Novel 'Trapezium' Gets Anime Movie by CloverWorks in May 2024

Aniplex opened an official website for an anime movie adaptation of Kazumi Takayama's Trapezium novel on Tuesday, revealing the main cast, staff, theme song, an announcement promo, and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime movie is scheduled to open in Japanese theaters on May 10, 2024.

Asaki Yuikawa (Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su) is starring as Yuu Azuma.

Staff
Director: Masahiro Shinohara (Gochuumon wa Usagi desu ka? Bloom assistant director)
Supervisor: Koji Masunari (Blue Period chief director)
Screenplay: Yuuko Kakihara (Ao no Orchestra)
Character Design: Rio (Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi: Kimluck-hen)
Music: Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya)
Studio: CloverWorks
Distribution: Aniplex

MAISONdes (Urusei Yatsura (2022)) is performing the theme song, which is previewed in the announcement video below.

Trapezium is a story about the life of a girl who aspires to be an idol, which was written by former Nogizaka46 idol Kazumi in Da Vinci magazine from April 2016 to August 2018. Kadokawa published the novel in November 2018, featuring illustrations by Tae. The novel has a cumulative 300,000 copies in circulation.

Announcement

Official site: https://trapezium-movie.com/
Official X (Twitter): @trapezium_movie

Source: Comic Natalie

Trapezium on MAL

OP ED Adapts Novel Preview

Recent Comments

so it really was kazumi's novel. the synopsis looks really boring though.

Dec 30, 2023 8:36 PM by mizukasa

@Swagernator It'll be baseball bat in case of slightest bit of weight gain and failing to maintain the hourglass norm:)

Japan is running out of content, we'll see such things soon.

Dec 12, 2023 8:30 AM by Softhenic03

@Softhenic03 Yeah, i can't wait to see an idol being harassed by their "fans" for dating then being beaten by their manager with a wooden stick, and then have their head shaved all that in a sakuga animation.

True korean experience.

Dec 12, 2023 7:48 AM by Swagernator

The singer's voice in the PV has some STELLAR voice like a comet in the sky.

Dec 12, 2023 4:26 AM by OrangeRafi

@Softhenic03 Well, Oshi no Ko contains quite a lot of insider stuff, as Aka is a big fan of Japanese entertainment and even interviewed some of the actors and idols while working on the manga. But if we talk about first-hand material, then if you wish, you can even find 3-4 manga about the nuances of AV idol's working in the porn industry. From silly ecchi to psychological drama.

Dec 12, 2023 2:30 AM by RobertBobert

Just a matter of time, and I believe we'll soon see animes over the journey and hardships of kpop idols.

Dec 11, 2023 10:51 PM by Softhenic03

The Vocalist sounds exactly like Hoshimachi Suisei from hololive.

Dec 11, 2023 10:48 PM by TrungDaiBang

@ZXEAN If earlier animators were overworked due to too expensive and large shows, now because of too many projects taken on.

Dec 11, 2023 10:11 PM by RobertBobert

Cloverworks is currently working 8 anime which will release in 2024; Wherelse Mappa at the moment have only announced 4 anime for 2024.

Dec 11, 2023 6:30 PM by ZXEAN

The official website gives a rather interesting look at the work. Starting with calling CloverWorks "Bocchi the Rock's studio" and ending with a strange phrase about friendship with "beautiful girls from the north, south, east and west." Also, what's that shot with the guy? I never thought that I would somehow connect someone from Nogizaka and straight romance.

@Swagernator Love Live made them like this a long time ago because the original anime idol concept was too shoujo-ish.

Dec 11, 2023 2:34 PM by RobertBobert

If there is one thing i'll give to those idol stories, its that they are basically sport dramas ... and those are always a good watch.

Dec 11, 2023 2:29 PM by Swagernator

So this is about an irl idol? Seems interesting.

Dec 11, 2023 1:33 PM by MegamiRem

This looks so nice, just saw it on the Aniplex channel. Hopefully I’ll be able to remember this whenever it releases since it’ll be a while until then :]

Dec 11, 2023 1:14 PM by BitChilly

I wish they could focus their manpower into the dress up darling s2 project before taking more and more projects but .. oh well

Dec 11, 2023 1:01 PM by Yubisoft

I am so shocked and happy!!! Finally I can see Kazumin's work and in the form of my favorite media (anime). She's one of my favorite idol, and I've always wanted to read the novel since I learned about her writing it. Would still read it if I find a translaton of it.

Dec 11, 2023 12:54 PM by Shirayukin