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Live-Action Gazing at the Star Next Door Film's New Trailer Reveals More Cast, FANTASTICS' Theme Song

The official website for the live-action FANTASTICS.

The additional cast include:

• Misa Shimizu as Chiaki's mother Chie Amano
• Tomu Miyazaki as Chiaki's father Mitsuhiro Amano
• Mahiru Konno as Subaru's mother Tōko Hiiragi
• Maho Nonami as Ritsuko Koyanagi, the president of the entertainment company where Subaru works
• Kenta Hamano as Hiroshi Tanase

The film will open on August 22.

publishes the series in English and describes the story:

Chiaki is a pretty normal teenage girl. Since they were kids, she's had a thing for her best friend Subaru—who's fast becoming the hottest young actor in Japan! With Subaru threatening to slip away, Chiaki has a decision to make: Will she finally take her shot, or give Subaru up to his adoring public?

The series stars Minami's Lover, right) as Subaru.

TOHO will distribute the film.

Ammitsu Bessatsu Friend magazine in January 2022. Kodansha shipped the seventh compiled book volume on December 13. Kodansha USA shipped the third volume in August 2024.

Ammitsu Ran the Peerless Beauty (Takane no Ran-san) manga in December 2020. Kodansha published the manga's 10th and final volume on January 13. Ammitsu launched the manga in Bessatsu Friend in July 2017.

Sources: Gazing at the Star Next Door live-action film's website, Comic Natalie