Bubble (2022 film)

Not to be confused with The Bubble (2022 film)

Bubble
Native name(s):
Directed by	Tetsurō Araki
Written by	Gen Urobuchi Naoko Sato Renji Ōki
Produced by	Tetsuya Nakatake Mirai Kase
Starring	Jun Shison Riria Alice Hirose Mamoru Miyano Yuki Kaji Tasuku Hatanaka
Cinematography	Kazuhiro Yamada
Edited by	Aya Hida
Music by	Hiroyuki Sawano
Production company	Wit Studio
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures (Japan) Netflix (International)
Release date	February 10, 2022 (2022-02-10) (Berlin) April 28, 2022 (2022-04-28) (Netflix) May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13) (theatrical)
Running time	100 minutes
Language	Japanese
Country	Japan
Box office	$509,309

Template:Nihongo is a 2022 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic film produced by Wit Studio. It is directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Gen Urobuchi, and features character designs by Takeshi Obata and music composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. The film had early screenings at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 10, 2022. It was followed by its worldwide release on Netflix on April 28, 2022, before it was released theatrically in Japan in May. A manga adaptation of the film by Erubo Hijihara was serialized in Shōnen Jump+ from April 22 to May 23, 2022.

Plot

In the near future, the world is overcome by bubbles that break the laws of reality. An explosion at Tokyo Tower concentrates all the bubbles in Tokyo, but makes the city uninhabitable. Various young folk defy the restrictions, and live there anyway, using parkour tournaments as a means to barter and trade supplies. In one parkour team, the Blue Blazes, 18 year old Hibiki, is an exceptional parkour talent, but he avoids others due to a hearing ultrasensitivity. Tokyo Tower continues to be an impossible location to get to because of gravity anomalies.

One day, Hibiki attempts to climb the tower because he hears a woman's song, and believes he sees a boy there. He almost makes it, but ends up falling into the ocean, where his final exhale combines with some of the bubbles to make a young girl. She is clearly new to being a human, but learns quickly from others. Hibiki names her "Uta" ("Song") because she knows the song he hears in his head. Uta and Hibiki train parkour together, beating a team called the Morticians/Undertakers, however, in one final catch, when Uta touches Hibiki, her arm fades away into bubbles. Bubble activity starts up again, so the Tokyo residents need to flee. Uta goes to Tokyo Tower to stop it. Hibiki goes to save her.

In the final scene they save each other, but Uta fades into bubbles as in the original fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen: "The Little Mermaid." In her final breath, she tells Hibiki that he made it worth it for her to be human. With the bubbles gone, the citizens of Tokyo return and start to rebuild. The parkour teams continue their lives too. Whether real or imagined, in the end credits Hibiki is still continuing to do parkour and there is a bubble following him which could imply it is Uta.

Voice cast

Character	Japanese voice	English voice
Hibiki	Jun Shison	Zach Aguilar
Hibiki (young)		Jeannie Tirado
Uta	Riria	Emi Lo
Makoto	Alice Hirose	Erica Lindbeck
Shin	Mamoru Miyano	Keith Silverstein
Kai	Yuki Kaji	Robbie Daymond
Usagi	Sayaka Senbongi	Laura Stahl
Denki Ninja	Tasuku Hatanaka	Kyle McCarley
Undertaker Leader	Marina Inoue	Cristina Vee
Kantō Mad Lobster	Shin-ichiro Miki	Chris Jai Alex

Music

The film's score is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano. The opening theme song is "Bubble feat. Uta" performed by Eve, while the ending theme song is Template:Nihongo performed by Riria (りりあ。), who voices Uta in the film.

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Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano

Bubble (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Hiroyuki Sawano
Released	May 11, 2022 (2022-05-11)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	73:28
Label	Toy's Factory
Producer	Hiroyuki Sawano

Track listing

All music is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.

Bubble (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"BUBBLE"		1:58
2.	"BATTLEKOUR"		5:21
3.	"BB"		00:53
4.	"JU-RYOKU"		2:35
5.	"BB2"		2:29
6.	"MERMAID"		4:18
7.	"HIBIKI"		1:56
8.	"UTAtoHIBIKI"		1:32
9.	"UNDERTAKER"		2:15
10.	"BBxUT"		3:20
11.	"PARKOUR"		3:56
12.	"UTA"		1:57
13.	"2ndBUBBLE"		5:29
14.	"TOWER"		5:57
15.	"NE-SAMA"		2:20
16.	"BUBBLE-cho."		6:49
17.	"BUBBLE-THEME"		3:54
18.	"Bubble"	Eve	3:48
19.	"Bubble (TeddyLoid Remix)"	Eve	3:23
20.	"Template:Nihongo"		5:13
21.	"Template:Nihongo"	Riria.	4:05
Total length:			73:28

Reception

Based on 18 professional critic reviews, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 50% of those reviews were positive, with an average rating of 5.50/10. Using a weighted average calculator, Metacritic assigned the film a score of 56 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

Bubble grossed $509,309 at the box office.

External links

• Official website Template:In lang
• Bubble on Netflix
• Bubble at IMDb
• Template:Anime News Network

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