{"rewrite":{"id":"r_eafabb76d950d42934d46740","clusterId":"c_f1b84fa8b6816abb818c9c94","slug":"grotesqqque-brings-atsushi-nishigori-and-cloverworks-back-for-a-three-story-film","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"GROTESQQQUE Brings Atsushi Nishigori and CloverWorks Back for a Three-Story Film","summary":"Atsushi Nishigori directed GROTESQQQUE, an original anime film that opens in theaters on Friday, November 5. The film is a triple bill of three unrelated stories. Nishigori worked with CloverWorks, the studio behind Bocchi the Rock! and SPY x FAMILY. Producer Yuichi Fukushima said the project grew out of conversations after DARLING in the FRANXX about doing something they liked before committing to a series or a large concept.","whyItMatters":"GROTESQQQUE is a film built around Nishigori's own visual preferences rather than a story engine, and CloverWorks' willingness to produce it is the reason it exists at all.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe project began without a decided release format. Nishigori said the outlet, including a theatrical release, had not been settled when he signed on, and he was thinking of a medium-length work. He had come off DARLING in the FRANXX spent, having put much of his energy into story construction and thematic work, and proposed a project with a completely different approach so he could start right away.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFukushima traced his own interest to Nishigori\u0026#39;s character design work on THE IDOLM@STER and to the characters and pictures Nishigori draws, which he said he loved. Their timing and inclinations matched, and the film became a three-part bill of separate stories.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"GROTESQQQUE's three stories share no plot, so the film rests on Nishigori's range as the throughline. Producer Yuichi Fukushima traces it to post-DARLING in the FRANXX talks about making something before committing to a series.","twitterPost":"GROTESQQQUE has no single plot to sell, so Nishigori's range carries the film across three unrelated stories.","threadsPost":"GROTESQQQUE is three unrelated stories in one film, which means there is no single plot to market. Nishigori's range is the throughline, and CloverWorks producer Yuichi Fukushima traces the project to post-DARLING in the FRANXX talks about making something before committing to a series or a large concept.","newsletterBlurb":"GROTESQQQUE, an original anime film directed by Atsushi Nishigori and produced with CloverWorks, opens in theaters on Friday, November 5. It is a triple bill of three separate stories. Producer Yuichi Fukushima said the project started after DARLING in the FRANXX from a shared wish to make something they liked before committing to a series or a large concept, and Nishigori said the release format was still undecided when he proposed it.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Denfaminicogamer\",\"url\":\"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/kikakuthetower/261030b\",\"title\":\"Atsushi Nishigori x CloverWorks x Original 3-Part Anime Film... What Kind of Project Is This?! 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