In celebration of the 50th anniversary of “Humanoid Monster Bem” (妖怪人間ベム), the TV anime remake “BEM” will get a theatrical film in Japan this fall. The anime film is titled“BEM 〜BECOME HUMAN〜” (劇場版 BEM 〜BECOME HUMAN〜).
The theatrical film is animated by Production I.G and directed by “FLCL Progressive” and “Robot Girls Z ” director Hiroshi Ikehata (池畠博史). “Pokémon” series composition and “One Piece Stampede” screenplay Atsuhiro Tomioka (冨岡 淳広) is penning the script. Range Murata (村⽥蓮爾) returns from the anime series to design the characters.
The cast from the TV anime series will also reprise their roles, including Katsuyuki Konishi (小西克幸) as Bem, M.A.O as Bela, and Kensho Ono (小野賢章) as Belo.
▍Teaser Video
▍Synopsis
Libra, a city that separated into two sectors—”the Upper”, the center of wealth and politics, and “the Outside”. The Outside is home to crime, corruption, and curious incidents involving monstrosities or youkai.
There, young detective Sonia Summers crosses paths with three peculiar humanoid yōkai — Bem, Bela, and Belo — who seek to protect humans and fight against the evil yōkai that terrorizes them. Living as “Youkai-Ningen,” they are excluded by other yōkai for their human-like lifestyles and rejected and hurt by humans when they reveal their true forms.
Despite the hardships they face, these three Yōkai-Ningen secretly live among humans, continuing to pursue their dreams of one day becoming human as well.
After the battles with Bega, the secret dictator of the Unseen Council, Bem, Bela, and Belo disappear from the city. Two years later, Sonia follows a lead and visits a mysterious Pharmaceutical Company “Draco Chemical” to search for Bem. What awaits is a man named Belm Eyesbar, who is totally different from the yōkai she used to know.
