Expelled from Paradise Sequel Cast and Staff Mark Film's Opening at Shinjuku Wald 9

The staff and main cast of the anime film Expelled from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart appeared at a stage greeting at Shinjuku Wald 9 in Tokyo on 14 November, according to cinematoday.jp. The event marked the release of the sequel to the 2014 film Expelled from Paradise.

Director Mizushima Seiji, scriptwriter Urobuchi Gen and cast members including Sakura Ayane, Hayami Saori, Aoyama Yoshino, Amaki Sally and Morohoshi Sumire attended. The film is set in the year 2400, when humanity lives in the electronic world Diva, and follows investigators from Diva's security bureau as they pursue the identity of a new threat called the Fallen.

Mizushima said the previous film's opening day had fallen on the day before that event. Urobuchi said it took six years to clear the hurdle of surpassing the first film before the sequel could be made.

Sakura said she had seen the previous film at Wald 9 twelve years earlier and later auditioned for and was cast as Gabriel. Hayami said she had done a temporary voice recording about a year before and recorded again after the visuals were completed.

Twelve years after the first film

The original Expelled from Paradise was released in 2014. According to Mizushima, making a new film did not seem realistic when the previous one finished; six years later Urobuchi came up with the idea, and actual production then took about six years.