Alice and Therese's Illusion Factory (Mari Okada - September 15, 2023)

[Misioon_Odisea]

Alice and Therese's Illusory Factory

アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場 (Alice to Teres no maboroshi kôjô), feature film directed by Mari Okada (MAQUIA: When the Promised Flower Blooms), animated at MAPPA Studio

New information shared today at MAPPA Stage 2023, premiering in Japan on September 15, 2023



The film centers on third-year middle school student Masamune, who lives in a town where time has stopped because a sudden explosion at a steelworks factory has sealed off all exits to the town. In order to hopefully one day return to normal, the residents of the town are forbidden from changing, and they live out their gloomy everyday lives. Masamune's enigmatic classmate Atsumi leads him one day to the fifth blast furnace of the steelworks factory, and there they meet a girl who is wild like a wolf and who cannot talk. The meeting of Masamune and these two girls upsets the balance of the world. The unstoppable "love impulse" of the boys and girls who are tired of their everyday lives begins to destroy the world. (Source: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ember-/.198258)

New trailer posted today:

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』 特報｜maboroshi 2nd Trailer

Official website: https://maboroshi.movie/

Previous trailer the project was originally unveiled with, back at MAPPA Stage 2021:

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』 超特報｜maboroshi 1st Trailer

Other major credits and cast (According to what's found on https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/enc...e.php?id=24483)

Screenplay: Mari Okada
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Character Design: Yuriko Ishii
Art Director: Kazuki Higashiji
Chief Animation Director: Yuriko Ishii
Assistant Director: Tadashi Hiramatsu

Junya Enoki as Masamune Kikuiri
Reina Ueda as Atsumi Sagami
Misaki Kuno as Itsumi

[Girls With Guns]

I've been looking forward to this ever since I saw the first trailer when it came out. I guess 2024 for a Blu-ray release.

[Misioon_Odisea]

Originally Posted by Girls With Guns

I've been looking forward to this ever since I saw the first trailer when it came out. I guess 2024 for a Blu-ray release.

Oh yeah, me too. Hopefully it also receives a good home video release as well when the moment arrives. I adore MAQUIA, this is my most awaited movie of the year.

[Misioon_Odisea]

Miyuki Nakajima Performs Theme Song for Mari Okada, MAPPA's Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō Anime Film

'Shin-on' is Nakajima's 1st ever anime theme song

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...anime-/.199682

Originally Posted by Joanna Cayanan

The staff for Mari Okada and MAPPA's original anime film Alice to Therese no Maboroshi Kōjō (Alice and Therese's Illusory Factory) announced on Thursday that singer-songwriter Miyuki Nakajima is performing the film's theme song titled "Shin-on" (Heartbeat). This is the first time that the veteran singer has performed a theme song for any anime or game. (Nakajima's songs have appeared in other anime's soundtracks, and she wrote songs for Cosmowarrior Zero and Space Battleship Yamato 2199 for other singers.)
Okada personally asked Nakajima for the theme song last fall. At first, Nakajima wondered about the request since she knows little about anime or games. However, Nakajima became convinced after reading Okada's script, and created the song specifically for the film.

[Misioon_Odisea]

Just recently, a new key visual has been revealed! Coming in big and unstoppable, I can't believe its premiere is finally materializing and we are getting closer every day.

https://twitter.com/maboroshi_2023/s...48378749157377

[Misioon_Odisea]

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』 本予告｜maboroshi Main Trailer

[Show spoiler]

This is what Anime is made for

[Misioon_Odisea]

Sharing here for everyone interested that the film's Official Soundtrack on CD is now available for pre-order on Amazon Japan! Its release date is marked September 13, two days before the movie's premiere proper. Includes Amazon-exclusive version with mega-jacket cover and a sticker, according to translation: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CBBTS8ZQ/

More information here: https://www.yamahamusic.co.jp/s/ymc/discography/1157



Also available is a CD Single version with the main theme of the film, "Shin-on" (Heartbeat), an additional track and alternate "TV-MIX" versions for each. It releases the same day as the main soundtrack, September 13. Don't miss your chance to purchase them! Includes Amazon-exclusive version too, with mega-jacket cover and sticker as well, according to translation: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0CBBSK5SJ/

More information here: https://www.yamahamusic.co.jp/s/ymc/discography/1156

[Misioon_Odisea]

We now have an estimated runtime for the film: According to what is published at MyAnimeList.net and TheMovieDB, the movie will be 1 hour and 51 minutes long, for a total of 111 minutes. If correct, then this would be only four minutes shorter than Mari Okada's previous epic, MAQUIA: When the Promised Flower Blooms (115 minutes).

https://myanimelist.net/anime/49303/...boroshi_Koujou

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/845387

Only eleven days left for its premiere in Japan! Here are a couple of short-form and TV format trailers published by MAPPA last week:

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』30秒TVCM｜恋する衝動編　9月15日(金)全国劇場公開！

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』15秒TVCM｜恋する衝動編　9月15日(金)全国劇場公開！

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』15秒TVCM｜変化は悪編　9月15日(金)全国劇場公開！

[Misioon_Odisea]

MAPPA published on their YouTube channel one last trailer ahead of the film's Japanese theatrical premiere this Friday:

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』ファイナル予告｜maboroshi Final Trailer

Plus a short music video for the main theme "Shin-on" ("Heartbeat") a few days earlier:

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』主題歌「心音（しんおん）」中島みゆき｜MVワンコーラスver.｜maboroshi Music Video Short

I can see this film probably being slightly renamed for its English release. Not anything drastic like how "How Do You Live?" became "The Boy and the Heron", but into something a little more manageable, like "The Factory of Illusions" or something along those lines. Either way, I can't wait to watch it!

[NeilZ]

Maquia was good, so looking forward to this one.

[Misioon_Odisea]

And just like an illusion, the film quietly receives a small change for its tentative English title...

Most of the places with a listing now address the movie as: Alice and Therese's Illusory Factory

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14935892/

https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/845387

https://letterboxd.com/film/alice-an...usory-factory/

Meanwhile, we continue to wait for the announcement of its official arrival in the United States. Any day now, hopefully this movement means it is coming soon... Do take note that some user reviews have already been published over at Letterboxd, so please tread carefully in order to avoid spoilers.

Finally, I share the official music video for the full theme song, "Shin-on", published by MAPPA a few weeks ago.

映画『アリスとテレスのまぼろし工場』主題歌「心音（しんおん）」中島みゆき｜MVフルver.｜maboroshi Music Video Long

[Misioon_Odisea]

We've lost. I cannot for the life of me think of a worse outcome than this...

Mari Okada, MAPPA's Original Anime Film Maboroshi Streams on Netflix Starting on January 15

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ary-15/.204820

[Piggles]

Considering the name change, perhaps this won't stop/delay a BD release under the Illusory Factory name

[omarchafa]

Originally Posted by Misioon_Odisea

We've lost. I cannot for the life of me think of a worse outcome than this...

Mari Okada, MAPPA's Original Anime Film Maboroshi Streams on Netflix Starting on January 15

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ary-15/.204820

Boo, I wanted a theatrical release and watch it on the big screen. This is why I'm starting to hate streaming more and more each year.

[pikagreg]

Yeah I am bummed it is going to Netflix

[Girls With Guns]

Ugh, F'n Netflix. So that means no physical Blu-ray release for at least 3 years, if ever, then. Arrg, over the High Seas I will have to go, Jolly ol' Mateys...!

[nyaa]

If you're gonna do that keep it to yourself, nobody needs to hear that.

[Girls With Guns]

Originally Posted by nyaa

If you're gonna do that keep it to yourself, nobody needs to hear that.

HAHAHA zrdb! Boy, now there's the Pot calling the Kettle black!

At least with me, once a physical Blu-ray is ever released, I will automatically buy it immediately - and often I will double- and triple-dip on the same title by purchasing various releases from multiple countries. So I end up supporting the industry world-wide. That's what all us Anime Elitists do! You should be pinning a medal on me, lol!

[nyaa]

Pot calling the kettle black?