The latest work from ODDTAXI creator Baku Kinoshita, The Last Blossom anime film, flowered with news coming out of their panel at Anime Expo over the weekend and finally being revealed publicly tonight. This news included the first full trailer for the film, the theme song, new visual, and the film's October 10 release date in Japan. The Last Blossom 1st Full Trailer Japanese pop band cero, who are composing the music for the film, previewed the theme song “Moving Still Life” in the above trailer. Joining the cast of The Last Blossom are (new cast members are depicted on the bottom line) in the image below: Hayashida voiced by Hideaki Murata (member of comedy duo Toro Salmon) Tsutsumi voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto (Yasutora Sado in Bleach ) Wakamatsu voiced by Soma Saito (William James Moriarty in Moriarty the Patriot ) Konishi voiced by Kota Nakayama (Japanese comedian) RELATED: The Last Blossom Anime Movie Reveals Fall 2025 Release, Main Voice Cast Members Baku Kinoshita, who directed the original TV anime series ODDTAXI , directs and handles character designs of The Last Blossom , alongside Kazuya Konomoto, who wrote the script for ODDTAXI, writing the screenplay. Animation creator and game art designer Michinoku-toge provides the concept art. Anime production company CLAP ( Pompo: The Cinéphile ) works on planning and production. The Last Blossom screened as part of the official selection of Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025, which describes the story as such: Autumn 2023. Akutsu, an elderly inmate serving life in prison, is on the verge of a lonely death in his single cell. A talking Housenka flower says to him, "What a rotten life you had." Akutsu starts reflecting on his past. Summer 1986. Akutsu is living with Nana and her son Kensuke in a shabby apartment with a garden full of Housenkas. It is the tale of a one-night victorious comeback by a dying yakuza, and his family’s story told by a flower that blooms in prison. Source: Comic Natalie
