Grotesqqque Unveils “Yoroshiku★Girl” Trailer and Three More Cast Members

Saturday’s Aniplex One Focus livestream unveiled a trailer for “Yoroshiku★Girl,” one of three stories in Atsushi Nishigori’s original anime film Grotesqqque. The film previously carried the title Grotesque.

The trailer also announced three additional cast members for the segment. Their name romanizations remain unconfirmed:

• Riho Sugiyama as Mimoza
• Ayaka Ōhashi as Kava
• Yōko Hikasa as Mitoge

Grotesqqque opens in Japan on November 6. Its world premiere took place at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, which ran from July 16 to August 2.

The omnibus brings together three stories with different worldviews:

• “A(E)liens”
• “Yoroshiku★Girl”
• “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque” (“Nocturne: Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni”)

“Yoroshiku★Girl” is also known as “4649 Girl” and pronounced “Yoroshiku★Shōjo.” Its title plays on “Nice to Meet You★Girl,” while its kanji literally mean “Evening Dew Heads to Its Death★Girl.” The digits 4649 can be read as “Yoroshiku” in Japanese.

“Nocturne: Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni” literally means “Nocturne: On This Grotesque Night.” An earlier video romanized the title as “Nocturn: En Cette Nuit Grotesque.”

The cast for “A(E)liens” includes:

• Kana Ichinose as Ellie
• Gen Hoshino as Kento Kurikura
• Akio Ōtsuka as Space Agency Bureau Director

The previously announced “Yoroshiku★Girl” cast includes:

• Sara Minami as Stella
• Ikumi Hasegawa as Unknown (Nanashi)
• Saori Hayami as Hikarin
• Maaya Uchida as Gorgeous Mika
• Chika Anzai as Sword
• Miyu Tomita as Chiffon
• Rumi Ōkubo as Papico
• Rie Kugimiya as Poyomi

Four Nogizaka46 members voice characters in “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque”:

• Nagi Inoue as Ayame
• Aruno Nakanishi as Shion
• Miku Ichinose as Momo
• Nao Tomisato as Canna

The film features contributions from 35 musical acts across its stories. Contributors to “A(E)liens” include:

• Mika Ichinose
• VaVa
• Ken Kamikita
• sabio/Fūta Takamura
• SEE
• Surii
• Taku Inoue
• Tsumiki
• Yūshi Nakajima (from Gusokumuzu)
• Nanahira
• Hashimero

The musical contributors to “Yoroshiku★Girl” include:

• ASCA
• Akki
• -otoha-
• Kotoko Satō (from yutori)
• Kanon Shizaki
• Ayato Shinozaki
• JUNNA
• Suisō
• Ryōsuke Tachibana
• Shiina Natsukawa
• Iori Noguchi (from =LOVE)
• Shōta Horie (also known as kemu)
• Myuk
• MIRI
• Rei Yasuda
• Yuyoyuppe
• Runaar
• Reol

The musical contributors to “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque” include:

• eba
• Nakano+
• Kairi Yagi

The band METALVERSE performs the opening theme, “Shoot Shoot Shoot.” Haoto sings the ending theme, with lyrics written by momosu momosu.

Nishigori, whose credits include The IDOLM@STER and DARLING in the FRANXX, directs the film, writes its screenplay, and designs its characters.

The film comes from JOEN, jointly established by Sony media subsidiary Aniplex, its animation studio CloverWorks, Production I.G sister company Wit Studio, and publisher Shueisha. CloverWorks producer Yūichi Fukushima and Wit Studio producer Tetsuya Nakatake serve as JOEN’s representative directors.