A new trailer and key visual for The Concierge anime movie have been revealed, confirming an October 20 premiere date for Japanese theaters. The movie is also known as The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store in English and Hokkyoku Hyakkaten no Concierge-san in Japanese.
The Concierge is based on the manga by Tsuchika Nishimura. The manga was serialized from 2017 to 2018 in the Big Comic Zokan seinen manga magazine by publisher Shogakkukan.
The Concierge Anime Movie Set for October 2023
Japanese theaters will carry The Concierge when it premieres on October 20. In addition, a new key visual depicts the protagonist and newly hired saleswoman, Akino. Fans gain another glimpse into her story through a newly released trailer. Yoshimi Itazu is directing the film at animation studio Production I.G.
Watch the new trailer below.
Official Trailer
Lastly, here’s an overview of The Concierge via Fantasia International Film Festival:
“The word ‘no’ doesn’t exist in a concierge’s dictionary.”That’s just one of the demanding rules that Akino must abide by in her new job as a saleswoman at the elegant and expansive Hokkyoku Department Store. It’s a very special store — the customers are all animals, and the most valued among them are of extinct species. Sea minks, laughing owls, Japanese wolves, even an enormous mammoth — that’s Mr. Woolly, the celebrated sculptor whose works are showcased at the store.
It’s still a luxury retail space, though, and anxious Akino finds her hands full with the customers’ challenging requests. These range from hard-to-find merchandise to more complicated matters of the heart. Can the inexperienced Akino fulfill their whims and meet their expectations? If she wants to keep her job, she’ll have to succeed while under constant observation by the fussy floor manager Mr. Todo, a creepy consultant eager to downsize the staff, and the store’s enigmatic president (who is not a penguin, by the way!).
