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Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun Film Streams Opening Sequence
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Kadokawa started streaming the opening sequence for the Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun: Ukkari Detekita Uchūjin o Sagase! (Space Academy: Find the Aliens Who Accidentally Came Out!) film based on Yūji Nishimura's web manga Uchū Nanchara Kotetsu-kun (Space Academy) on Thursday.
The film will open in theaters on September 11.
The film's story centers on space pilot trainee Kotetsu, who hears about the possible existence of aliens and drives the whole academy to search for them.
The film will feature both anime footage, as well as real footage of space.
The cast from the television anime will reprise their roles in the film.
Nishimura launched the manga on August 6, 2019, just after the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, and has since posted a chapter every other Monday for free. The manga follows the daily life of Kotetsu-kun, who aspires to be an astronaut, and friends at the Animal Space Academy as they all pursue their dreams.
The weekly anime premiered its first season on NHK Educational in April 2021, and aired until March 2022. The second season premiered in April 2022, and ended in February 2023.
Source: Press release
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