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Odex to Screen Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom Anime Film in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The film opened with regular screenings in Japan on September 20, but also had IMAX screenings beginning one week earlier on September 13.
The film ranked at #2 in its opening weekend. The film sold 198,000 tickets and earned 317,859,004 yen (about US$2.19 million). If the earlier IMAX screenings are included, the film had sold a total of 270,000 tickets and earned a cumulative total of 457 million yen (about US$3.15 million) in its September 20-22 opening.
The film dropped off the top 10 at Japanese box office in its fourth weekend. It had earned a cumulative total of 910,185,100 yen (about US$6.09 million) as of October 6.
Kadokawa describes the film's story:
Under the leadership of Sacred Queen Calca, the Roebel Sacred Kingdom enjoyed an era of peace, protected behind their great walls. However, that peace was easily destroyed by the sudden appearance of the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth and the attack of the Demi-Human Alliance. Though the grandmaster of Roebel Sacred Kingdom's Sacred Paladin Order, Remedios, and the high priestess, Kelart, gathered their forces to retaliate, they could not overcome the overwhelming difference in Jaldabaoth's power, and their kingdom is now on the verge of collapse. Remedios travels with her order and her subordinate, Neia, to a certain kingdom in hopes of gaining power to counter Jaldabaoth. The name of that kingdom is Sorcerer Kingdom Ains Ooal Gown. It is a grotesque nation ruled by an undead and despised by those of the Sacred Kingdom—
The four new cast members for the film include:
- Yoshino Aoyama as Neia Baraja
- Hitomi Nabatame as Remedios Custodio
- Saori Hayami as Calca Bessarez
- Haruka Tomatsu as Kelart Custodio
Naoyuki Itou returned to direct the film at Madhouse, and is also credited as scriptwriter and for composition. Yukie Sugawara returned for the film and is credited for script collaboration. Satoshi Tasaki also returned as character designer and chief animation director. Fumiyuki Go returned as the sound director at Bit Grooove Promotion. Shūji Katayama of Team-MAX returned to compose the music at Kadokawa. Kadokawa Animation is distributing the film.
Returning cast members include Satoshi Hino as Ains, Yumi Hara as Albedo, and Masayuki Katō as Demiurge.
The film project was first announced during a 2021 live special for the anime.
Source: Odex'S Facebook page, Odex's Philippines Facebook page
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