| BEM: Become Human | |||||||||||
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| Director: | Hiroshi Ikehata | ||||||||||
| Screenplay: | Atsuhiro Tomioka | ||||||||||
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| Starring: | see below | ||||||||||
| Editing: | Yoshinori Murakami | ||||||||||
| Studio: | Production I.G | ||||||||||
| Distributor: | The Klockworx Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 90 minutes[1] | ||||||||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||||||||
| Language: | Japanese | ||||||||||
is a 2020 Japanese animated horror adventure film based on the Humanoid Monster Bem franchise by ADK Emotions. The film is directed by Hiroshi Ikehata, written by Atsuhiro Tomioka, and produced by Production I.G. The film was released in Japan on October 2, 2020.[2]
Following the events of the 2019 anime television series, Sonia Summers searches for Bem, Bela, and Belo after they have disappeared.
Funimation licensed the film, which was released on its website on October 29, 2020.[3]
Two years after Bem, Bela, and Belo defeated Vega, Sonia Summers is on a search for the three. On Doracho Chemicals, a city within an island, she stumbles upon a man named Belm that bears a similar resemblance to Bem, with Bela and Belo being separated and doing their own things.
| Character | Japanese voice cast | English voice cast | |
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| Bem | Gabe Kunda | ||
| Bela | Dani Chambers | ||
| Belo | |||
| Sonia Summers | |||
| Emma Eisberg | |||
| Greta Reed | |||
| Lorezo Nepmuceno Draco | Michael Schwalbe | ||
| Dr. Recycle | |||
| Joel Woods | |||
| Burgess | Toshiya Miyata | Ryan Colt Levy | |
| Manstoll |
In June 2020, it was announced that a film adaptation of the Humanoid Monster Bem anime series was in the works, with the key staff and cast members from the 2019 television series returning to their respective positions: Hiroshi Ikehata is directing the film, with Atsuhiro Tomioka providing the screenplay and Miho Matsumoto providing the character designs, while Production I.G is solely handling the animation production.[4] That same month, it was announced that Kis-My-Ft2 boyband member Toshiya Miyata was cast as Burgess.[5] Voice actors Nana Mizuki, Shizuka Itō, Koichi Yamadera, and Wataru Takagi were cast as new characters the following month.[6] J-Pop singer Rib provided the theme song for the film, titled "unforever."[7]
The film was released in theaters in Japan on October 2, 2020. The film was licensed by Funimation and streamed on its website in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Ireland on October 29, 2020.
Theron Martin of Anime News Network gave the film a solid B rating and stated, "While I might have liked to see the main villain and his motives developed a little more, the movie is generally paced well and fully completes its intended story."[8]