Kadokawa has revealed new details about the anime film adaptation of Nowaki Fukamidori’s Whoever Steals This Book novel, including the cast, staff, a new visual and trailer, and the film’s theme song. The Whoever Steals This Book film opens in theaters on December 26 in Japan.
Vocalist YUKI performs the Whoever Steals This Book theme song “Share.”
The cast includes:
- Rin Kataoka as Mifuyu Mikura
- Sora Tamaki as Mashiro
- Nao Tōyama as Hirune Mikura
- Junichi Suwabe as Ayumu Mikura
- Shizuka Itō as Keiko Yosano
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Takafumi Haruta
- Romi Park as Tamaki Mikura
Daisei Fukuoka directs the anime at Kagome Company (Kagokan). Yasuhiro Nakanishi writes the script, and Michiru Ōshima composes the music. Keiko Kurosawa is the film’s animation director and the character designer. Further, Kagokan founder Yūji Higa is the animation producer, and Kadokawa Animation distributes the film.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Key Artist: Eriko Murata, Tarō Kaguchi
- CG Director: Kōji Ichikawa
- 2D Design: Aya Kubota
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yuichiro Tozawa
- Editing: Kengo Shigemura
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Animation Producer: Yūji Higa
Kadokawa first published the novel in 2020. Moreover, a manga adaptation by Kakeru Sora was serialized in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine from 2021 to 2023. Yen Press distributes both the novel and the manga in English.
Lastly, here’s an overview, via Yen Press:
Descended from a long line of book collectors, high school student Mifuyu is surrounded by books in every aspect of her life. Her great-grandfather established the famous Mikura Hall, a library in the heart of town, and even the townspeople are all avid readers. There’s just one problem—Mifuyu hates books!
But when a thief in Mikura Hall triggers an ancient curse, she’s left with no choice but to reclaim the stolen books herself…by entering the very stories she despises! With the help of the mysterious Mashiro, will she be able to restore her great-grandfather’s collection and save her town from a magical doom?
