Upcoming sci-fi anime film Break of Dawn (Bokura no Yoake) has received a new trailer and key visual ahead of the film’s Japanese premiere, now confirmed for October 21. The trailer also previews the film’s theme song “Itsushika” (Someday), which was written and composed by musician Nao’ymt and is performed by Japanese singer Daichi Miura. The trailer is embedded below:

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The updated key visual now features the main characters and confirms the October 21 release date. The first wave of premiere attendees who pre-order tickets to the film will also receive a 12-month calendar of the year 2049 while supplies last:

Based on the manga by Tetsuya Imai, Break of Dawn is directed by Tomoyuki Kurokawa (Psychic Detective Yakumo) at studio ZERO-G, with a screenplay by Dai Sato (Ergo Proxy) and pomodorosa’s (DECA-DENCE) character designs adapted for animation by Takahiko Yoshida (Cells at Work!), who also serves as chief animation director.

Kodansha USA, who will be publishing the manga’s official English version, describes the story as such:

It’s the year 2038, but more importantly, it’s summer. A little boy named Yuma is obsessed with the impending return of the Arville Comet. Then, one day, he sneaks onto the roof of an apartment building and finds something even more amazing—something not from this world. Now Yuma and his friends, and his hovering autopet Nanako, must work together to uncover a secret that’s slumbered in the Earth for years, as dawn breaks over a new era for him and for humanity…

SOURCES: Official Site, Official Twitter

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