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Space Brothers #0 Film's Full Trailer Streamed

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Film telling "starting point" of Nanba brothers' dream opens on August 9

The official website for Uchū Kyōdai #0 (Space Brothers #0, pronounced "Number Zero"), the first Space Brothers anime film, began streaming the first full trailer on Saturday.

Text: "In order to continue drawing this dream, I wrote the dream's starting point." -Original Author Chūya Koyama
Text: From the original scripts of original author Chūya Koyama
Text: A story 4 years before chapter 1
Butler: I will now introduce your new training instructors. Eddie Jay! And his younger brother, Brian Jay!
Hibito: The Jay brothers... the brothers are both astronauts huh?
Text: The younger brother rookie astronaut: Hibito
Text: The older brother who has forgotten his dream of going to space: Mutta
Mutta: I don't even come close when you compare Brian Jay and my younger brother, who are both equals.
Text: Theme song: Unicorn "Hayaguchi Curry"
Brian: Namba Hibito, where are you?
Hibito: Hey Brian, why did you choose me to be your backup?
Brian: Is it not fun?
Hibito: Well... it is fun.
Brian: Then I made the right choice.
Narrator: Leaving those words behind, he left...
Text: A sudden crash
Reporter: Three NASA astronauts were the victims in this accident.
Text: And so, my dream also crashed.
Mutta: What kind of power can my words have... Hibito...
Young Hibito: I've brought courage!
Text: The memory I've started to forget
Hibito: My older brother, he's an amazing person.
Text: Brothers, Family, Comrades
Narrator: When the memory of that far off day and the message Brian left behind are connected, with courage, they will launch once more.
Text: A "Farewell" and "Courage" story
Mutta: I'm going to do it as well, Hibito. I will show you, as your one and only older brother.
Narrator: Space Brothers #0
Text: This is the starting point. This is chapter 0.

The character Brian Jay, a legendary astronaut in both Chūya Koyama's original manga and the television anime, will play an integral role in the film. The film will depict for the first time the "true reason" and the "starting point" behind Mutta and Hibito's goal of going to space. The film will also give more details on the other "Space Brothers" in the series: Eddie and Brian Jay.

Specifically, the film will explore the theme of bereavement and how people recover after losing a loved one, and how friends can support each other during this time of need. Hibito is confused as to why Brian Jay chose him, a rookie astronaut, to be his backup, and voices his worries that he isn't talented enough to fulfill such a role. Brian then leaves Hibito with the response: "You need to experience this tough and fun chance to your heart's content" before he goes to the moon. Then the tragic CES-43 accident ensures that the two will never meet again. After the accident, NASA begins to reconsider manned space missions.

Hibito then turns to Mutta, who is working for an automobile company, having abandoned his dream of becoming an astronaut. Mutta is running out of patience with his company, and he is transferred to the countryside. Mutta struggles with what to say to Hibito, who is grieving and feeling helpless, and he recalls words he said to Hibito when they were kids.

Koyama wrote the original scripts for the "origin story" film. The television anime's director Ayumu Watanabe is helming the film at A-1 Pictures. Hiroaki Hirata and KENN are reprising their roles as Mutta Nanba and Hibito Nanba, respectively. Rock band Unicorn is performing the film's two theme songs, which include the anime's first opening theme song "Feel So Moon" along with the new song "Hayaguchi Curry."

The film opens in Japan on August 9.

Koyama launched the manga in Kodansha's Morning magazine in 2007, and the manga's 23 volumes and spinoff books have 14 million copies in print. The manga won the General categories in both the 56th Shogakukan Manga Awards and the 35th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2011.

The manga not only inspired the recently-finished television anime series, but also a live-action film starring Shun Oguri and Masaki Okada. The live-action film earned 1.5 billion yen (about US$15 million). Crunchyroll is posting the manga and is streaming the television anime online, and Sentai Filmworks licensed the television anime for North America.


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