasaki Kumin Tsuyuri: Azumi Asakura Sanae Dekomori: Sumire Uesaka Satone Shichimiya: Juri Nagatsuma Makoto Isshiki: Soichiro Hoshi Toka Takanashi: Eri Sendai Kuzuha Togashi: Kaori Fukuhara Nanase Tsukumo: Kikuko Inoue Rikka`s Mother: Junko Iwao
Image courtesy of Azoland Pictures. © Torako/Kyoto Animation/Chu-2byo – Production Partnership