“That day, bubbles rained on Tokyo.”
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What happens when you put together the biggest names in theanime industryin one epic project backed byNetflix? You get the Bubble anime—a movie masterpiece.
The film is the work of Gen Urobuchi, a renowned anime writer known for Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero, and Psycho-Pass. It is directed by Attack on Titan’s Tetsuro Araki, with character designs from Death Note illustrator Takeshi Obata. To complete the all-star animation staff,musical genius and composer Hiroyuki Sawanograces fans with astounding OSTs fit for the science-fiction anime.
Here’s everything you need to know about Netflix’s Bubble, including its trailer, voice actors, and plot.
Bubble anime trailer
The trailer starts with Hibiki and Uta’s fateful encounter in a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, with cities and buildings submerged in water. Scenes show the movie’s characters leaping and soaring high between floating debris and abandoned buildings, boasting rich visuals and superb animation from WIT Studio, known for producing the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.
The trailer also featured the movie’s opening theme song, “Bubble Feat. Uta” performed by EVE, the singer behind popular OSTs “Kaikai Kitan” from Jujutsu Kaisen and “Ao no Waltz” from Josee, the Tiger and the Fish.
Bubble anime voice actors, characters, and cast
Bubble anime plot
Bubble is set in Tokyo, Japan, following a catastrophic event in which bubbles rained down upon the world and broke the laws of gravity. Once a bustling metropolis, the city has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families, acting as a battlefield for parkour team battles as they leap from building to building.
Hibiki, a young ace known for his dangerous playstyle, makes a reckless move one day and plummets into the gravity-bending sea. His life is saved by Uta, a girl with mysterious powers. The pair then hear a unique sound audible only to them.
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