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Expelled from Paradise: Resonance from the Heart is in Japanese theaters starting today
Seiji Mizushima and Gen Urobuchi's sequel to the 2014 sci-fi film opens in Japan on November 13, with Ayane Sakura and Saori Hayami leading a new cast.
Twelve years after Angela Balzac first dropped out of the digital world of DEVA and onto a ruined Earth, the story finally keeps going. Expelled from Paradise: Resonance from the Heart (Rakuen Tsuiho: Kokoro no Resonance) opens in theaters across Japan today, November 13, and the official site has flipped its news feed to "in theaters from today."
Same core team, new agents
Director Seiji Mizushima and writer Gen Urobuchi of Nitroplus are back, along with character designer Masatsugu Saito and composer NARASAKI. Toei Animation handles production again, with MAPPA's Hajime Yagita listed among the animation leads.
The story is set in the year 2400. After Angela's rebellion, a crowd of security agents she hacked escaped to the surface, stole hardware holding both their bodies and their personal data, and vanished. Now a team of agents is sent down to hunt these "Fallen" through what's left of the nanohazard.
The new leads are:
- Ayane Sakura as Gabriel
- Saori Hayami as Arma
- Yoshino Aoyama as Danelle
- Sally Amaki as Raguel
- Sumire Morohoshi as Penemue
- Rie Kugimiya returning as Angela Balzac
The theme song, "Beyond the Night," is by TeddyLoid featuring Ayane Sakura (as Gabriel) and Nagi Inoue of Nogizaka46.
What about the rest of us?
There's no overseas release date on the official site yet, so fans outside Japan are still waiting. The original film's full-CG action looked ahead of its time in 2014, so I'm curious how far the team has pushed it now. I'll post here once an international release is confirmed. Details are on the official site.
Source: rakuen-tsuiho-r.com