CloverWorks has announced that the upcoming original film Grotesqqque will feature the new insert song “TERASE” by Mika Ichinose. Singer-songwriter Ken Kamikita wrote the lyrics for, scored, and arranged the song.
Grotesqqque will open in theaters on November 6 in Japan. The film is an omnibus combining three stories, each with their own themes and outlook. All three stories will also have their own unique characters.
METALVERSE performs the opening theme song “Shoot Shoot Shoot,” and Haoto performs the ending theme song with lyrics by momosu momosu.
The cast of the film includes:
- A(E)liens:
- Kana Ichinose as Ellie
- Gen Hoshino as Kento Kurikura
- Akio Ōtsuka as Space Agency Bureau Director
- Yoroshiku★Girl
- Sara Minami as Stella
- Ikumi Hasegawa as Unknown (Nanashi)
- Saori Hayami as Hikarin
- Maaya Uchida as Gorgeous Mika
- Chika Anzai as Sword
- Miyu Tomita as Chiffon
- Rumi Ōkubo as Papico
- Rie Kugimiya as Poyomi
- Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque
- Nagi Inoue (from Nogizaka46) as Ayame
- Aruno Nakanishi (from Nogizaka46) as Shion
- Miku Ichinose (from Nogizaka46) as Momo
- Nao Tomisato (from Nogizaka46) as Canna
Musical acts contributing to Grotesqqque include:
- A(E)liens
- Mika Ichinose
- VaVa
- Ken Kamikita
- sabio/Fūta Takamura
- SEE
- Surii
- Taku Inoue
- tsumiki
- Yūshi Nakajima (from Gusokumuzu)
- Nanahira
- Hashimero
- Yoroshiku★Girl
- ASCA
- Akki
- -otoha-
- Kotoko Satō (from yutori)
- Kanon Shizaki
- Ayato Shinozaki
- JUNNA
- Suisō
- Ryōsuke Tachibana
- Shiina Natsukawa
- Iori Noguchi (from =LOVE)
- Shōta Horie (also known as kemu)
- Myuk
- MIRI
- Rei Yasuda
- Yuyoyuppe
- Runaar
- Reol
- Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque
- eba
- Nakano+
- Kairi Yagi
Atsushi Nishigori directs the anime film, writes the screenplay, and designs the characters. JOEN are co-producing, the company created by the film’s distributor Aniplex, WIT Studio, and Shueisha. Yūichi Fukushima from CloverWorks and Tetsuya Nakatake from WIT Studio are representative directors for JOEN.
Nishigori is known for directing Darling in the FranXX and The iDOLM@STER, as well as his key animation and animation direction on a variety of projects. In 2008, he won the Tokyo Anime Award for Character Design for his work on Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
