Hello World (Japanese: ハロー・ワールド), stylized as HELLO WORLD, is a 2019 Japanese animated science fiction romantic drama film directed by Tomohiko Itō from … See more

Set in Kyoto 2024, the Japanese government has made plans to collect and preserve the city's natural architecture and culture through drones in real time, storing all its data in an infinite … See more

• Takumi Kitamura as Naomi Katagaki: A 16-year-old high school student living in Kyoto in 2024 and the film's protagonist. Kitamura's experience as a library committee member in his elementary days made him understand his character in the film as a "soft and … See more

Development
Around 2015, producer Katsuhiro Takei wanted to do a science fiction-related project with Tomohiko Itō using computer graphics but there weren't many studios with the strength to do a 3DCG animated film at that … See more

The music used in Hello World was composed by 2027Sound, a music group project intending to "[create] a new form of film music by the most interesting artists of today". The musicians involved in the project were Okamoto's, Official Hige Dandism, … See more

The first special video of Hello World was released in May 2019, while the second one was released in June. The film was novelized by Nozaki, which was published by Shueisha Bunko on June 21, 2019. A trailer for the film was released in July 2019. The first See more

Theatrical
Hello World held its world premiere at Higashi Hongan-ji in Kyoto on September 11, 2019, and was released in Japan on September 20. In Italy, Hello World was previously scheduled to be released on March 9, 2020, … See more