The official website for Grotesqqque (formerly titled Grotesque), the original anime film directed by Atsushi Nishigori, announced on Wednesday that the film will feature the song “TERASE” performed by Mika Ichinose. The track is one of the musical contributions to the film’s “A(E)liens” segment, with singer-songwriter Ken Kamikita handling lyrics, composition, and arrangement. The song is now available on major streaming platforms, and a collaboration music video pairing the song with footage from the film has also been released.

Three Stories, Three Worlds

Grotesqqque is an omnibus film comprising three stories set in entirely different worlds:

• “A(E)liens”
• “Yoroshiku★Girl” (also known as “4649 Girl”; the title is a Japanese pun — the numbers 4-6-4-9 can be read as “Yoroshiku,” meaning “Nice to Meet You,” while the kanji carry the literal meaning “Evening Dew Heads to Its Death★Girl”)
• “Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque” (Japanese title: Nocturne: Kono Grotesque na Yoru ni, meaning “Nocturne: On This Grotesque Night”)

Voice Cast

A(E)liens

• Kana Ichinose as Ellie
• Gen Hoshino as Kento Kurikura
• Akio Ōtsuka as the Space Agency Bureau Director

Yoroshiku★Girl

• Sara Minami as Stella
• Ikumi Hasegawa as Unknown (Nanashi)
• Saori Hayami as Hikarin
• Maaya Uchida as Gorgeous Mika
• Chika Anzai as Sword
• Miyu Tomita as Chiffon
• Rumi Ōkubo as Papico
• Rie Kugimiya as Poyomi

Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque

• Nagi Inoue (Nogizaka46) as Ayame
• Aruno Nakanishi (Nogizaka46) as Shion
• Miku Ichinose (Nogizaka46) as Momo
• Nao Tomisato (Nogizaka46) as Canna

35 Musical Acts Across Three Segments

A(E)liens

• Mika Ichinose, VaVa, Ken Kamikita, sabio/Fūta Takamura, SEE, Surii, Taku Inoue, tsumiki, Yūshi Nakajima (Gusokumuzu), Nanahira, Hashimero

Yoroshiku★Girl

• ASCA, Akki, -otoha-, Kotoko Satō (yutori), Kanon Shizaki, Ayato Shinozaki, JUNNA, Suisō, Ryōsuke Tachibana, Shiina Natsukawa, Iori Noguchi (=LOVE), Shōta Horie (kemu), Myuk, MIRI, Rei Yasuda, Yuyoyuppe, Runaar, Reol

Nocturne: Nuit Grotesque

• eba, Nakano+, Kairi Yagi, Atsushi Nishigori

Theme Songs and Production

METALVERSE performs the opening theme “Shoot Shoot Shoot,” while Haoto sings the ending theme with lyrics by momosu momosu.

Director Atsushi Nishigori, known for The IDOLM@STER and DARLING in the FRANXX, also wrote the screenplay and designed the characters. The film is produced by JOEN, a joint venture between Aniplex, CloverWorks, Wit Studio, and Shueisha. CloverWorks producer Yūichi Fukushima and Wit Studio producer Tetsuya Nakatake serve as JOEN’s representative directors.

Release and Premieres

Grotesqqque opens in Japan on November 6. The film had its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal (July 16–August 2), followed by its U.S. premiere at the Japan Society in New York City on October 8, co-presented with CloverWorks and Aniplex of America. Director Nishigori attended the New York event in person to deliver a pre-screening introduction.