The upcoming Kaina of the Great Snow Sea: Hoshi no Kenja movie, which begins screening in Japan on October 13, has received an over two minute-long “special trailer” featuring the film’s Yorushika theme song “Gekkouyoku.”
Hoshi no Kenja is the sequel to the Kaina of the Great Snow Sea fantasy series that ran from January to March 2023 with 11 episodes. The movie will see the addition of Natsuki Hanae to the cast as Byozan, a dictator in control of the weapon called the Builder who seeks to destroy the Orbital Spire Trees and reset the world for humanity’s sake.
The series, which is the 40th anniversary project for Polygon Pictures, was streamed by Crunchyroll and Bilibili outside Japan. Manga artist Tsutomu Nihei (Blame!) is credited with the original concept for Kaina of the Great Snow Sea. The premise is described as:
A world blanketed in an endless and ever-growing ocean of snow.
The people eke out a living, either huddled around the roots of enormous trees dotting the surface, or high in the canopy, which spreads over the planet’s atmosphere.
A chance meeting between Kaina, a youth from the canopy, and Liliha, a young woman from the surface, sets off a chain of events that will change the fate of the world.
Staff
• Director: Hiroaki Ando (Listeners, Ajin: Demi-Human)
• Series composer: Sadayuki Murai (Sabikui Bisco)
• Animation character designer: Ryouhei Fukushi (Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars co-character designer)
• Animation character designer: Kyoko Kotani (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury character animation director)
• Visual concept designer: Mitsunori Kataama (Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars art director)
• Art director: Kimiko Kubo (Her Blue Sky background artist)
• Color designer: Hironori Nochi (Knights of Sidonia: Love Woven in the Stars)
• Chief layout and animation supervisor: Kazumasa Izawa (Knights of Sidonia: The Movie layout and animation supervisor)
• Music composer: Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan The Final Season co-composer)
• Music composer: Misaki Umase
Cast
• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kaina
• Rie Takahashi as Ririha
• Ayumu Murase as Yaona
• Maaya Sakamoto as Amelote
• Katsuyuki Konishi as Orinoga
• Tomokazu Sugita as Sogapoji
• Nobuyuki Hiyama as Handagil
• Kenyu Horiuchi as Haresora
Source: Fuji TV Anime Official Channel
