The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Kaori Mado’s You, Fireworks, and Our Promise (Kimi to Hanabi to Yakusoku to) novel series revealed a new trailer and key visual. The trailer reveals more cast and staff and previews the theme song “Kienai Hanabi (Eternal Fireworks)” by idol group timelesz. The film will screen in theaters on July 17.
Newly announced cast members include:
- Rie Takahashi as Haru
- Natsuko Yokosawa as Yukari Natsume
Shōri Satō of the idol group timelesz will star as the protagonist Makoto Natsume, and Nanoka Hara plays the heroine Aki Hayama.
Kei Suzuki is directing the film at Synergy SP and The Answer Studio, and Kōhei Mori wrote the screenplay. Yūji Watanabe handles the character design, Michihiko Umezawa planned and produced the project with Shinei Animation.
The newly announced staff members include Toshiharu Mizutani, who serves as art director. Shiho Kuriki as color key artist, Shinji Saitō as compositing director of photography, Takeshi Takadera as sound director, and Arisa Okehazama as musical composer. other staff members include:
- Original Script Concepts: Madoka Hosoya, michi
- Distribution: Shochiku, Shinei Animation
- Promotional Collaboration: Showgate
- Sponsors: Niigata Prefecture, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefectural Tourist Association
Lastly, here’s a description of the film via MyAnimeList:
Set around the Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Show, one of Japan’s three major fireworks displays, this story follows two high school students, Makoto and Akira.
Though they live far apart in Tokyo and have never met, their lives are unexpectedly brought together by a single, mysterious painting of a firework. Drawn together by this strange connection, the two grow closer as time runs short. As the festival approaches, Makoto and Akira are faced with a decision that will change their futures forever.
