Poplar Bunko introduced on Friday that Yutaka Hara‘s Kaiketsu Zorori youngsters’s e book collection is inspiring a brand new anime movie titled Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō (A Star Is Born, a reference to the American movies of the identical identify) that can open in Japan in December. The movie will likely be based mostly on the 2019 Kaiketsu Zorori: Star Tanjō e book, however can have a brand new tackle the story. The story will middle on Zorori’s encounter with a woman named Hipopo, who desires to be a star, however is unable to sing for a sure cause.

This would be the first new anime movie within the franchise since 2017’s Kaiketsu Zorori: ZZ no Himitsu, and it marks the franchise‘s thirty fifth anniversary.

Bandai Namco Footage and Ajia-do will once more produce the animation. Atsuhiro Tomioka, the primary author for the earlier two Kaiketsu Zorori tv anime, is returning to pen the movie’s script. Kōhei Tanaka, who has composed the music for earlier entries within the franchise, is returning to attain the movie.

Kōichi Yamadera, Rikako Aikawa, Motoko Kumai, and Yuuki Kaji will return from the sooner tv anime as Zorori, Ishishi, Noshishi, and Beat, respectively.

Hara’s books observe Zorori, a mischievous bandit fox who goals of turning into the “King of Pranks.” Zorori goals to “construct his personal fort and make a good looking princess his spouse,” and he embarks on one misadventure after one other along with his two boar companions Ishishi and Noshishi.

Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori (Extra! Severely Unserious Unimaginable Zorori), the brand new tv anime for the franchise, premiered its third collection on NHK Academic on April 6.

This anime collection that premiered in April 2020 was the primary tv anime of the books in 13 years. The present featured episodes with tales that didn’t seem within the earlier books and diversifications. The anime additionally featured the brand new, unique character Beat, Zorori’s rival.

The anime’s second collection premiered on NHK E-TV in April 2021.

Hara started the e book collection in 1987. The books impressed a 1993 movie, a 2004-2005 tv anime collection, one other tv anime from 2005 to 2007, and a second movie in 2006. The sooner movies had been quick works that screened with different anime, however the collection then impressed 4 feature-length movies in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017.

Sources: Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō movie’s web site, Comedian Natalie