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Lonely Castle in the Mirror Anime Film's 2nd Trailer, Behind-the-Scenes Video Streamed
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Yuri's theme song "Merry Go Round."
Shochiku is also streaming a five-minute behind-the-scenes video for the film. The video outlines the story, and features comments from the voice actors and director Keiichi Hara.
The film will open in Japan on December 23, and stars:
- Ami Tōma as Kokoro
- Sakura Kiryū as Aki
- Takumi Kitamura as Rion
- Aoi Miyazaki as Kitajima-sensei
- Rihito Itagaki as Subaru
- Naho Yokomizo as Fūka
- Minami Takayama as Masamun
- Yūki Kaji as Ureshino
- Kumiko Asō as Kokoro's mother
- Mana Ashida as Ōkami-sama
- Shingo Fujimori as Ita-sensei
- Karen Takizawa as school nurse
Keiichi Hara (Harumi Fuuki, who has composed the music for Hara's prior films, is returning. Shochiku is distributing the film.
Doubleday released the novel in English in April 2021, and it describes the story:
In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining.At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished.
As time es, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.
Tsujimura (Anime Supremacy! novel, writer for A School Frozen in Time manga) released the original novel in Japan in 2017. It won the 2018 Japan Booksellers' Award, topped Da Vinci magazine's Book of the Year list in 2017, and won the grand prize in the King's Brunch Book Prize 2017. Erewhon released a hardcover English edition of the novel on October 18.
