ghost – end of night Reveals New Cast and hitsujibungaku Theme Song

Bandai Namco Filmworks released new footage and production details for ghost – end of night (ghost/yoru no hate) on Tuesday. The theatrical anime comes from director Shingo Natsume and Madhouse.

The full trailer features “life,” the theme song by alternative rock band hitsujibungaku. The band also performs the film’s insert song, “Sugar.”

The film’s X account shared the second key visual. The newly revealed cast members are:

• Takeo Ōtsuka as Bora, Neekei’s predecessor, who loves beautiful things.
• Kazuhiro Yamaji as Ahab, an elderly homeless man who hates the world.
• Yūki Shin as Structure, a man with special privileges like Neekei.
• Hina Yomiya as MIke, a girl afraid of being selected.
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Masu’s son.

Mayu Hotta stars as Neekei, and Issei Takahashi plays Masu. The romanization of Masu’s name is unofficial.

The film opens in Japan on February 11, 2027, with Bandai Namco Filmworks distributing. It has already screened at:

• GKIDS
• Annecy International Animation Film Festival
• Tokyo International Film Festival
• Variety's Animation is Film festival, held October 16–19

The story follows Neekei in a near future where people no longer need to work. She searches for what is real and resists the established order of a content society.

The project also has a manga adaptation drawn by himiko. It began in Kadokawa’s Young Ace magazine on August 4.

The additional staff members are:

• Costume styling: Mana Yamamoto
• Costume design: Kana Itō
• Tattoo design: Mine Moea
• Assistant director: Keita Nagasaka
• Compositing director of photography and video direction: Akane Fushihara
• Action animator: Gōsei Oda
• In-between check: Akane Ōguchi
• Art director: Yukiko Maruyama
• Color key artist: Ayaka Nakamura
• CG visual programmer: Kezzardrix
• Editor: Kashiko Kimura
• Sound director: Shōji Hata
• Sound effects: Noriko Izumo
• Music: Ōzora Kimishima

The film’s X account also carries an earlier promotional image. The promotional images credit the ghost production committee.

Natsume directs and writes the film at Madhouse. His previous credits include:

• ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
• One-Punch Man
• Sonny Boy
• Space Dandy

Manga creator Natsume Ono provides the original character designs. Her works include:

• ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.
• Ristorante Paradiso
• House of Five Leaves
• Not Simple

Norifumi Kugai adapts the character designs for animation. His credits include ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. and Sonny Boy.

This is Natsume’s first original anime film as director. He said he wants its fiction to reflect the present and pursue realism.