Toritsukare Otoko Film's New Trailer Unveils Cast, November 7 Debut

Ae! group’s Masaya Sano, Moka Kamishiraishi voice lead characters, sing in November 7 film

Bandai Namco Filmworks and Shinei Animation announced the cast and November 7 opening date for the musical anime film of Shinji Ishii‘s Toritsukare Otoko (Obsessed Man) novel in a new “music trailer” on Tuesday.

Ae! group member Masaya Sano plays Giuseppe.

Giuseppe image for Toritsukare Otoko — Image via Toritsukare Otoko’s X/Twitter

Moka Kamishiraishi plays Pechka.

Pechka's image for Toritsukare Otoko film — Image via Toritsukare Otoko’s X/Twitter

Sano also sings the songs in the film with Kamishiraishi. Awesome City Club member atagi is contributing to a film’s soundtrack for the first time with five songs in Toritsukare Otoko and part of its background music. In particular, the trailer above features atagi’s song “Fanfare ~Koi ni Ukarete~” (Giddy in Love), as sung by Sano and Kamishiraishi.

Wataru Takahashi (Crayon Shin-chan 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 films) is directing the film at Shinei Animation, with a script by Naoyuki Miura (Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru.). Masatsugu Arakawa (Windy Tales, Medabots Spirit) is designing the characters. Bandai Namco Filmworks is distributing.

Ishii released the novel in 2001. The novel centers on Giuseppe, a man known in his town as the “Obsessed Man,” due to his tendency to be obsessed about a particular thing for short amounts of time, during which he pays no heed to anything else. One day, he sees a balloon seller named Pechka, and he falls in love at first sight. Though Giuseppe tries to get close to Pechka, the sadness that Pechka holds in her heart keeps him at a distance. Giuseppe enlists the aid of his mosue friend Cielo, as he uses the things he was previously obsessed about to slowly help Pechka.

Sources: Emotional Label’s YouTube channel, Comic Natalie