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Eleven Arts to Screen Liz and the Blue Bird, Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden in U.S. Theaters

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Laughing Under the Clouds Gaiden anime film trilogy.

Eleven Arts also announced that it will open the Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 film in theaters this winter.

Eleven Arts will open Liz and the Blue Bird in theaters in the United States in November. The film first earned 53,573,900 yen ($492,400) in its opening weekend.

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The film is the Ayano Takeda's Sound! Euphonium novel series. Liz and the Blue Bird is based on the Sound! Euphonium ーKitauji Kōkō Suisōgakubu, Hanran no Dai Ni Gakushō: Kōhen (Sound! Euphonium - The Kitauji High School Concert Band's Turbulent Second Movement: Part 2) novel.

The new film focuses on flutist Nozomi Kasaki and oboist Mizore Yoroizuka, the characters that were also the focus of the Sound! Euphonium 2 anime's first half. In the new film, both Nozomi and Mizore are in their final year of high school, and Nozomi has reed the band. The band's new competition piece, "Liz and the Blue Bird," has a flute and oboe duet, which requires both Nozomi and Mizore to be coordinated. But while both have been together since middle school, Mizore is uneasy at the thought of being separated from Nozomi once more at the end of the year, which begins to affect not just their music, but their relationship.

Naoko Yamada (Space Dandy) composed the music.

Eleven Arts will open Donten ni Warau Gaiden (Laughing Under the Clouds - Side Story) film trilogy, on August 24. The company will open Donten ni Warau Gaiden: Ōka, Tenbō no Kakyū (Cherry Blossoms, the Bridge to Heavenly Wishes), the third film, at some time in the future.

The first film opened in Japan in December, and the second film open in Japan on September 1.

The original manga by Kemuri Karakara includes stories not told in the original manga, including some from the past and some from the future. The original manga's story takes place in the 11th year of the Meiji era, when the number of people in Japan who feel dissatisfaction toward the government are increasing due to the increasing speed of Westernization and the ban on samurai. In order to curb the increased rate of crime, the government opens a new prison. The three brothers of the Kumo family are entrusted with the duty of transporting these criminals to the new prison, but adventures await them on the way.

Tokyo Ghoul √A) is composing the music.

Source: Email correspondence with Eleven Arts, Eleven Arts Anime Expo (Gabriella Ekens)