Whoever Steals This Book Releases New Trailer, More Cast Details

The Whoever Steals This Book anime movie has received a new trailer weeks away from its December 26 premiere.

It was also announced that Jun Fukuyama is playing a mysterious man, and that the cast will include Yo Taichi, Makoto Koichi, Yumiri Hanamori, Hitomi Ueda, and Manaka Iwami.

Whoever Steals This Book (Kono Hono o Nusumu Mono wa) is based on the KADOKAWA-published book from Nowaki Fukamidori. The premise sees the book-disliking high school girl Mifuyu trying to save her town after a theft activates a curse that plunges the place into the world of fiction.

The book was first released in 2020 and was nominated at the 2021 Honya Taisho: Booksellers’ Award. Yen Press, which has also licensed the manga adaptation by Kakeru Sora, describes the synopsis as such:

Mifuyu is a high school student living with a large collection of books left by her great-grandfather—the vast library known as Mikura Hall. Although her father is the current caretaker, Mifuyu herself doesn’t share her family’s passion for literature.  But when several books are stolen from the library, triggering an ancient curse, the town is transformed according to the stories within them—and the only way to put things right is for Mifuyu to catch the thief. With the help of a mysterious girl named Mashiro, Mifuyu sets out on an adventure through the different stories!