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1st Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Film Opens in Hong Kong on September 22
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms announced on Monday that it will open "Yuki no Maki" (Snow Story), the first film of the Toku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ film trilogy, in Hong Kong on September 22.
"Yuki no Maki" opened on May 20. The second film "Tsuki no Maki" (Moon Story) opened on July 8. "Hana no Maki" (Flower Story) opened on September 1. Each film has a different director. Takashi Naoya returned from the Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru television series to direct "Yuki no Maki." Tomoaki Koshida returned from Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru. to direct "Tsuki no Maki." Sumie Noro directed "Hana no Maki."
Doga Kobo produced the films. Yuki Nekota, who wrote scripts for the second season of the show, also returned as scriptwriter for the films. Junichirō Taniguchi returned as character designer.
Mitsue Mori and Eriko Iida were the sub-character designers. Hiyori Denforword Akishino and Eri Nakajima were the Touken designers, and the former was also a prop designer alongside Tamami Izawa and Kazumi Ono. Takeshi Takahashi returned for art setting, while Yukari Yasuda returned as art director. Yuki Itō was the color key artist. Takehiro Go returned from the second season as compositing director of photography, and Kentarou Tsubone also returned as editor. Fumiyuki Go returned as sound director, while Katsuhiro Nakano was in charge of sound effects. Kenji Kawai once again composed the music.
The Touken Ranbu "sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as bishōnen. Nitroplus designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan in January 2015.
The franchise has inspired the Katsugeki: Touken Ranbu television anime series and an upcoming anime film, as well as the Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru spinoff's two anime series and a compilation anime film. The franchise has also inspired two live-action films, a series of stage musicals and a series of stage plays, as well as various manga.
Johren released the original Touken Ranbu browser game in English in April 2021, and released the smartphone version of the game in August 2021.
Koei Tecmo Games' Touken Ranbu Warriors game launched in Japan for PC and Switch on February 17, and will launch for Switch in North America on May 24.
