Global anime destination Crunchyroll announced today that it has acquired the North American rights for the new animated feature film The Concierge. The film is set to be released by Aniplex in Japan on October 20 and expected to come to Crunchyroll and Sony Pictures territories in 2024.
Adapted from Tsuchika Nishimura’s manga The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store (published in Shogakukan’s Big Comic Zōkan), follows a trainee concierge at a very special store where the customers are all animals, and the most valued among them are extinct species.
Synopsis: Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge.
The main voice cast includes Natsumi Kawaida as Akino, Takeo Otsuka as Elulu and Kenjiro Tsuda as Woolly.
The Concierge made its World Premiere this past June at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its North American Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival. The film will screen in competition at the Animation Is Film festival in Los Angeles on Saturday, October 21 at 3 p.m. PT. (Tickets are now on sale).
The Concierge is the first feature film from director Yoshimi Itazu (Welcome to the Ballroom), produced by Production I.G in Japan (Ghost in the Shell, PSYCHO-PASS, Haikyuu!).
