Shochiku has released a new trailer for the L’étoile de Paris en Fleur original anime film, revealing new cast members and the theme song. Ryokuō-shoku Shakai performs the theme song “Kaze ni Noru (Ride the Wind)”
The cast additions include (left to right):
- Mugi Kadowaki as Olga
- Onoe Matsuya II as Chuu Wakabayashi
- Tokyo03 member Akihiro Kakuta as Enzo
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Shoichi Yajima
L’étoile de Paris en Fleur opens in theaters on March 13, 2026 in Japan.
The film’s main cast members include:
- Ami Toma as Fujiko Tsugita
- Rina Arashi as Chizuru Sonoi
- Taichi Saotome as Ruslan
Additional cast members include:
- Yoshiko Sakakibara
- Akio Ōtsuka
- Yūko Kaida
- Shinshū Fuji
- Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Kenshō Ono
- Kaori Nazuka
- Jun Karasawa
- Ayumu Murase
- Yumi Uchiyama
- Hiroshi Iwasaki
- Anna Nagase
- Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Hinaki Yano
- Hitomi Nabatame
Gorō Taniguchi directs the anime film at Arvo Animation. Reiko Yoshida wrote the script, and Ghibli character designer Katsuya Kondō and Taniguchi are drafting the original character designs. Yū Yamashita adapts Kondō’s original character designs for animation. Takayuki Hattori is the music composer.
The other staff members include:
- Researcher: Seiichi Shirato
- Art Director: Yūji Kaneko
- Color Key Artist: Akiko Shibata
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
- Character Direction: Yuriko Chiba
- 3D CG Director: Hisayasu Kamiya
- Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
- Prop Design: Tomomi Ozaki
- Mechanical Design: Fumihiro Katagai
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Distribution: Shochiku
Set in the early 1900s, L’étoile de Paris en Fleur follows two Japanese girls that want to make their dreams come true and become stars. Fujiko aspires to be a painter, while Chizuru wants to delve deeper into ballet. They meet by chance in Yokohama and later meet in Paris, where they decide to strive for their dreams together.
