Based on Hajime Kamoshida’s best-selling light novel that explores the complexities of growing up in the modern age, the film picks up from where the immensely popular Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai TV series left off, as it unravels yet another peculiar case of the psychophysiological phenomenon known as the “puberty syndrome.” Produced by CloverWorks (The Promised Neverland, PERSONA5 the Animation), the film is directed by Soichi Masui, with screenplay by Masahiro Yokotani (Free!, Re:ZERO – Starting Life in Another World – ), and character design by Satomi Tamura (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend, Kiznaiver) who also serves as chief animation director. For more information, please visit: https://www.RascalDoesNotDream.com STORY: In Fujisawa, where the skies are bright and the seas glisten, Sakuta Azusagawa is in his second year of high school. His blissful days with his girlfriend and upperclassman, Mai Sakurajima, are interrupted with the appearance of his first crush, Shoko Makinohara. For reasons unknown, he encounters two Shoko-s: one in middle school and another who has become an adult. As Sakuta finds himself helplessly living with the Shoko-s, the adult Shoko leads him around by the nose, causing a huge rift in his relationship with Mai. In the midst of all of this, he discovers that the middle school Shoko is suffering from a grave illness and his scar begins to throb... STAFF Original Story: Hajime Kamoshida ("Seishun Buta Yaro" series published by Dengeki Bunko) Original Illustrations: Keji Mizoguchi Director: Soichi Masui Screenplay: Masahiro Yokotani Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Satomi Tamura Prop Design: Akira Takata Art Setting: Kazushi Fujii Art Directors: Satoru Hirayanagi, Hisayo Usui Color Design: Asuka Yokota CG Director: Yusuke Noma Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya 2D Design and Works/Special Effects: Saya Utsumi Editing: Akinori Mishima Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami Music: fox capture plan Production: CloverWorks Produced by: AOBUTA Project CAST Sakuta Azusagawa: Kaito Ishikawa Mai Sakurajima: Asami Seto Shoko Makinohara: Inori Minase Tomoe Koga: Nao Toyama Rio Futaba: Atsumi Tanezaki Nodoka Toyohama: Maaya Uchida Kaede Azusagawa: Yurika Kubo