Baku Kinoshita’s The Last Blossom Gives Plants a Voice – All the News and Reviews from Anime Expo 2025
odd number Creator Baku Kinoshita return Animation Expo With his latest creations The last blossom. This story tells the story of an elderly Yakuza man talking to a caterpillar Flowers retell the man’s story before he went to jail. It’s a bit interesting that Kinoshita brings a talking flower toy that can repeat anything. Hirofumiitō (Producer of HI production) and Ryoichiro Matsuo (Producer from Studio shoot) also talked about the movie on stage with Kinoshita.
This is the second time odd number The two, Kinoshita and Ito have been to California. Now no see their fans have special chance to learn more The last blossom. Just hope odd number Fans appear, and their curious minds come.
Kinoshita dives into the Q&A session and explains how the film came about. He and Kazuya Konomoto (screenwriter odd number) After the last project together, he continued to be friends, so he wanted to work with him again. “dialogue The last blossom That’s why the story is brought about, I think he is the perfect person. ”
“I went to director Kinoshita and asked if we should do something together. We decided to take it to Ito-san and see where the project went.” “Since it was an original title, we thought it was a challenge to bring Japan to life. We went to Ito-san because he was the producer odd number and Summer tunnel, farewell exit. I think Kinoshita-san will be assured to have Ito-San on this project. ”
As a special treat, guests and Pony Canyon The first eight minutes of the movie are shown, which is July 4, and is the fireworks scene played in most of the introductions. The film touches Akutsu’s family life slightly, and the first meeting between Hana and Akutsu. There wasn’t much dialogue in those eight minutes, which emphasized the silence and heaviness of the movie. The track comes from zero It’s a mix of Lo-fi Hip-hop and soft vocals, which is very familiar in quiet moments odd number.
Similarly, the idea of talking flowers originally came from his previous works of animals that involved talking, and he thought it would be more interesting to have a talking plant. “Konomoto requires high quality of conversations, and that’s the idea of a more talkative plant,” Kinoshita shared.
“He (the flower) is at the heart of this story, and his character is the narrator when you watch it. Kinoshita emphasizes that in a limited time, Animation ExpoHe hopes the audience enjoy and taste the beginning of the story.
As another treat for viewers, Matuo announced they will showcase the official trailer for the film, which offers more stories than previous trailers. The film will be released in Japan on October 10, 2025, and the US release date will still be announced. But that’s not all; they have another visual of keys on the porch that they’ve never seen before. The ITO commented that director Kinoshita has done a lot of thought and considerations about the visual effects and the film itself.
“The movie doesn’t have any combat or special attack action, but it’s a title with important and common information. Please watch it in the theater,” ITO closed.
