Studio 4°C is releasing an anime film based on Akihiro Nishino’s Poupelle of Chimney Town (Entotsu-chō no Poupelle) picture book. Nishino claimed that both people who have read the book and who haven’t will definitely enjoy the film.
The official website released a trailer for the film on Tuesday. The trailer reveals the film’s opening date, December 25th, 2020.
It also features the film’s opening theme song “Halloween Party” by HYDE, and the anime’s ending song by Lozareena.
In the video we get so see a glimpse of the life of people in the town of chimneys. It showed us the relationship between Poupelle and Lubicchi, and how they reveal the secrets of the world and head towards an adventure.
The website also released a key visual where we get to see a view of the Chimney Town, with Lubicchi and Poupelle in it.
The cast and staff are as follows:
| Character | Cast | Other Works |
| Poupelle | Masataka Kubota | Light Yagami (Death Note) |
| Lubicchi | Mana Ashida | Ruka Azumi (Children of the Sea) |
| Bruno | Tatekawa Shinosuke | |
| Lola | Eiko Koike | Akimi (Kamikaze Girls) |
| Scopp | Shingo Fujimori | Utaen(Eiga Precure All Stars: Haru no Carniva) |
| Antonio | Sairi Itō | Midori Asakusa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!) |
| Toshiaki | Seiji Miyane | Seiji Miyane(Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker) |
| Dennis | Shōsei Ōhira | |
| Sue | Kazuki Iio | Ebio Sakai(Uchū Kyōdai #0) |
| Dan | Jun Kunimura | Kubal (Attack on Titan (live-action movie)) |
| Position | Staff | Other Works |
| Director | Yusuke Hirota | Berserk films, Harmony |
| Production supervisor, writer | Akihiro Nishino | |
| Character designer | Atsuko Fukushima | Genius Party, Robot Carnival) |
The film will feature new elements and characters that didn’t appear in the original book.
About Poupelle of Chimney Town
The anime is based on a picture book by Akihiro Nishino. The original picture book was launched in October 2016, and about 420,000 copies are sold so far.
The story is of a town filled with chimneys and surrounded by a wall that stands 4,000 meters. The air is always filled with smoke. None of the residents have seen a clear sky.
On the night of the Halloween festival, a deliveryman accidentally drops a heart while delivering. The heart falls in the town of chimneys and continues to beat.
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