Date A Bullet 1st Anime Film Opens in Hong Kong on September 24

1st part in 2-part film opened in Japan on August 14

Hong Kong film distributor Neofilms announced last week that it will screen Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet, the first film in the two-part theatrical anime adaptation of Yuichiro Higashide's Date A Live Fragment: Date A Bullet spinoff novels. The film will open in Hong Kong on September 24. Neofilms did not reveal if it has also licensed Date A Bullet: Nightmare or Queen, the second film.

Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet opened theatrically in Japan on August 14. Date A Bullet: Nightmare or Queen will open in Japan on November 13.

Go Sakabe (Date A Live, Digimon Adventure tri.) is composing the instrumental song "Infermata" as the opening theme for the project. Luiza is performing the ending theme song "Only wish" for Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet, and Sakabe is also composing and arranging the song.

The theatrical anime's cast includes:

• Asami Sanada as Kurumi Tokisaki

• Saori Ōnishi as White Queen

• Kaede Hondo as Hibiki Higoromo

• Mariya Ise as Tsuan

• Rina Hidaka as Panie Ibusuki

• Asami Seto as Yui Sagakure

• Natsumi Fujiwara as Isami Hijikata