Hanawa returned to perform the theme song for the movie opening on November 23
Kodoani.com – Flag Pictures has just released a new trailer and poster image for Tonde Saitama ~Biwako Yori Ai o Komete~ (Fly Me to Saitama: From Lake Biwa With Love, a film full of homage to the James Bond novel and film From Russia with Love), is the sequel to this film. The trailer video revealed the main song of the movie “New Sakihokore Saitama” (Saitama in New Full Glory) performed by Hanawa. This is the follow-up song to Hanawa’s “Saitama-ken no Uta” (Song of Saitama Prefecture) from the first film.
The sequel’s cast includes:
Anne (Anne Watanabe) voiced Kai Kikyo Ainosuke Kataoka voiced Akira Kashoji Cookies! (from comedy duo Yasei Bakudan) voice Haruki Ōmi Mayu Hotta voice Miko Ōmi Maryjun Takahashi voice Jeanne d’Arc of Shiga Tomiko Claire voice Princess Wakayama Yoshimi Tendo voice Liberation Warrior Wakayama Atsuhiro Tsuda (from the duo comedy Daian) as a member of the Liberation Front Shiga Norika Fujiwara voiced Kobe Mayor Mayo Kawasaki voiced Kyoto Mayor High Heels Momoko voiced Former Osaka Governor Momiji Yamamura voiced landlady Emi Wakui voiced Naoko Uchida Akira voice 100% Tomoharu Uchida voice Nao Asahi voice Ino Wakatsuki
Gackt and Fumi Nikaidō will return from the first film as Rei Asami and Momomi Dannoura. Ryō Katō, Tsubasa Masuwaka, Maju Ozawa and Shoko Nakahara will also return in the film as Nobuo Shimokawa, Oko, Sazae and Awabi respectively.
The sequel to Tonde Saitama will open in Japan on November 23. The film was delayed from its original schedule last year following lead actor Gackt’s announcement of an indefinite hiatus. due September 2021. The disruption is due to an early-onset neurological disease that is progressing into a “life-threatening condition,” leading to dysphonia (a disorder of the voice). Gackt announced in May 2022 that he was physically recovering and production resumed in October 2022.
The film’s sequel will focus on the second phase of the Saitama Liberation Front’s “Japanese Saitamization Plan” led by Rei Asami (Gackt) and Momomi Dannoura (Nikaidō). In search of more freedom and peace, the group heads to the Kansai region in the west, where an incident between east and west will cause a fierce battle.
The first Tonde Saitama (Fly Me to Saitama) film opened in Japan in February 2019. The film sold 191,000 tickets with a total revenue of about 259,038,800 yen (about 2.33 million USD) in its first week premiered and topped the Japanese box office.
Maya originally launched the manga in Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine in 1982. Takarajimasha published a new compilation edition of the manga in 2015. The manga has over 660,000 copies in print.
According to: Kodoani.com
