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The Aniplex USA Youtube channel has started streaming the first 22 minutes of their latest feature film, Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW.

Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW is the first feature-length animated film from the creator of R.O.D and Kamichu! (Director Koji Masunari, writer Hideyuki Kurata and character designer Masashi Ishihama). The film will be animated by A-1 Pictures (So-Ra-No-Wo-To, Valkyria Chronicles) and produced by Aniplex (Bleach, Durarara!!). Susan Boyle will be contributing her song “Who I Was Born To Be” as the film’s theme. The film will open in Japan this Saturday.
(Source: ANN)

Thoughts: Watched the first couple of minutes and it seems to be a promising film. It seems somewhat similar to MADHOUSE’s Summer Wars in terms of animation with a Ghibli-esque storyline (At least, this is what I can garner from the somewhat poor quality Youtube video). No news so far though as to whether it’ll be shown in Singapore theatres…

Note: If the video doesn’t work, watch it at Youtube instead and switch the resolution to 240p.