The official website for the upcoming anime film adaptation of Shinji Ishii's Toritsukareotoko (translated to "A man obsessed with something") novel released a main trailer and visual today. The trailer features the film's theme song "Fanfare" provided by the three-piece Japanese band Awesome City Club and an insert song "Fanfare ~Koi ni Ukarete" sung by the film's two main voice cast: male idol group Ae! Group member Masaya Sano as the protagonist Giuseppe, and actor and singer Moka Kamishiraishi as the main heroine Pechika. Toritsukareotoko Main Trailer Main Visual Awesome City Club also provided the following message: After seeing the finished film, we felt that it was a warm and gentle work that will be loved for decades to come. We created the theme song, "Fanfare," not only for Giuseppe and Pechica in the film, but also with the hope that it would become a hymn to life for everyone. We hope you will enjoy the excitement leading up to the film's release with us. The site also announced the following five additional voice cast members: Cielo voiced by Hayato Kakizawa (actor, his first voice acting role) Boss Twist voiced by Takahiro Yamamoto (comedian, Sukefusa Ichikawa in The Elusive Samurai ) Boss Salsa voiced by Shinji Kawada (Challia Bull in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX ) Pechika's Mother voiced by Nana Mizuki (Fate Testarossa in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ) Tatan voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa (Kagaya Ubuyashiki in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ) RELATED: Masaya Sano, Moka Kamishiraishi Voice Lead Roles in Toritsukareotoko Anime Film The Toritsukareotoko anime film is set to release in Japan on November 7, 2025 . The film's premiere screening event will also be held on September 30 in Tokyo. Wataru Takahashi, known for his directorial works for the Crayon Shin-chan films (22nd, 24th, 26th, and 29th), serves as director on a screenplay by Naoyuki Miura. Masatsugu Arakawa designs the characters, and Shin-Ei Animation works on anime production. Ishii's original Toritsukareotoko novel was published by Billiken Shuppan in 2001 and was later published in a bunko edition by Shinchosha in 2006. The story centers on a young man named Giuseppe, who is called "Toristukareotoko" by the townspeople because once he gets absorbed in something, he cannot look at anything else. One day, he falls in love at first sight with a girl selling balloons named Pechika. He goes crazy and tries to get closer to Pechika, but she has a sadness in her heart and… For the sake of his beloved Pechka, Giuseppe and his partner, the mouse Cielo, secretly solve her worries by using the many tricks he has been obsessed with. Source: "Toritsukareotoko" anime film official website / X (formerly Twitter)
