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Saekano Film Gets Fan Screening in Singapore on December 14, 15
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Southeast Asian anime distributor Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend light novel series, at GV Plaza in Singapore on December 14 and 15. Theatergoers will receive a character board and an A4 clear poster. Aniplus-Asia noted that there are currently no plans for a general screening for the film.
Aniplus-Asia previously announced that it will release the film in Southeast Asia.
The film earned a cumulative total of 604,313,480 yen ($5.53 million).
Aniplex is distributing the film.
The returning cast included:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tomoya Aki
- Megumi Katō
- Saori Ōnishi as Eriri Spencer Sawamura
- Utaha Kasumigaoka
- Sayuri Yahagi as Michiru Hyōdō
- Chinatsu Akasaki as Izumi Hashima
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Iori Hashima
The film is not a compilation film of the previous anime, but is a new work.
Maruto's original light novel series with illustrations by dōjin game after her. However, he finds out a month later that the girl is in fact his classmate, and he doesn't know her name. He learns that the girl — named Megumi — actually is hardly noticed by others. Tomoya also has no artistic ability or writing skills, so he asks ace of the art club Eriri Spencer Sawamura to provide the art, as well as the honor student Utaha Kasumigaoka to write the scenario. Can they produce a decent game for Comic Market?
The novels inspired an anime adaptation titled Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend that premiered in January 2015 in Japan on Amazon Prime Video.
