Joseph Luster
August 11, 2025 
Next month marks the premiere of On-Gaku: Our Sound director Kenji Iwaisawa’s latest film, 100 METERS. A new trailer and visual made their way online to highlight some of the key characters, including (from left to right above), Togashi (VA: Tori Matsuzaka), Komiya (Shota Sometani), Nigami (Jun Kasama), Saizu (Koki Uchiyama) and Kaido (Kenjiro Tsuda).
Visual:
100 METERS Character Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT2Sh7sbZak
The film, which played at this year’s Annecy and comes out in Japan September 19, is based on the manga by Uoto (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) and is about two track stars. It’s co-produced by GKIDS, which is set to release the film in North America in October.
Aside from Iwaisawa, the film is made by:
- Character designer/animation director: Keisuke Kojima (My Isekai Life)
- Art director: Keikankun Yamaguchi
- Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Dr. Stone)
- Screenplay: Yasuyuki Muto (Gundam Hathaway)
It stars Shota Sometani (Parasyte) as Komiya and Tori Matsuzaka (Library Wars) as Togashi, and is animated at Iwaisawa’s Rock’n Roll Mountain. Like On-Gaku, it’s animated using rotoscoping.
Here’s how GKIDS describes the movie:
100 METERS follows Togashi, a track star who is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, and Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
Source: Comic Natalie
