'Goodbye, Don Glees!' Anime Film Screens in N. American Theaters in September

GKIDS announced on Friday that it will begin screening Atsuko Ishizuka and Madhouse's Goodbye, Don Glees! original anime film in North American theaters on September 16, with fan preview screenings on September 14 for the English-subtitled version and September 15 for the English-dubbed version. Tickets go on sale on August 5. The company began streaming a teaser trailer:

GKIDS will screen the North American premiere of the film and a sneak preview of loundraw's Summer Ghost film at the event on July 1 at 4:00 p.m. at Regal Cinema.

Goodbye, Don Glees! opened on February 18. The film also screened at this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which ran from June 13-18 in France. Montreal's 26th Fantasia International Film Festival will host the Canadian premiere. The festival will take place from July 14 - August 3.

Ayano Okamoto was the art director of the film, while Eiko Tsunadō and Akihiro Hirasawa were credited for art setting. Saho Yamane collaborated on the art board production. Harue Ono was the color key artist. Yūki Kawashita was the compositing director of photography. Shigenori Hirozumi and Kana Imagaki were the 3D directors. Kashiko Kimura was the editor. Yoshiaki Fujisawa (No Game, No Life Zero, A Place Further Than the Universe, Revue Starlight) composed the music. Jin Aketagawa was the audio director, while Tsutomu Ueno handled the sound effects.

Ishizuka (A Place Further Than the Universe, No Game, No Life Zero, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou) directed the anime and penned the script, and Takahiro Yoshimatsu (A Place Further Than the Universe, Hunter × Hunter, Trigun) designed the characters. Kadokawa is distributing the film.

Source: Press release