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Sentai Filmworks have recently announced that they have acquired the license to This Boy Can Fight Aliens (Aka. Kono Danshi, Uchu-jin a Tatakaemasu), a short film from up and coming director Soubi Yamamoto and produced by CoMix Wave. CoMix Wave is well known for their high quality animated films, including the works of Makoto Shinkai (Whose titles include Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below and 5 Centimeters Per Second) and hopefully this means we might be in line to see other previously unreleased CoMix Wave titles released internationally in the near future.
When aliens suddenly invade the world, Earth seems to be fighting a losing battle until Arikawa, one of the defense command staff, accidentally discovers a young man lying on a hill. Tests soon prove the impossible: this one teenager, Kakashi, has the power to defeat the attackers! Unfortunately, Kakashi has also lost his memory, and with it the knowledge of how to actually use his power. Moving Kakashi in with himself and his own commander, Shiro, Arikawa accidentally starts a strange triangle of emotions and relationships. A triangle that threatens the fate of the planet as Kakashi begins to question his own motivations! From up and coming director Soubi Yamamoto, and CoMix Wave, who spearheaded Japan’s new wave of independent anime production, comes a film that turns The War of The Worlds inside out: THIS BOY CAN FIGHT ALIENS!
This Boy Can Fight Aliens will be distributed digitally soon, with a home video DVD and Blu-ray release scheduled for later this year. For now, check out the English website for the film HERE.
According to the official Facebook page for the film, both the DVD and Blu-ray collections will include three of Soubi Yamamoto’s short film works:
- Sekaikei Sekairon (appx. 4min)
- Ra/ Radio Noise * Planet (appx. 3min)
- Robotica * Robotics (appx. 10min)
