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Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid Feature Film UK Blu-ray Released on Monday
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"Miss Kobayashi, Tohru, Kanna, and Iruru's peaceful lives are shattered when Kanna's father, Kimun Kamui, leader of the chaos faction, arrives and forces her to return to the Dragon World to fix a past mistake. With a war brewing between Chaos and Harmony, Kanna must find a way to unite the two worlds but is torn between her loyalty to her friends and her father's demands. Miss Kobayashi, however, refuses to let her go and tries to mend Kanna and her father's broken bond. As dragons clash, Iruru uncovers a hidden force manipulating the war. Can they stop the war before it consumes both worlds?"
Tatsuya Ishihara (Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S; Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!) directed the film, which features returning cast members Mutsumi Tamura as Kobayashi, Yūki Kuwahara as Tohru, and Maria Naganawa as Kanna. The new cast members include Fumihiko Tachiki as Kimun Kamui and Nobunaga Shimazaki as Azad. Shiori Sugiura voices Ilulu in the film, replacing Tomomi Mineuchi who quit voice acting in 2022.
fhána performs the opening theme song "Namida no Parade" (Parade of Tears). kotringo performs the insert song "Negaigoto" (Wish).
"The man who was feared by all villains, and revered by all hitmen—one day, fell in love! When Sakamoto met Aoi the convenience store clerk, it was love at first sight; and just like that, he retired. Sakamoto got married, had a daughter, opened a mom-and-pop store in a quiet town, and completely transformed… into a plus size!
"To ensure a peaceful life with his beloved family, the legendary ex-hitman takes on a relentless stream of assassin attacks. This action-packed story of the ordinary and extraordinary begins here!"
Masaki Watanabe (KADO - The Right Answer, Bartender, several Battle Spirits anime) directed the anime at TMS Entertainment. Taku Kishimoto (BLUELOCK, Haikyu!!, Moriarty the Patriot) oversaw the series scripts, and Yō Moriyama (Lupin the IIIrd: Goemon's Blood Spray, Lupin the IIIrd: Jigen's Gravestone) was the character designer.
Vaundy performed the opening theme song "Hashire Sakamoto" (Run, Sakamoto). Conton Candy performed the ending theme song "Futsū" (Normal).
Suzuki published a one-shot titled "Sakamoto" in Jump Giga in December 2019, and then launched the main manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in November 2020. Viz Media and MANGA Plus are publishing the manga in English digitally.
The series is described as follows:
"Shu lost his entire family in a special incident caused by demons called "D Hazards". He makes a contract with Kisara, an A-class demon, and she exterminates demons for him in order to solve past D Hazards and the mystery of the incident. The contract is to obtain the devil's power by kissing in exchange for his memories. A love triangle between a man, a devil, and his ex-girlfriend. With Kisara's great power, the truth is revealed little by little... Their uncertain bond teeters between love and contract. Where is their destiny headed..?"
Tomoya Tanaka (ēlDLIVE assistant director, Visual Prison) directed the anime at A-1 Pictures. Fumiaki Maruto, best known for the Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata light novels and the White Album 2 visual novels, was both writing and supervising the scripts for the anime. Date A Live and Hyperdimension Neptunia illustrator Tsunako designed the characters.
Shunsaku Yano (Try Knights, Record of Grancrest War) was in charge of the world setting. Masaaki Takiyama (Fate/Extra Last Encore, Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!) served as both animation character designer and chief animation director. Chiaki Furuzumi (Sword Art Online: Alicization - War of Underworld Part 2, Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic) was also the sub-character designer and chief animation director. Yoshiaki Fujisawa (The Eccentric Family, GATE, Love Live! School idol project, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) composed the music.
