The festival also screened the live-action film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Barbara manga.
Montreal’s 24th Fantasia International Film Festival awarded the Sandro Forte Award For Best Motion Picture Score to Shiro Sagisu for the live-action film adaptation of Fujita’s Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku manga on Thursday.
Additionally, the Fantasia International Film Festival hosted the Canadian premiere of the live-action film adaptation of the writer Homura Kawamoto and artist Tōru Naomura’s Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler manga.
Mitsuki Takahata and Kento Yamazaki starred in the film as Narumi and Hirotaka, respectively.