Poupelle of Chimney Town Anime Releases New Trailer And Key Visual

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.


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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.

Poupelle of Chimney Town
Poupelle of Chimney Town | Source: Official Website

The cast and staff are as follows:

CharacterCastOther Works
PoupelleMasataka KubotaLight Yagami (Death Note)
LubicchiMana AshidaRuka Azumi (Children of the Sea)
BrunoTatekawa Shinosuke 
LolaEiko KoikeAkimi (Kamikaze Girls)
ScoppShingo FujimoriUtaen(Eiga Precure All Stars: Haru no Carniva)
AntonioSairi ItōMidori Asakusa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!)
ToshiakiSeiji MiyaneSeiji Miyane(Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker)
DennisShōsei Ōhira 
SueKazuki IioEbio Sakai(Uchū Kyōdai #0)
DanJun KunimuraKubal (Attack on Titan (live-action movie))
PositionStaffOther Works
DirectorYusuke HirotaBerserk films, Harmony
Production supervisor, writerAkihiro Nishino 
Character designerAtsuko FukushimaGenius 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.

Poupelle of Chimney Town
Poupelle of Chimney Town | Source: Crunchyroll

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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