The official website of the Kono Hon wo Nusumu Mono wa (Whoever Steals This Book) movie unveiled the main cast, additional staff, theme song, trailer, and a main visual (pictured right) on Thursday. The movie adapting Nowaki Fukamidori's fantasy mystery novel will premiere in Japanese theatres on December 26.
CastMifuyu Mikura: Rin Kataoka
Mashiro: Sora Tamaki
Hirune Mikura: Nao Touyama (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai)
Ayumu Mikura: Junichi Suwabe (Mattaku Saikin no Tantei to Kitara)
Keiko Yosano: Shizuka Itou (Gokushufudou)
Takafumi Haruta: Simba Tsuchiya (Haikyuu!! 3rd Season)
Tamaki Mikura: Romi Park (Kakegurui××)
Staff
Storyboard: Daiki Fukuoka (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e)
Series Composition: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru)
Art Design: Kusanagi (Fate/strange Fake)
Color Design: Hiroaki Kaguchi (Hibi wa Sugiredo Meshi Umashi), Eriko Murata (Juuni Taisen) (Graphinica)
CG Director: Kouji Ichikawa (Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan) (Graphinica)
2D Design: Aya Kubota (Tokyo 24-ku) (Graphinica)
Director of Photography: Yuuichirou Tozawa (Golden Kamuy)
Editing: Kengo Shigemura (Senyoku no Sigrdrifa)
Sound Director: Fumiyuki Gou (Witch Watch)
Singer-songwriter YUKI (3-gatsu no Lion) is performing the theme song "Share," featured in the trailer below.
Fukuoka is directing the movie at Kagome Company. 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
