GKIDS Releases 100 Meters Anime Film on Blu-ray Disc on December 1
GKIDS announced on Wednesday that it will release the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters (Hyakuemu) manga on Blu-ray Disc on December 1.
The Collector's Edition includes five art cards and a mini-poster. The disc release includes an interview with director Kenji Iwaisawa, a rotoscoping workshop, and scene breakdowns. Pre-orders are open exclusively on GKIDS' online store.
The movie premiered in Japan in September 2025. The film ranked #8 in its opening weekend, and earned 102,666,040 yen (about US$694,700) in its first three days.
GKIDS screened the film in October 2025 in Japanese with English subtitles and with an English dub. The film also screened in Los Angeles that October.
The film held its world premiere at Annecy in June 2025. The Japan Society screened the East Coast premiere in New York that October with director Kenji Iwaisawa in attendance. The film won the runner-up award for Best Animated Film at the Florida Film Critics Circle Awards in 2025.
Tori Matsuzaka plays the gifted runner Togashi, while Shōta Sometani plays Komiya, a hard worker whose obsession with the 100-meter dash began when he met Togashi.
Kenji Iwaisawa (ON-GAKU: Our Sound) directed the film at Rock 'n' Roll Mountain. Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace are credited with production. Yasuyuki Mutō (Tokyo Revengers) wrote the script. Keisuke Kojima was the character designer and chief animation director, and Keikankun Yamaguchi was the art director. Producers include Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed the music for the film.
The band Official HiGE DANdism performed the film's theme song "Rashisa."
A preview of the film screened at Annecy International Film Festival in June 2024 as part of the festival's Work in Progress lineup. The festival described the story:
Togashi 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, Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
Uoto (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) launched the Hyakuemu manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in November 2018 as Uoto's first series, and Kodansha published the manga's fifth compiled book volume in October 2019.
Source: Press release
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