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New Anime Film Makes the Perfect Collaboration Choice with Gorgeous New Trailer

Summary

  • The Trapezium film features a song by Vtuber Suisei Hoshimachi, which fits the story of a girl who wants to become an idol star.
  • CloverWorks' serious approach to Trapezium is evident in their choice of Suisei, showing their dedication to embodying film elements.
  • Unlike other idol anime, Trapezium focuses on the challenges of the industry and features an effective collaboration with a Vtuber like Suisei.


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CloverWorks recently released the opening minutes of its upcoming year Anime Movie, trapeze, with a song by Vtuber Suisei Hoshimachi. While the inclusion of these digital entertainers may seem like a publicity stunt, it could also be a smart decision that shows the staff's commitment to embodying the film's elements in every way. Given that it's about a girl who wants to become an idol star, Suisei's own historic rise to recognition is a perfect mirror.


Instead of focusing on singing and dancing, TRapezium (written in lower case) focuses on the challenges of breaking into the idol industry. Suisei's collaboration is a perfect fit, as she has achieved the very rags-to-riches dream that the film's main chase sequences pursue.

This could be seen as a conscious artistic choice that is visible The folks at CloverWorks are taking this project very seriously, which should come as a relief to fans of the idol genre.

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“Trapezium” selects the perfect opening vocals for the upcoming film

The film's latest trailer, uploaded to Aniplex's YouTube channel, shows both the upcoming premiere date, May 10, 2024, and the first four minutes of the feature. There's been a lot of buzz about the new song featured in the opening credits. Nanmonai, It features the voices of Suisei Hoshimachi and an actor named “Sakuma”, with Suisei's voice more prominent in the video. Suisei's collaboration happens to be the second in the trend of getting Vtubers to sing anime Suicide Squad: Isekai Make waves when it's popular It was revealed that Vtuber Mori Calliope sings the final song Maker.


While both online entertainers are established singers and streamers working under the same parent brand, Hololive, Suisei's inclusion in Trapeze is a far more appropriate choice. If Yu Higashi aspires to become an idol in the film, then Suisei is the story made real. While today she has fully produced music videos and collaborates with famous producers such as Taku Inoue, although she only presents an anime avatar to the world, The singer famously struggled to find her footing, starting out with self-produced animations and becoming entangled in stunted music projects until she ended up at Hololive.

The new Idol film appears to be a tightly constructed feature film

CloverWorks' passion and production value make this project seem like an instant success

Image from Suisei's album, "spook"It shows her surrounded by blue flowers as she holds a hand in front of her face and looks at the screen.

Trapeze won't be like other idol anime, as cliche as the term may be. With the film being penned by Kazumi Takayama and Suisei now involved in the creative process, the film clearly has a deep interest in the nature of the business rather than the glitz and glamor of the stage. CloverWorks seems to fully understand its project, if it can even extend that theme to its choice of singer. With Trapeze In just a few weeks, fans may have a gem on their hands, made even more beautiful by this surprise team.