The official Twitter account for Funimation and J.C. Workers‘s unique anime movie coproduction Sing a Little bit of Concord (Ai no Utagoe o Kikasete) started streaming a promotional video, and it options two insert songs by Shion Ashimori’s voice actress Tao Tsuchiya: “You’ve got Bought Buddies ~Anata ni wa Tomodachi ga Iru~” and “Lead Your Associate.”

The movie opened in Japan on October 29. Funimation will display the movie in theaters within the U.S., Canada, the U.Ok., Eire, Australia, and New Zealand in early 2022.

Funimation describes the movie:

Sing a Little bit of Concord tells the story of the attractive and mysterious Shion (Tao Tsuchiya) who transfers to Keibu Excessive Faculty the place she rapidly turns into standard for her open-hearted persona and distinctive athletic expertise… however she seems to be an AI (synthetic intelligence) within the testing section! Shion’s objective is to carry power loner Satomi (Haruka Fukuhara) “happiness.” However her technique is one thing no human would anticipate: she serenades Satomi in the course of the classroom. After discovering out that Shion is an AI, Satomi and her childhood pal, engineering geek Toma (Asuka Kudo), steadily heat as much as the brand new scholar. Together with the favored and engaging Gotchan (Kazuyuki Okitsu), the strong-willed Aya (Mikako Komatsu), and judo membership member “Thunder” (Satoshi Hino), they develop into an increasing number of moved by Shion’s singing voice and earnestness at the same time as her antics bewilder them. However what Shion does for Satomi’s sake finally ends up involving all of them in some severe pandemonium… Prepare for the heartwarming story of a not fairly market-ready AI and her classmates!

The forged contains:

• Tao Tsuchiya as Shion Ashimori
• Haruka Fukuhara as Satomi Amano
• Asuka Kudo as Tо̄ma
• Kazuyuki Okitsu as Gocchan
• Mikako Komatsu as Aya
• Satoshi Hino as Thunder
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Saijō
• Sayaka Ohara as Mitsuko
• Kenji Hamada as Nomiyama

Japanese comic Kazlaser and former Takarazuka actress Miyu Sakihi are additionally within the movie.

Yasuhiro Yoshiura (Time of Eve and Patema Inverted) directed the movie. Yoshiura and Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass, Princess Principal, Seven Days Struggle) co-wrote the script. Kanna Kii, the creator of the Seaside Stranger manga, drew the unique character designs. Shuichi Shimamura (Honey and Clover, Nodame Cantabile) designed the characters for animation, and was additionally the chief animation director. Ryō Takahashi (Sk8 the Infinity) composed the music, and Yohei Matsui (Ensemble Stars!) wrote the songs.

Sources: Sing a Little bit of Concord anime’s Twitter account, Comedian Natalie