An Anime Film Set in Iceland! Madhouse Unveils Original Anime Movie 'Goodbye, Don Glees!'

Madhouse announced a new anime film project titled ‘Goodbye, Don Glees!’ on Friday, with a 2022 release date.

The anime is directed and written by Atsuko Ishizuka (A Place Further Than the Universe, No Game, No Life Zero, The Pet Girl of Sakurasou), while the characters are designed by Takahiro Yoshimatsu (A Place Further Than the Universe, Hunter vs. Hunter, Trigun).

This will be Ishizuka's first original animation feature. Ishizuka revealed that the film will be set in Iceland, claiming that "after reaching Antarctica" in her previous animation A Place Further Than the Universe, she opened a map and looked for the opposite extreme from Antarctica.. "Far west of Eurasia lies an isolated island that marks the far reaches of the Atlantic." She added that the story will center on a 15-year-old child on the verge of adulthood as summer vacation begins.

Both Ishizuka and Yoshimatsu worked on A Place Further Than the Universe a 2018 television anime about four girls who jump on an opportunity to join an Antarctic expedition for their own complicated reasons. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.

The film is being distributed by Kadokawa

Sources: Goodbye DonGlees film's website, Comic Natalie, MAL