The official website for Studio Ponoc‘s The Imaginary anime film announced the addition of five new voice cast members. The film will premiere in Japanese theaters on December 15, 2023 and globally in 2024.
The newly announced cast members include:
- • Teiya Ichiryuusai as Honneko Garigari
- • Mitsuaki Kanuka as Koyuki
- • Ikue Ootani as Doron
- • Kokoro Hirasawa as Julia
- • Eito Kawahara as John
They join a main cast headlined by:
- • Kokoro Terada as Rudger
- • Rio Suzuki as Amanda
- • Sakura Andou as Lizzie
- • Riisa Naka as Emily
- • Takayuki Yamada as Zinzan
- • Atsuko Takahata as Granny Downbeat
- • Issey Ogata as Mr. Bunting
- • Akira Terao as The Old Dog
- • Hana Sugisaki as Aurora
Yoshiyuki Momose is the film’s director, who previously worked on the 2019 Ni no Kuni anime film and as character designer on the Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom video game. Yoshiaki Nishimura is the film’s producer and Studio Ponoc is the animation production company.
The main theme song for the film is “Nothing’s Impossible,” performed by musical duo A Great Big World and singer Rachel Platten.
The Imaginary is based on A.F. Harrold and Emily Gravett‘s 2014 novel of the same name. The film was originally meant to be released in the summer of 2022, but was delayed for some time around March 2022.
Studio Ponoc describes the synopsis of the film as:
The main character of The Imaginary is Rudger. Born from a young girl’s imagination, Rudger is a boy no one can see who lives in a world where imaginations can live and be eaten by others. The Imaginary is an extraordinarily touching and beautiful hand-drawn fantasy film in which Rudger and his new friends in “The Imaginaries Town” embark on an adventure no one can see at the risk of the futures and fates of those they love.
Source: The Imaginary Official Website
