The official website of the Kono Hon wo Nusumu Mono wa (Whoever Steals This Book) movie unveiled more cast and a new trailer on Friday. The movie adapting Nowaki Fukamidori's fantasy mystery novel will premiere in Japanese theaters on December 26.
CastKakihara: You Taichi (Nageki no Bourei wa Intai shitai)
Hiroda: Makoto Koichi (Kijin Gentoushou)
Takayama: Yumiri Hanamori (Overlord II)
Osanai: Hitomi Ueda (Ningen Fushin no Boukensha-tachi ga Sekai wo Sukuu you desu)
Uhara: Manaka Iwami (Fumetsu no Anata e)
Mysterious Man: Jun Fukuyama (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria)
Daiki Fukuoka (Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen) is helming the movie at Kagome Company. Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru) is handling the series composition. Keiko Kurosawa (Kanata no Astra) is designing the characters and Michiru Oshima (Little Witch Academia) is composing the music.
Fukamidori published the novel under the Kadokawa Bunko imprint in October 2020.
Kakeru Sora drew a manga adaptation in Young Ace from December 2021 to March 2023. Kadokawa published the third and final volume in April 2023.
Yen Press licensed the novel and manga in English in August 2023 and published the first novel volume on February 18. The third manga volume went on sale in October 2024.
Trailer
Source: Comic Natalie
