{"rewrite":{"id":"r_36d17ff29770430be99eb928","clusterId":"c_f9fb465a12bedc2717803175","slug":"we-are-aliens-earns-special-mentions-at-rome-and-philadelphia","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"We Are Aliens Earns Special Mentions at Rome and Philadelphia","summary":"We Are Aliens, Kohei Kadowaki's anime feature for NOTHING NEW, received Special Mentions in the Alice nelle città section at the 21st Rome Film Festival on Sunday and an Honorable Mention at the 35th Philadelphia Film Festival the same day. The film's official website posted a clip of footage on Monday. We Are Aliens opened in Japan on September 15 and has screened at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, Annecy, Melbourne, New Zealand and Busan, and took the Ottawa Grand Prize for Animated Feature.","whyItMatters":"The film now carries prizes from Ottawa and Sitges plus weekend mentions in Rome and Philadelphia, a festival run that sits apart from its Japanese release on September 15.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFootage from We Are Aliens went up on the film\u0026#39;s official website on Monday, a day after the two festival notices. Kohei Kadowaki planned, wrote, directed, storyboarded and edited the film, having previously created the second BEASTARS season\u0026#39;s ending sequence and music videos for YOASOBI. NOTHING NEW planned and produced it, with French studio Miyu Productions joining the project in June 2025.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyota Bando and Amane Okayama voice Tsubasa and Gyotaro as young adults. Yuto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voice the same characters as children, both cast through auditions. Yaffle composed the music and adieu performs the theme song \u0026#34;Sasakure\u0026#34;.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"We Are Aliens now carries prizes from Rome, Philadelphia and Ottawa. Kohei Kadowaki's film won honors abroad before most Japanese audiences could see it at home, where it opened September 15.","twitterPost":"We Are Aliens collected Rome and Philadelphia honors the same day, after Ottawa's Grand Prize. Kohei Kadowaki's film is building a festival record outside Japan.","threadsPost":"We Are Aliens added Special Mentions at Rome and Philadelphia on the same day, on top of Ottawa's Grand Prize. Kohei Kadowaki's NOTHING NEW feature opened in Japan on September 15, so its awards run is happening largely away from the domestic market that saw it first.","newsletterBlurb":"We Are Aliens collected Special Mentions in the Alice nelle città section at the 21st Rome Film Festival and an Honorable Mention at the 35th Philadelphia Film Festival, both on Sunday. The film's official website posted a clip of footage the following day. Kohei Kadowaki planned, wrote, directed and edited the feature for NOTHING NEW, with Miyu Productions joining in June 2025.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-26/we-are-aliens-film-wins-awards-at-rome-philadelphia-film-festivals/.243231\",\"title\":\"We Are Aliens Film Wins Awards at Rome, Philadelphia Film Festivals\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6052,"outputTokens":2835,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793144968,"createdAt":"2026-10-27T23:44:07.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T23:48:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:48:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f9fb465a12bedc2717803175","canonicalTitle":"News\nWe Are Aliens Film Wins Awards at Rome, Philadelphia Film Festivals","representativeArticleId":"a_8bf37120729a89322dd69dd4","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"We Are Aliens\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"NOTHING NEW\"],\"people\":[\"Kōhei Kadowaki\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-27T23:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-27T23:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:48:25.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-26/we-are-aliens-film-wins-awards-at-rome-philadelphia-film-festivals/.243231","title":"News\nWe Are Aliens Film Wins Awards at Rome, Philadelphia Film Festivals"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["We Are Aliens"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["NOTHING NEW"],"people":["Kōhei Kadowaki"],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["We Are Aliens received Special Mentions in the Alice nelle città section at the 21st Rome Film Festival on Sunday.","Philadelphia Film Festival gave the film an Honorable Mention at its 35th edition on Sunday.","We Are Aliens opened in Japan on September 15.","Ottawa International Animation Festival awarded the film the Grand Prize for Animated Feature last month.","Kohei Kadowaki is the film's planner, scriptwriter, director, storyboard artist and editor."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["we-are-aliens","nothing-new","kohei-kadowaki"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"we-are-aliens","supported":11,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":15,"overall":"green","story_count":12,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"nothing-new","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"green","story_count":4,"has_dossier":true},{"slug":"kohei-kadowaki","supported":1,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":3,"overall":"green","story_count":7,"has_dossier":true}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}