The broadcast of the brand new anime Shōmetsu Toshi will start in April. To celebrate, the anime had its own special event held on the KILLER PINK stage at Anime Japan 2019. The anime convention was held on Sunday 24th March.
As the opening theme song started to play, five of the anime voice actors and actresses Kana Hanazawa (Yuki), Tomokazu Sugita (Takuya), Ayaka Asai (Souma), Taisuke Nishimura (Geek) and Ayane Sakura (Suzuna) took to the stage. When special guest Yuichi Nakamura (Akira) joined the stage, the audience erupted into cheers.
First, the voice actors and actresses introduced the anime and talked about the characters of Shōmetsu Toshi. The audience experienced hearing the story of the anime from the characters’ perspectives. As it has been five years since the release of the game which then turned into this anime, Kana Hanazawa (Yuki) then presented her tough fight to make post voice recordings for the voice of Yuki again for the earlier part of the story.
They also showed the audience the latest anime trailer, to which the venue drowned in the applause.
Shōmetsu Toshi anime trailer 2
Continuing on, series director Shota Shimoda from Wright Flyer Studios also took to the stage. Shimoda reflected on the trailer and talked about important scenes with the audience.
There was also an announcement that advanced registration for the phone app game AFTERLOST – Shōmetsu Toshi started on that day. Along with this, an official website and Twitter have also been set up. As announcements and updates will be made from time to time, please check them out!
Wristwatches
Yuki & Souma: Memories as siblings
Yoshiaki: Hope for reunion
Tsubasa: Promise to reunite
The goods corner was selling collaboration jewellery made by the jewellery brand “U-TREASURE”. On the day, Kana Hanazawa and Ayaka Asai (Souma) wore U-TREASURE collaboration necklaces and the crowd went wild! Afterwards, the five members from the SP15 game idol unit; Haruka Shamoto (Homura), Emiri Iwai (Nami), Hina Suguta (Haruka), Aguri Ōnishi (Rena) and Hikari Sonoyama (Yua), took to the stage. After the girls talked about their expectations for the anime, the crowd erupted into cheers and the stage curtains closed.
An advanced showing of the anime has been planned, so if you are interested in this anime, please check it out!
Information
Shōmetsu Toshi advanced showing
Date & time: Monday 1st April /Doors open: 18:40/Start: 19:00
Location: Shinjuku Wald 9 (Shinjuku 3-chome East Building 9th floor, 3-1-26, Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Prices: Designated seating only ー ¥3,000 (price includes tax)
Tickets: https://special.canime.jp/shoumetsutoshi/ticket/
Game app “AFTERLOST – Shōmetsu Toshi official website: https://shoumetsu.wfs.games/
Anime Shōmetsu Toshi official website: http://shoumetsutoshi-anime.com
(C)Wright Flyer Studios/Shōmetsu Toshi Production Committee