Monster Strike The Movie (?????????? THE MOVIE ????????) is a 2016 Japanese animated action-adventure film directed by Shinpei Ezaki, written by Taku Kishimoto and based on the video game Monster Strike by Mixi and Yoshiki Okamoto. It is a prequel and sequel to the ONA anime series of the same name. It was released in Japan by Warner Bros. on 10 December 2016. The film was eventually released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on April 19, 2017 as well as a limited edition. It is unknown if it is region free or not.
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Japanese | ?????????? THE MOVIE ???????? |
Directed by | Shinpei Ezaki |
Produced by | Nao Hirasawa Teppei Sunamura |
Screenplay by | Taku Kishimoto |
Based on | Monster Strike by Mixi and Yoshiki Okamoto |
Music by | Monaca |
Cinematography | Tatsuya Nomura |
Edited by | Mai Hasegawa |
Production company | Liden Films Ultra Super Pictures XFlag Pictures |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥740 million ($6.8 million) |
Screenplay
It's a prequel story to the main events of the first season.
- Maaya Sakamoto as Ren Homura (young)
- Tomo Muranaka as Haruma Kagutsuchi (young)
- Lynn as Aoi Mizusawa
- Juri Kimura as Minami Wakaba
- Kengo Kawanishi as Akira Kagetsuki
- Jun Fukushima as Oragon
- Y?suke Kobayashi as Ren Homura
- Nana Mizuki as Arthur
- K?ichi Yamadera as Genome
- Kin'ya Kita?ji as Kentar? Ishibashi
On its opening weekend in Japan, the film was number-one by admissions, with 390,416, and number-two by gross, with ¥439.6 million ($3.8 million). Its final box office gross in Japan was ¥740 million ($6.8 million).