A new original feature film was announced in Japan back in September 2020 with Funimation revealed to be a co-producer on it with Sing a Bit of Harmony. The film comes from Yasuhiro Yoshiura, the director behind Time of Eve and Patema Inverted. The project saw an October 29th, 2021 release in Japan, and Funimation brought it out in theaters as well before it ended up on their service.
Back in 2022, the merger of libraries continued between Funimation and Crunchyroll where the film was added in its original Japanese with English subtitles as well as its English dubbed form. Now, Crunchyroll is able to expand on that with the German language dub for it available here and German subtitles as well with Japanese language.
The film has Yoshiura co-writing the script with Ichiro Okouchi while Kanna Kii handled the original character designs. They’re known for their work on the Umibe no Etranger manga. Shuichi Shimamura is adapting the designs while serving as the chief animation director with production handled by co-producer J.C. Staff.
The Japanese cast includes Tao Tsuchiya as Shion Ashimori, Haruka Fukuhara as Satomi Amano, Asuka Kudo as Tо̄ma, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Gocchan, Mikako Komatsu as Aya, Satoshi Hino as Thunder, Kenjiro Tsuda as Saijō, Sayaka Ohara as Mitsuko, Kenji Hamada as Nomiyama Kazlaser, and Miyu Sakihi.
On the English dub side of things, Caitlin Glass serves as ADR Director with Brina Palencia as ADR Song Director.
The English cast includes Megan Shipman as Shion, Risa Mei as Satomi, Jordan Dash Cruz as Toma, Ian Sinclair as Gotchan, Alexis Tipton as Aya, Kamen Casey as Thunder, Laila Berzins as Mitsuko, Richard L. Olsen as Nomiyama, David Wald as Saijo, Mike McFarland as Class Teacher, Miles Luna as Ishiguro, Brendan Blaber as Suzuyama, Macy Anne Johnson as Mayumi, Anjali Kunapaneni as Ryoko, A.J. Beckles as Maekawa, Michelle Rojas as Masuda, Emi Lo as Maeda, Anthony DiMascio as Yoshida, Apphia Yu as Inoue, Luis Bermudez as Mikado, Adam McArthur as Prince, and Doug Jackson as Chairman
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Plot Concept: Sing a Bit of Harmony tells the story of the beautiful and mysterious Shion (Tao Tsuchiya) who transfers to Keibu High School where she quickly becomes popular for her open-hearted personality and exceptional athletic talent… but she turns out to be an AI (artificial intelligence) in the testing phase! Shion’s goal is to bring chronic loner Satomi (Haruka Fukuhara) “happiness.” But her strategy is something no human would expect: she serenades Satomi in the middle of the classroom. After finding out that Shion is an AI, Satomi and her childhood friend, engineering geek Toma (Asuka Kudo), steadily warm up to the new student. Along with the popular and attractive Gotchan (Kazuyuki Okitsu), the strong-willed Aya (Mikako Komatsu), and judo club member “Thunder” (Satoshi Hino), they become more and more moved by Shion’s singing voice and earnestness even as her antics bewilder them. But what Shion does for Satomi’s sake ends up involving them all in some serious pandemonium… Get ready for the heartwarming story of a not quite market-ready AI and her classmates!
Previous teaser:
Shion's goal: MAKE SATOMI HAPPY!
Sing a Bit of Harmony, Funimation's first co-pro feature film, is coming to theaters soon!
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