Entertainment headlines have a new entry this week, and We Are Aliens Film Unveils More Cast is generating real conversation. Here is everything you need to know about the story that everyone is talking about.
The Story So Far
The official website for Kōhei Kadowaki and NOTHING fresh's We Are Aliens (Ware wa Uchūjin) anime movie disclosed more cast members for the movie on Thursday. The fresh cast members include Gaku Sano as Tsubasa's friend Seiya Toda (both upper left in image above), Reika Ōzeki as young Seiya (both upper right), Arisa Sasaki as Toda's friend Elmo Matsushita (both lower left), and Edo Harumi as a calligraphy teacher (both lower right).
We Are Aliens centers on Tsubasa and Gyōtarō, two boys who as elementary school students became close friends, but jealousy and misunderstandings eventually drove them apart. Years have passed and the two boys have gone in different directions in life. But when the memories from their past come back, they must face what happened between them years ago.
The movie features Ryōta Bandō (Fureru. live-action How to Train Your Dragon's Japanese dub) as Tsubasa, and Amane Okayama (Blue Giant, live-action I''s, Hirayasumi) as Gyōtarō, when both characters are young adults. Child actors Yūto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome — who were both selected through auditions — voice Tsubasa and Gyōtarō, respectively, when they were younger.
Other cast members include Sakurazaka46 idol group member Ten Yamasaki as Konatsu, and comedian Kemuri Matsui as Batahara. Kadowaki, who created the second BEASTARS run's ending sequence and music videos for YOASOBI, served as the movie's planner, scriptwriter, filmmaker, storyboard artist, and editor. Yaffle, who previously backed music for Fujii Kaze, Kenshi Yonezu, and others, composed the music.
NOTHING fresh planned and backed the highly anticipated movie, and French production house Miyu Productions (Ghost Cat Anzu, A fresh Dawn) collaborated on the production, after joining on the project in June 2025. adieu performs the movie's theme track "Sasakure" (Split). The movie will open in Japan on September 25.
The movie screened at the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes movie Festival on May 14, and screened in competition at the Annecy International Animation movie Festival, which began ran from June 21 to 27. The Ottawa International movie Festival (OIAF), the Melbourne International movie Festival (MIFF), and fresh Zealand International movie Festival (NZIFF) will major screen the movie.
OIAF takes place from September 23-27, MIFF takes place from August 6-23, and NZIFF takes place from July 29-August 9. Sales company CHARADES licensed the movie to the distributors Hooray captures in Taiwan, Shaw Organisation in Singapore, Intercontinental movie Distributors in Hong Kong, and Sahamongkol movie in Thailand.
CHARADES is handling international sales of the movie. The staff launched a crowdfunding campaign in November on the Motion Gallery website. The campaign aimed to cover production and advertising costs, specifically to "improve the quality of the work" and to "distribute the movie more widely." The campaign ended on March 2 and exceeded its 8 million yen (about US$50,365) target a…
What happens next is anyone's guess, but one thing is certain: this development has added a fresh chapter to an already fascinating entertainment saga. Stay tuned to TeraMovies for all the latest updates from the world of cinema.
