Distribution label TOHO NEXT and production company NOTHING NEW announced on Saturday that the anime film We Are Aliens (Ware Ware wa Uchūjin) will open throughout Japan on September 25. The announcement came alongside an updated teaser trailer featuring the confirmed release date.
Story
We Are Aliens follows Tsubasa and Gyōtarō, two boys who became close friends during elementary school, only to be driven apart by jealousy and misunderstandings. Years later, the two have gone their separate ways in life — until memories of their shared past resurface, forcing them to confront what happened between them long ago.
Cast
- Ryōta Bandō (Fureru., Japanese dub of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon) as adult Tsubasa
- Amane Okayama (Blue Giant, live-action I”s, Hirayasumi) as adult Gyōtarō
- Yūto Maki as young Tsubasa (selected via audition)
- Tasuku Nakagome as young Gyōtarō (selected via audition)
Staff
Director Kōhei Kadowaki — known for creating the ending sequence of BEASTARS Season 2 and music videos for YOASOBI — serves as the film’s planner, scriptwriter, director, storyboard artist, and editor. Composer Yaffle, who has previously worked with Fujii Kaze and Kenshi Yonezu, provides the film’s score.
NOTHING NEW planned and produced the film, with French studio Miyu Productions (Ghost Cat Anzu, A New Dawn) collaborating on the production after joining the project in June 2025.
Festival Screenings & International Distribution
The film screened at the Directors’ Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14, and is screening in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which runs through June 27.
Sales company CHARADES has licensed the film internationally to Hooray Films (Taiwan), Shaw Organisation (Singapore), Intercontinental Film Distributors (Hong Kong), and Sahamongkol Film (Thailand), and is handling all international sales.
Crowdfunding
The production team launched a crowdfunding campaign on the Motion Gallery website in November, aiming to cover production and advertising costs in order to “improve the quality of the work” and “distribute the film more widely.” The campaign closed on March 2, raising 9,604,510 yen (approximately US$60,467) — surpassing its original goal of 8 million yen (approximately US$50,365).
NOTHING NEW is a small film company founded in 2022 with the stated mission of creating “a world where talent is not crushed.”
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