The avex pictures YouTube channel has released a two-minute clip from the upcoming Break of Dawn anime movie, which premieres in Japan on October 21. 

The clip shows some of the main characters encountering February Dawn, an extraterrestrial AI that has hacked the household robot they were searching for.

Break of Dawn is based on the Kodansha-published manga by Tetsuya Imai, which began in 2011 and ended with two tankoubon volumes. It was serialized in Monthly Afternoon and is published under the Afternoon KC label.

The movie takes place in 2049 and follows a fourth-grader named Yuma Sawatari, who is obsessed with a comet that will soon make a close approach with Earth. One day, one of his household robots is hacked by an AI with extraterrestrial origins. Yuma’s encounter with this being, who suffered a malfunction during atmospheric entry into Earth in 2022 and has been dormant while camouflaged as an apartment, leads to the boy and his friends getting involved in a secret mission.

Break of Dawn is directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Concrete Revolutio) with Dai Satou (YUREI DECO) as script writer, pomodorosa (Listeners) as original character and concept designer, Takahiko Yoshida (Cells at Work) as chief animation director and animation character designer, and Masaru Yokoyama (Classroom of the Elite II) as music composer. Zero-G is the animation production studio.

Meanwhile, the cast includes Hana Sugisaki as Yuma Sawatari, Aoi Yuuki as Nanako, Natsumi Fujiwara as Shingo Kishi, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Ginnosuke Tadokoro, Inori Minase as Honoka Kawai, Haruka Tomatsu as Wako Kishi, and Romi Park as February Dawn. 

Source: avex pictures YouTube channel