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Naoko Yamada's The Colours Within Screenings at London Film Festival in October

There will be two English-subtitled screenings of The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro), the new anime feature film by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada (K-ON!, The Heike Story, A Silent Voice), at the London Film Festival. The screenings will be at the Prince Charles Cinema on Saturday October 19 at 6.10 p.m. and at the BFI Southbank on Sunday October 20 at 3 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday September 17, but they will be available a week earlier to BFI members.

The anime opened in Japan on Friday. The film was originally slated to open in fall 2023, but it was then slated to open in 2024. The film has IMAX screenings in 51 theaters in Japan. GKIDS has acquired the film for North America, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand, and it will screen the film in winter 2024. Anime Ltd. has acquired the film for Europe. PLAION PICTURES will handle Italian- and German-speaking territories, and CHARADES will manage sales for the rest of Europe, Latin America, Australia, and New Zealand.

The story centers on Totsuko, a high school girl who can see the "colors" of the emotions in people's hearts. She attends a mission school in Nagasaki. In order to keep her friends and family from feeling dark feelings, she worries, reads situations, and even lies to smooth things over. At an antique bookshop in the corner of town, she meets a beautiful woman with an incredibly beautiful color and a music-loving boy trying to put together a band. The story follows these three sensitive people who gather together to play in a band.

Yamada directed the film at Science SARU. Story Inc. is credited as planner and producer. Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Girls und Panzer, Ride Your Wave, Violet Evergarden) penned the script, and kensuke ushio (Space Dandy, A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird, Chainsaw Man) composed the music. DaisukeRichard drafted the original characters, and Takashi Kojima designed the characters and also directed the animation. Mr. Children performs the theme song "in the pocket."

The film held its premiere at this year's Annecy International Film Festival earlier this year in June. The film also won the Best Animation Film award at the 26th Shanghai International Film Festival in June.

Sanami Suzuki launched a manga adaptation of the film on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype platform on July 16.