{"rewrite":{"id":"r_76a2d79890af4bab2c7557fe","clusterId":"c_6c2298557e908b473c0a906f","slug":"we-are-aliens-trailer-puts-konatsu-in-front-as-september-25-opening-nears","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"We Are Aliens Trailer Puts Konatsu In Front As September 25 Opening Nears","summary":"NOTHING NEW released a new trailer and visual for the We Are Aliens anime film on Tuesday, both built around the heroine Konatsu, voiced by Sakurazaka46 member Ten Yamasaki. Ryota Bando and Amane Okayama play Tsubasa and Gyotaro as young adults, with Yuto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voicing the characters as children. Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited the film, which opens in Japan on September 25.","whyItMatters":"With the Japanese opening two weeks out, the marketing has moved from the two leads to the character who carries the emotional turn, and the festival run from Cannes to Busan already has the film in front of programmers before general audiences see it.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTen Yamasaki, a Sakurazaka46 member, voices Konatsu, and the new trailer and visual both center on her rather than on the two boys the film follows from elementary school into adulthood. Yamasaki shares the cast with comedian Kemuri Matsui, Gaku Sano as Tsubasa\u0026#39;s friend Seiya Toda, Reika Ozeki as young Seiya, Arisa Sasaki as Elmo Matsushita, and Edo Harumi as a calligraphy teacher.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKohei Kadowaki handled planning, script, direction, storyboarding, and editing, with Yaffle composing. French studio Miyu Productions joined the production in June 2025.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited We Are Aliens himself, so the film's trailer is one person's cut from script to final edit.","twitterPost":"Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited We Are Aliens, so Konatsu's framing is one person's call end to end.","threadsPost":"We Are Aliens carries a single authorship chain: Kohei Kadowaki wrote it, directed it, storyboarded it, and edited it. The trailer's focus on Konatsu is not a marketing tilt added late, it is the same hand that shaped the script.","newsletterBlurb":"NOTHING NEW released a new trailer and visual for the We Are Aliens anime film, both focused on the heroine Konatsu, voiced by Sakurazaka46 member Ten Yamasaki. Kohei Kadowaki wrote, directed, storyboarded, and edited the film, with Yaffle composing and French studio Miyu Productions collaborating. It opens in Japan on September 25.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/we-are-aliens-film-new-trailer-highlights-heroine-konatsu/.241788\",\"title\":\"We Are Aliens Film's New Trailer Highlights Heroine Konatsu\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4748,"outputTokens":636,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789445664,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T04:09:59.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-15T04:13:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T04:13:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6c2298557e908b473c0a906f","canonicalTitle":"News\nWe Are Aliens Film's New Trailer Highlights Heroine Konatsu","representativeArticleId":"a_9af471884ae7ac1cdb596dca","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"We Are Aliens\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Nothing New\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-15T02:11:32.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-15T02:11:32.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-15T04:13:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-14/we-are-aliens-film-new-trailer-highlights-heroine-konatsu/.241788","title":"News\nWe Are Aliens Film's New Trailer Highlights Heroine Konatsu"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["We Are Aliens"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Nothing New"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}