'Rakuen Tsuihou' Gets Anime Movie Sequel

Toei Animation announced during the Virtual Anime Fes event on Saturday that an anime movie sequel of Rakuen Tsuihou (Expelled from Paradise), titled Rakuen Tsuihou: Kokoro no Resonance (Liberated from Paradise: Resonance of the Heart), is in production. The event also revealed the main staff, a key visual (pictured), and a teaser promotional video.

Seiji Mizushima (Beatless) returns to direct the sequel. Other returning staff includes Gen Urobuchi (Psycho-Pass), Masatsugu Saitou (Cyborg 009: Call of Justice), and Narasaki (Deadman Wonderland) as scriptwriter, character designer, and music composer, respectively.

Produced by Graphinica, the first movie was a joint project between Toei Animation and Nitroplus and opened in theaters in November 2014. Aniplex of America released the movie in US theaters in December of the same year.

Renji Ooki (Bubble) wrote a light novel sequel titled Rakuen Tsuihou 2.0: Rakuen Zankyou - Godspeed You (Expelled from Paradise 2.0: Paradise Reverberation - Godspeed You) published by Nitroplus with illustrations by Masatsugu Saitou in September 2015.

Rakuen Tsuihou won the Best Animation of the Year Award at the 24th Japan Movie Critics Awards.

Teaser PV


Official site: https://rakuen-tsuiho.com/
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Source: Comic Natalie

Rakuen Tsuihou: Kokoro no Resonance on MAL