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Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie

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is a 2022 Japanese animated film based on an original story featuring the characters of 'Teasing Master Takagi-san' manga series and its spin-off 'Tomorrow Is Saturday', both written and illustrated by Sichir Yamamoto. It is a direct sequel to the third season of the anime series. Produced by Shin-Ei Animation and distributed by Toho Visual Entertainment, the film is directed by Hiroaki Akagi from a script written by Hiroko Fukuda, Aki Itami, and Kanichi Kat. In the film, Takagi and Nishikata spend the last summer of their third year in junior high school.

Initially teased in August 2021, the film was confirmed alongside the announcement of a third season for the 'Teasing Master Takagi-san' anime series in September. The staff from the third season were announced to be helming the film in March 2022, with Rie Takahashi and Yuki Kaji returning to reprise their respective roles as Takagi and Nishikata. Additional staff and cast of the film were revealed in April 2022.

'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' held an early screening in Chiyoda City, Tokyo on June 4, 2022, and was released in Japan on June 10. The film has grossed over million worldwide.

Premise



A day before the start of the last summer in their junior high school, Takagi and Nishikata find a kitten on their way home, which they named Hana, and decide to take care of it until they find its mother.

Voice cast



* Rie Takahashi as Takagi

* Yuki Kaji as Nishikata

* Konomi Kohara as Mina

* MAO as Yukari

* Yui Ogura as Sanae

* Fukushi Ochiai as Kimura

* Nobuhiko Okamoto as Takao

* Koki Uchiyama as Hamaguchi

* Aoi Yki as Hj

* Yuma Uchida as Nakai

* Kotori Koiwai as Mano

* Hinata Tadokoro as Mr. Tanabe

* Inori Minase as Hana

* Haruka Tomatsu as ta

Production



In August 2021, the official website of Shogakukan initially teased a film version of 'Teasing Master Takagi-san' manga series by Sichir Yamamoto upon posting details about the upcoming release of its sixteenth volume, which was discovered by a group of fans on Twitter who were supporting a possible third season of the anime series. The film was officially confirmed in September 2021. Sentai Filmworks announced the acquisition of the film's license in December 2021. 'Teasing Master Takagi-san' anime series director Hiroaki Akagi was revealed to be returning to direct the film at Shin-Ei Animation, with supervision from Yamamoto, in March 2022 along with the main staff of the anime series' third season, including Hiroko Fukuda, Aki Itami, and Kanichi Kat as scriptwriters and Aya Takano as the character designer. Itami wrote the scenes with Hana owing to his love for cats, and Kat wrote the scenes involving Mina, Yukari, and Sanae. Fukuda was responsible for the main story and thus credited for the film's composition. Additionally, Rie Takahashi and Yuki Kaji were confirmed to be reprising their roles in the film as Takagi and Nishikata, respectively.

In April 2022, Inori Minase and Haruka Tomatsu were revealed to be joining the additional returning cast from the anime series in the film. The remaining staff for the film were also revealed, including Yuki Kasahara as the art director, Masato Makino as the cinematographer, Yumiko Nakaba as the editor, and Takahiro Enomito as the sound director. In May 2022, the characters that would be voiced by Minase and Tomatsu in the film were revealed as Hana, the kitten found by Takagi and Nishikata, and ta, a pet store clerk, respectively. In June 2022, Akagi confirmed that the film would have a concept that "did not exist in the original work" that the staff consulted Yamamoto first before moving forward with the production and would conclude the "story that began in the third season of the TV series."

Music



Hiroaki Tsutsumi was revealed to be composing 'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' through film scoring in March 2022, after previously doing so for the anime series' three seasons. Yuiko hara was also revealed to be performing the theme music for the film titled . Music arranger Minoru Yoshida included in the theme music the sound of waves and ferries he recorded at Shdoshima. The theme music is from her album 'Island Memories', which was released in Japan by Toho Animation Records on July 13, 2022. A collection of music used in the film, which was composed by Tsutsumi, was released digitally on June 10, 2022.

In June 2022, it was revealed that the film's ending theme music would change weekly for four weeks, beginning with Rie Takahashi performing by I Wish on the first week of its release. hara was also revealed to be performing the film's insert song . The first ending theme music was released digitally on June 17, 2022. "Tentai Kansoku" by Bump of Chicken, performed by Takahashi, was revealed as the second ending theme music. It was released digitally on June 24, 2022. For the third ending theme music, Takahashi performed a cover version of "Fragile" by Every Little Thing. It was released digitally on July 1, 2022. The fourth ending theme music was revealed to be Takahashi's cover version of by Flumpool, which was first used as the theme music for the 2010 film 'Kimi ni Todoke'. It was released digitally on July 8, 2022. The four theme music are included in the album 'Teasing Master Takagi-san 3 & Movie Version Cover Song Collection', which was released in Japan on July 13, 2022.

Marketing



Commercial videos for 'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' were released in 2022, one in February and two in March. A teaser visual and trailer for the film were released in March 2022. The main visual for the film was released in April 2022. A new trailer for the film was released in May 2022. , a 68-page booklet comprising the remade version of the first chapter of 'Teasing Master Takagi-san' manga series and a new chapter based on a scene in the film titled , was also announced as a gift during the film's first week of release in Japan. In July 2022, Sentai Filmworks released the film's official trailer in anticipation of its release in the United States.

Release



Theatrical

'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' held its early screening in Toho Cinemas Hibiya in Chiyoda City, Tokyo on June 4, 2022, and was released in Japan by Toho Visual Entertainment on June 10. The film held its United States premiere at Anime Expo in Regal Cinemas in Los Angeles on July 3, 2022, and was screened for two days on August 14 and 15.

Home media

'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' is set to be released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on November 16, 2022. The film is set to be streamed on HIDIVE at a later date.

Reception



Box office

, 'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' grossed million (million) in Japan and (million) in Taiwan, for a worldwide total of million.

The film grossed million (million) in its opening weekend, ranking sixth place at the box office behind 'Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween' (2022). In its second weekend, the film earned million and ranked down to ninth place at the box office. The film dropped off the ranking in its third weekend after earning milion .

Critical response

The Japanese review and survey firm Filmarks reported that 'Teasing Master Takagi-san: The Movie' had an approval rating of 4.11 out of 5, based on 322 reviews, placing the film first in their first-day satisfaction ranking.

Kim Morrissy of Anime News Network graded the film 'B+', feeling that it was a "natural culmination of what came before. If the end of the third season makes it easy to imagine what kind of future Nishikata and Takagi have together, then this film is like a coda." She praised the way the film's three-part plot "weave[s]... together in a way that makes them elegantly build on each other, culminating in a scene of romantic closure where no direct words of love even need to be said" and "builds up cinematic tension without introducing any external conflicts or relationship drama." In the program 'FilmWeek', KPCC film critic Charles Solomon described the film as "small... but a very gentle and sweet [film] you can't imagine anyone making in [Japan]." Review starts at 21:19 and ends at 23:28.

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