The first six minutes of the 100 METERS anime movie, which debuted in Japanese theaters on September 19 JST, have officially been released on YouTube.
100 METERS is an adaptation of Uoto‘s (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) first serialized manga and is a new film from Kenji Iwaisawa (On–Gaku: Our Sound, the upcoming Hina is Beautiful). GKIDS will screen the film in North America in October and describes the premise as such:
100 METERS follows Togashi, a track star who is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, and Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
The movie was featured at Annecy 2024 as part of the Work-in-Progress lineup, and then at Annecy 2025 as part of the Official Selection category.
Staff
• Director: Kenji Iwaisawa (On–Gaku: Our Sound, the upcoming Hina is Beautiful)
• Scriptwriter: Yasuyuki Muto (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway)
• Character designer and chief animation director: Keisuke Kojima (My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World! director and character designer)
• Background art director: Keikankun Yamaguchi
• Animation production: ROCK’N ROLL MOUNTAIN
Cast
• Tori Matsuzaka as Togashi
• Shota Sometani as Komiya
• Jun Kasama as Nikami
• Koki Uchiyama as Zaitsu
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Kaido
Source: Asmik Ace YouTube channel
