- Original name: Saezuru Tori Wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather
- Country: Japan
- Genre: anime, drama, romance, crime
- Producer: Kaori Makita
- World premiere: 15 february 2020
- Premiere in Russia: 2020
- Starring: T. Shingaki, H. Wataru, K. Miyake, H. Yasumoto, K. Okitsu, T. Sato, A. Takase, T. Miyake, Yu. Ono, T. Okawa
The trailer for the cartoon "The Songbird Doesn't Flap Wings: The Clouds are Gathering" (release date - February 2020) has been released, the plot is clear and the actors who worked on the voice acting in the project are known. This is the second work by director Kaori Makita, the first one was released in 2016, in the same anime genre.
Plot
A story about a young Japanese businessman Yashiro, who runs the Shinseikai Enterprise Corporation. But, like many influential and ruling people, he has his own "skeletons in the closet." Behind the brightness and success Yashiro hides his other side - full of masochism, going beyond the bounds of decency.
Former cop Domeki Tikara gets a job with the businessman and becomes his driver and part-time personal guard ("bodyguard"). Yashiro, who usually keeps his distance from his subordinates, becomes strongly attached to Domeki, seeing him as more than just a bodyguard. Yashiro uses the power given to him to humiliate himself and those around him.
Production
Director - Kaori Makita (Yuri on Ice).
Worked on the film:
- Screenplay: Hiroshi Seko ("Levius", "The Vinland Saga", "Mob Psycho 100: Reigen is a miracle psychic that no one knows", "Ajin: Demi-human"), Ko Yoneda;
- Operator: Mitsuhiro Sato (Typhoon Noruda, Lords of Thorns, Stemboy);
- Composer: H ZETTRIO - Masayuki Hiizumi;
- Artists: Takayoshi Fukushima ("My Hero's Monopoly", "Unseen Flower", "Unseen Flower", "Gintama"), Masaru Sato ("Confessions", "www.work!", "The City Where I Am Not", " Predatory Dolls "," Territory of the Outcast ").
Studio: Grizzly.
Actors
The roles were voiced by:
- Tarusuke Shingaki - Yashiro ("The Vanished City", "The Blade Cleaving the Demons", "Pop Epic", "Dance of Swords: Flower Circle", "Oh, this psychic Saiki Kusuo!");
- Hatano Wataru - Domeki Chikara (“Didn't I ask to average my abilities in the next life ?!”, “Accelerated Girl”, “Honda Skeleton Scribe”);
- Kenta Miyake (Breakers, Lupine III: Prison of the Past, My Hero Academia: All Might Rising, Dororo, Clever Lady Movie 2);
- Hiroki Yasumoto ("The Vinland Saga", "The Rising of the Shield Hero", "Honda Skeleton Scribe");
- Kazuyuki Okitsu ("Volleyball !! Riku vs. Koo", "High School Girl's Idle Days", "Fruit Basket", "Feel the Wind");
- Takuya Sato (Butlers: A History of a Thousand Centuries, Captain Tsubasa, Atom: The Beginning);
- Akimitsu Takase (Attack of the Titans: Wings of Freedom, Attack of the Titans, Cafe At the White Bear, The Idolmaster, Detective Medium Yakumo);
- Takahiro Miyake ("Gintama", "Kill or Be Killed", "Still the World is Beautiful", "The Sinner's Crown", "Bright Silent");
- Yuki Ono (debut);
- Tohru Okawa (debut).
Interesting Facts
Few facts about the cartoon project:
- This picture is an adaptation of the rather popular noir comic strip "The songbird does not flap its wings."
- Belongs to the yaoi genre (beautiful love story).
Judging by the forums devoted to anime culture, the cartoon "Songbird does not flap its wings: The clouds are gathering" (with a release date in 2020) - the expected work, the actors and the plot are familiar to many. The release in Russia is not yet known, but most likely this will happen a short time after the world release.
